Latest analysis from Juniper Research suggests that the need to access basic financial services by users in developing countries will drive the short term growth from current less than 100 million of active mobile money users globally to exceed 200 million by 2013. At the same time, the report titled “Mobile Money Transfers & Remittances:…
2010 Android Shipments Ten Times 2009’s [Study]
Gartner released their findings on the 2010 mobile market recently, following up on those from IDC and Strategy Analytics. Most of the data is pretty much in agreement: Nokia, Samsung, and LG still rule global mobile shipments, followed by RIM, Apple, Sony Ericsson, and Motorola. In terms of smartphone OS market share, Android had a…
Global Smartphone Sales up 74% Since Last Year [Study]
Regardless of which OS has been taking the lead within the smartphone sales, be it Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Symbian, or webOS, a recent study by IDC has shown that the smartphone market is booming. Global smartphone saless over the course of 2010 rose 74% from 2009, totaling 302.6 million. In Q4 2010 alone,…
In-Stat: Mobile phone buyers look for GPS, cameras and memory card slots
While handset makers try to differentiate their products by implementing additional functions to make them more attractive, consumers on their end may not be willing to pay for all of the features. According to recent In-Stat survey – GPS, digital cameras and memory card slots are three features that mobile phone users are interested in…
Juniper Research: Revenue from augmented reality apps and services to approach $1.5 billion by 2015
Juniper Research’s latest report is all about augmented reality. The research company has found that an increasing number of leading brands, retailers and mobile vendors are investing in mobile AR apps and services, with global revenues expected to approach $1.5 billion by 2015. According to Juniper, the installed base of AR capable smartphones had increased…
54% of Verizon Android and BlackBerry Users Switching to iPhone [Study]
In a a recent survey of 700 Verizon smartphone owners by uSamp, 54% of those currently owning either a BlackBerry or an Android phone said they were at least “somewhat likely” to switch to an iPhone 4 next week. 25% were “very likely”. BlackBerry users were more likely to make the switch, with 66% claiming…
Are you overpaying for your wireless bill?
In a bit of news that doesn’t surprise me much, a new study from BillShrink finds that a quarter million U.S. users are paying too much for their wireless service because they miscalculate how much voice, data and text messages they use per month. The report found that people waste about $336 per year. Part…
Nokia’s R&D Budget Waaaaay Bigger Than Competition
Some research by Bernstein has revealed that Nokia has spent upwards of $3.9 billion on research and development, which is close to three times as much as the average spent by competing mobile manufacturers. Okay, sure, Nokia is still the biggest in the world (for the time being), so it’s not entirely surprising. Samsung was…
In-Stat: There will be almost 139 million mobile VoIP users by 2014
With more and more people using VoIP and social networking services from their mobile phones, In-Stat forecasts there will be nearly 139 million mobile VoIP users by 2014. Social networking services and a growing number of smartphone users will especially drive people to use such services, plus there’s the obvious benefit of saving money on…
ABI Research: 1 billion mobile broadband subscribers by the end of this year
The bean counters at ABI research are tabulating the total number of mobile connections all around the world, including broadband connections, meaning those who have 3G access, and predict that by the end of this year there are going to be over 1 billion people paying for high speed wireless. At the end of 2010…