Everyone and their mama is using SMS these days thus we were not surprised to learn that ABI Research predicts more than 7 trillion SMS messages will be sent worldwide in 2011, from nearly 4.2 billion mobile subscriptions. The research company distincts between four types of messaging: SMS, MMS, mobile email and Instant Messaging. While…
In-Stat: Mobile processors will be a $4 billion market in 2014
The current state of mobile processor market sees two architectures, ARM and x86, dominating the low and high-end segments, respectively. While ARM has found its way in most handsets, x86 (primarily Intel) has a largest share in PC-like netbooks. Other architectures, such as MIPS and SH, are equally suited to power mobile System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions…
In-Stat: If standardized, wireless chargers set to be a $4 billion market by 2014
According to recent In-Stat’s report, widespread adoption of wireless charging technology will be difficult without standardization. If that happens, we could be talking about potential revenue of over $4 billion by 2014. For instance, Palm has incorporated wireless charging technology into their Pre Smartphone product line while Dell has launched a wireless charging laptop that…
GfK: Mobile internet traffic peaks in the morning, 15% of users only visit one site [Hint: Facebook]
Research firm GfK was recently given access to the logs of over 200,000 mobile internet users in 3 European countries and they’ve discovered that network usage skyrockets in the morning starting at 07:15, peaks again around 16:30 (04:30 in the afternoon), and then drops like a rock a few hours after that. They’re also seeing…
Politics and mobile: 26% of U.S. adults used their mobile in the 2010 mid-term election campaign
Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project made a post-election nationwide survey of U.S. adults to find out how and whether U.S. adults have used mobile phones in the 2010 mid-term election campaign. The results are in, suggesting that more than a quarter of American adults (26%) used their mobile phones to learn about…
Scanbuy survey: Mobile barcode scanning is going mainstream for the holidays
Scanbuy has recently conducted a poll on Twitter and Facebook to discover how consumers are utilizing mobile barcodes while shopping over the holidays. The results are promising with more than half of those surveyed scanning a barcode – 57% doing so at least once, 40% scanning a mobile barcode five or more times, with an…
New research indicates mobile app is a perfect gift for men
We’re in the holiday season and you may be thinking what to buy to your men friends, colleagues and/or relatives. How about mobile apps? According to the survey conducted by MobileSquared and apps developer PacketVideo, that could be the gift for men with smartphones. The research has found out that almost 8 million of smartphone…
Berg Insight: With 2% of mobile network connections, machines are far from from taking over the world
Berg Insight has found that only 2% of the mobile network connections worldwide were used for wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) communication at the end of 2010, growing 46% year-on-year to an estimated 81.4 million. In the next five years, the total number of wireless M2M connections is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 32.0% to…
ABI Research: Mobile will bring 3D to mainstream market
After In-Stat, ABI Research is also releasing a report on 3D technology on mobile phones. According to the research company, mobile devices may turn out to be the best form factor to bring 3D technology into mainstream markets. ABI believes that by 2015, smartphones, notebooks, mobile Internet devices and portable game players will comprise over…
Nimbuzz surveys its users: Folks like an all-in-one messaging app
Nimbuzz, the popular messaging and VoIP application, surveyed 40,000 of its users from Asia, Europe, the US and the Middle East to find out what they [users] think about the all-in-one messaging solution. As you can imagine, the majority of folks dig the idea. Here are some other points from Nimbuzz’s research: 75% of people…