A new study shows that households are moving away from traditional landlines for mobile phones. As cell phones become smarter and capable of more and more things, the need for a landline is declining. In the beginning of 2006, only 11% of households actually had cell phones. How times have changed. Today, only 15% of…
80% of developers say 70% revenue share is not enough
It’s hard out there for a dev, what with 70% of every dollar your application makes coming back into your pocket. It used to be worse, a lot worse, with some operators taking 60% or more of the money collected via the sale of your application. A recent survey completed by 400 North American developers…
iSuppli: Mobile preloaded software market to hit $7.7 billion in 2014
Driven by the growth of smartphones, the global market for preloaded software for mobile phones is set to more than double from 2008 to 2014. Preloaded software represents applications that are already included in mobile phones when consumers buy them — as opposed to programs later purchased by users. According to iSuppli, this market will…
U.S. Android Sales Beat iPhone in Q1 – Study
A recent survey of 150,000 users by NPD Group claims that as of Q1, Android is the number two smartphone OS in the U.S. with 28% market share, bumping out Apple (21%), and beaten only by BlackBerry (36%). When broken down by carrier, AT&T took 32% of sales, Verizon close behind with 30%, trailed by…
comScore is out with the March 2010 U.S. mobile subscriber market share
comScore released data from its comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the first quarter of 2010 compared to the preceding three-month period. Without further ado, here are the company’s findings: OEM market share 234 million Americans age 13 and older were mobile subscribers, with device manufacturer Samsung ranking…
ABI Research: Smartphone downloads from app stores to peak in 2013
At the moment, most mobile applications for smartphones are downloaded from app stores. According to ABI Research data, last year consumers downloaded some 2.4 billion applications from such stores, which is an impressive figure. What’s more, that number is set to keep growing and peak in 2013 at just below seven billion. As expected, Apple’s…
Apple boosts global smartphone market share big-time, holds on to No. 3 position
If you thought Apple had a long way to go before bumping up to the next rung of the global-smartphone-vendor ladder, you might be in for a bit of a surprise. New numbers from research firm IDC indicates that the iPhone maker has more than doubled their global smartphone shipments in the first quarter of…
Juniper Research: Mobile payments market to quadruple by 2014; Set to reach $630 billing in value
A new study from Juniper Research, “Mobile Payments Markets: Strategies & Forecasts 2010-2014”, has found that the value of mobile payments for digital and physical goods, money transfers and NFC (Near Field Communications) transactions will reach almost $630 billion by 2014, which is up from $170 billion this year. According to Juniper, the growth across…
New report shows featurephone users prefer iPhone to Android 2:1? Not so fast.
We’ve all heard the phrase, “There are three types of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Right? We’ve got a new report saying that users prefer the iPhone over Android 2:1. While this may be seen as true by many people and in many ways, a report from not too long ago said quite the…
AT&T customers log the most dropped call complaints, Verizon claims fewest
There are those that love AT&T, and there are those that hate AT&T. But, there’s no denying that the leading GSM wireless carrier offers some fairly significant advantages over its competitors. You get to use 3G data alongside voice services – so you can look up the restaurant location and reviews while chatting with your…