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Well, RIM’s not off to a good start with the launch of the BlackBerry 10 operating system and new BlackBerry Z10 phone. Let’s be real though: did anyone actually think BlackBerry 10 was going to be RIM’s total saving grace? While it’s a definite step up from the BlackBerry models we’ve come to loathe, the…
With smartphones in just about everyone’s pockets today, we tend to forget just how powerful and revolutionary these devices are. They have transformed the way we interact with the physical world, changing the way we communicate and navigate our space. A new smartphone app developed by a German security consultant Hugo Teso showcases just how…
According to France Telecom’s CEO Stephane Richard, European consumers are increasingly avoiding the lure of high-end smartphones as the cost and rapid turnover of technology puts them off. “We are in a period of changing consumer behavior,” he said in an interview at Bloomberg’s headquarters in New York, adding that there are fewer shoppers in…
According to a new study by ABI Research, the annual volume of smartphone app downloads will reach 56 billion this year, with Android platform grabbing more than half (58%) of the market. Rest of the cake is split between Apple’s iOS, Microsoft’s Windows Phone and BlackBerry, accounting for 33%, 4% and 3%, respectively. When it…
A company called SessionM prepared two infographic to show us mobile user behavior and trends. Their focus is on the most active mobile user group that is also known as power users. The research looks to answer questions like where they are from, what days they are most likely to use apps, how much they…
Egnyte, a paid service geared toward “enterprise file sharing” across devices, did an experiment tracking which mobile operating systems a sample of 100,000 of its paying customers were using to access it. While Android’s market share remained at a standstill for the majority of 2012, the iPhone (iOS) has started thinning out Android’s slice of…
InMobi released the findings of its Mobile Media Consumption Report, revealing that mobile is not just a fundamental part of consumers’ communication needs, but increasingly the core platform through which they access the Internet and engage with brands online. Conducted over 15,000 mobile users in 14 markets across all continents, the study shows that 50%…
Amazon is slowly moving in on Apple’s tablet market share. According to a recent Yankee Group survey, Amazon is the second most desirable vendor among consumers planning to buy a tablet. Of course Apple still remains the tablet leader by a wide margin, with 47 percent of U.S. consumers citing the brand. Amazon, however, is…
App stores like Google Play and Windows Phone Store that have implemented Direct Carrier Billing solutions have experienced a sharp increase in transaction volumes, average transactions values and conversion rates, according to a new white paper from Juniper Research and Amdocs. The research has also found that while operator storefronts and portals now account for…
The GSMA’s Mobile Money for the Unbanked (MMU) programme released the findings of its second annual Global Mobile Money Adoption Survey to analyze the state of the mobile money industry in 2012. The research shows the number of active mobile money users grew impressively with more than 30 million people undertaking 224.2 million transactions totaling…