Thanks to the success of devices like the iPhone 3GS and Motorola Droid, a Morgan Stanley analyst is predicting that the mobile web will overtake the fixed Internet by 2015. The analyst, Mary Meeker, said the mobile usage is ramping up at a quicker velocity than the desktop version ever did. She’d know too, as…
Survey: business folk can’t live without sex, smartphones
A new survey from RingCentral finds that business people think smartphones rival sex for things they can’t live without. While this may seem disconcerting at first, it does show the power and intimacy of these devices. The smartphone is not just a computer in your pocket, it’s becoming the way you connect with friends and…
Strategy Analytics: Sales of TD-SCDMA phones to grow 7-fold this year
According to Strategy Analytics, sales of mobile phones using China’s own 3G standard (TD-SCDMA) will grow 7-fold this year. The reason quoted is obvious – China Mobile plans to aggressively push new devices and services. The world’s largest mobile operator in terms of number of subscribers launched 3G services last year with 3.4 million clients…
Android Market sees 9,300 new applications in March – Have the floodgates finally opened?
Holy shit. ReadWriteWeb is reporting that the Android Market saw 9,300 new applications and games in March alone, giving it a total of 27,243 apps in all. While that may be nowhere near the likes of Apple’s App Store, Google’s OS is now positioned to see continued gains like this month after month. With new…
BlackBerry Smartphones in the U.S. Download a Lot of Ringtones – Study
Ringtone and mobile content site Myxer has been keeping tabs on who has been downloading for which platform, and of their 33 million U.S. users, they have determined that the proportion of BlackBerry downloads have jumped to 63% from 58% last year, strengthening its hold as the king of the hill. Android went from 7% to…
iSuppli says iPad BOM component costs hit $260
The iPad is being sold by Apple for a starting price of $499. That’s a fairly low price-point for a new Apple computing gadget. But, how does that translate into profits for the tablet maker? Well, a new bill of materials (BOM) analysis from iSuppli pegs the base iPad 16GB model with a component cost…
Juniper Research: Mobile ticketing to experience a five-fold growth over the next five years
According to a new Juniper report, mobile ticket is set to experience a five-fold growth over the next five years. Among the companies embracing the technology are travelers, cinema goers and sport fans — all of which crave for the convenience it brings. To put this in numbers, the research company forecasts that more than…
Survey Says: BlackBerry Users Looking to Android and iPhone for Mobile Bliss
I usually give most surveys and research a grain-of-salt disclaimer. Sometimes because I don’t believe (or want to believe) the results, other times because the source of the information is not really credible. I’d like to attach the same sort of disclaimer to this little bit of info, mostly because, well, I just don’t believe…
iPhone usage takes the backseat this weekend, thanks to iPad
The iPad has only been available for two days, and in that time, as the chart above shows, usage of the iPhone has dropped from its 48.05% on the 3rd, to 46.53% on the 4th. No doubt this is from the iPad. But the real question seems to be, “Are you at all surprised?” The…
TNS Technology: Mobile content and apps get increasingly popular in China
Like people in the Western hemisphere, Chinese mobile users are getting excited about apps as well. According to a recent study by TNS Technology, when asked to choose the single most important factor in their next purchase, 32% of Chinese consumers chose Content and Applications as their first choice, narrowly behind the brand of handset…