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According to ABI Research, almost 200 million tablets have been shipped worldwide since 2009 and an additional 1 billion tablets are forecasted to ship over the next 5 years. The company’s new research explores the impact a tablet has on the daily life of a U.S. consumer, showing that 22% of users spend $50 or…
Juniper Research is joining the “smartphone numbers” game with its own estimates. The research company says that the number of smartphone shipments exceeded 200 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, with the annual total reaching 671 million. That’s an annual growth of almost 42%! Needless to say, Samsung is the big winner, having shipped…
This will be a killer year for tablet makers with an estimated 145 million of tablets shipping worldwide by the end of 2013. A combination of new market entrants, more affordable choices for consumers, and increased adoption by business audiences will support the growth. According to ABI Research‘s Jeff Orr, the rate of innovation is…
According to the latest smartphone sales data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, Android is the most popular platform in countries like Britain, China, Spain, Australia and Germany; while iOS is at the top in the US and Japan. Windows Phone is still an underdog, but it experienced strong European growth, particularly in Britain and Italy, with…
The Developer Economics 2013 report is now available for download, covering six developer tool sectors, including ad-networks, back-end as a service, cross-platform tools, cross-promotion networks, user analytics and voice services. The findings, presented below, are based on an online survey of 3,400 developers across the globe. Developers swarm around iOS/Android but keep looking for viable…
Retailers are embracing mobile, big time. According to a new report from Juniper Research, their annual mobile marketing ad-spend will reach $55 billion by 2015. That’s almost double the $28 billion level expected this year. The report found that the mass adoption of tablets created new opportunities for brands looking to enhance engagement with consumers.…
It took just 3 years for LTE to take off, big time. Last year ended with estimated 92.3 million LTE connections and this year is poised to add more than 100 million new subscribers for a total of 198.1 million! According to IHS iSuppli, that’s just a start as LTE is set to claim more…
According to latest figures from Gartner, mobile ad revenues will grow from $9.6 billion in 2012 to $11.4 billion this year. Furthermore, the figure is set to reach $24.5 billion in 2016, with these revenues creating new opportunities for app developers, ad networks, mobile platform providers, specialty agencies and even communications service providers in certain…
In one of its latest reports, Strategy Analytics is looking at the mobile business app market, suggesting it “went mobile in a big way in 2012.” In fact, the research company says that revenues from mobile business apps reached $25 billion last year, and that in 2013 more than 200 million workers will be using…
You may’ve heard that tablet sales will surpass notebook sales this year, but what’s the figure we should take as a reference point. According to some analysts, tablet makers can expect their shipments to grow from last year’s 130 million to between 170 and 180 million in 2013. Although Apple’s iPad will continue to be…