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While we don’t have official figures, we know Nexus 7 is selling like hot cupcakes on a cold winter day. The fact that Google and/or Asus are quiet about the numbers doesn’t stop us (and anyone else) from speculating. By using the data from the supplier chain, tech-thoughts is trying to estimate how many Nexus…
According to AhHa Insights, weight loss and exercise apps are the most heavily downloaded health titles among US users, comprising 60% of total downloads. iPhone owners use their apps more often, with the performance of the top 150 apps in the AppStore “far outpacing” the performance of the top 150 Android titles. The research company…
Apple is continuing its dominance in the tablet market, according to the latest numbers tallied up by IHS iSuppli. The firm found that the Cupertino based company extended its lead in the slate business shipping about 70 percent of all tablets in the second quarter of this year. Indeed, these are impressive numbers, but they…
Thanks to the wide adoption of smartphones, social networking is quickly making the jump to mobile. According to eMarketer estimates, by the end of this year, nearly 82 million US mobile users will use a social networking site on their phone at least monthly. In other words, that’s more than a quarter of the total…
Last week, Nokia ran a poll asking users to choose their favorite input method on a mobile phone. The choices were number keypad, QWERTY keyboard, touchscreen and voice commands. You would think touchscreens will rule the day all around the world but you would be wrong. Sure enough, Americans love them more than the rest…
According to the latest ABI Research’s report titled “Facial Recognition for Mobile Devices”, almost 20% of smartphone shipped this year will include facial recognition capabilities. What’s more, in five years’ time, shipments of smartphones and tablets with the technology will increase to 665 million annually. At the moment, only Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and…
According to a new report from Juniper Research, the value of remote transactions for digital and physical goods purchased via mobile devices will exceed $730 billion annually by 2017. The research company goes on suggesting that the growth will be driven by the increasing scale of real-world (non-digital) purchases from major brands and retailers, with…
You’ve probably heard about the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) trend that includes companies allowing its employees to use their personal smartphones and tablets for the work. While that helps enterprises and other entities embracing the trend save some cash on device purchases, it does pose some risks. As I’m writing this, BYOD has been…
With mobile apps (and app stores) gaining ground in the emerging markets of Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, South and Central America and Africa – the telecoms analyst firm Ovum predicts that smartphone penetration will dramatically increase from 2013. According to Ovum, operators regard app stores as a key factor in growing their subscriber bases and…
As hostile as they are toward each other, Android and iOS continue to reign as a powerful team when it comes to dominating smartphone market share. In the second quarter of 2012, IDC found that combined they represent 85 percent of all smartphones shipped. Android has a gigantic lead, holding just under 70 percent of…