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The bean counters at Gartner have published their predictions for where the tablet market is heading. Before we look ahead though, let’s look at 2010. An estimated 17.6 million tablets shipped during that year, of which 83% of them were iPads. By the end of this year it’s estimated that 63.6 million tablets will ship,…
There’s some interesting news coming out of the most recent Cisco survey and we’ll focus on the mobile parts first and then dive into some fun parts which may make some of you older folks out there shake your heads in disgust. It’s clear that mobile technology is having a huge impact on the youth,…
One thing we all know about the cell phone world is people love to text and send e-mails, but did you know 83 percent of American adults own cell phones and three-quarters of them (73 percent) send and receive text messages? Well, according to the latest study by The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project,…
Smartphone technology has advanced at a head-spinning rate over the past few years, and our mobile devices can do more than even the most powerful computers could just 15 years ago. Unfortunately, the joy and convenience that we get from these devices are brief and fleeting, because we find ourselves running for our chargers and…
If I had to guess which app category is most profitable, weather apps would probably be at the end of my list. That’s how wrong I would be, cause weather apps are just the opposite – they make more money than any other app category. According to research2guidance, selecting the right app category is crucial…
It appears RIM’s iPad killer is not so murderous. The situation is quite the opposite, actually. The latest estimate indicates RIM sold around 490,000 BlackBerry PlayBook units during the first full quarter on the market. RIM is expected to confirm this number tomorrow along with earnings. By comparison, Apple shipped 9.25 million iPads in that…
For a while, the Samsung Galaxy S II supposedly claimed the title of world’s thinnest smartphone – thinner than even the iPhone 4. We all just assumed this was true but Apple knew the real truth and it continued to advertise the iPhone 4 with this title in commercials. So, the U.K.’s Advertising Standards Authority…
A study conducted by Nielsen showed the top 20 Android apps by gender, and to nobody’s surprise Facebook, Google Maps and Gmail were the most used among U.S. owners 18 years and older (if you don’t count the Android Market app itself). In order for Nielsen to establish the “active reach” of each app, the…
Research company Kantar Worldpanel ComTec says that there are more than 3.6 million people in the UK with a tablet, representing 7.6% of the population — up from 2.8% in November 2010. Needless to say, Apple’s iPad accounts for almost three-quarters of tablet sales with the Samsung Galaxy Tab holding the distant second position with…
Android has nabbed second place in Europe as the most used operating system according to comScore, a company which performs research on the digital world. In the study released today, data from the comScore MobiLens service analysing growth trends of all smartphone platforms showed impressive year-to-year growth by Android. This study was done across the…