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TripAdvisor conducted a small survey asking its visitors from few European countries whether and how they use a smartphone to plan their travels. 5,013 respondents across Europe, including 1,313 Brits, submitted their responses from 23 to 31 May 2011. Other countries surveyed were France, Italy and Spain. The results suggest that 22% of British respondents…
Thanks to Google’s open source operating system Android, cheap overseas labor, and a bunch of businessmen who are willing to play the high volume, low margins game, an estimated 13% of all mobile phones shipped during the first 3 months of this year were made by companies like Micromax, Spice Mobile, and Yulong Coolpad; in…
Two companies, BlueVia and Vision Mobile, teamed-up to launch Developer Economics 2011, calling it the “quintessential mobile developer research report.” This is the second such annual report which explores issues like which platforms gained and lost developer mindshare, what are the most popular revenue models, which go-to-market channels are the fastest and quicker to pay,…
Mobile applications keep growing like crazy. According to the latest research from In-Stat, this market is expected to reach nearly 48 billion downloads in 2015, driven by the increased smartphone penetration. Touchscreen devices will continue to dominate the landscape with nearly 90% of smartphones shipped in 2011, and will increase to nearly 100% in the…
The Verizon 4G LTE network is pretty darn good but a new report from Root Metrics shows that not all devices are created equally. The company compared the HTC Thunderbolt and Samsung Droid Charge and found that one consistently got faster download speeds, even though both were using the same 4G LTE network. The report…
IDC released their latest forecast today, claiming smartphone shipments would reach 472 million this year (versus 305 million in 2010, marking 55% growth) and skyrocket to 982 million by the end of 2015. IDC’s forecast of Windows Phone overtaking iPhone and BlackBerry market share by 2015 holds steady, along with their prediction that Symbian growth…
While most of the US is patiently awaiting the HTC EVO 3D, we’ve been playing around with the LG Optimus 3D for a while now. While the official review is still in the oven, we wanted to give show you the 3D-toting phone next to some of our favorite Android handsets. For the most part,…
Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha laid some hate on the Android Market in a conference webcast yesterday, claiming 70% of their smartphone returns are due to third-party apps negatively affecting performance. Apparently Motorola’s custom Android app suite, Motoblur, has been collecting data about app usage, which has brought them to this conclusion. By the same token,…
Distimo is out with its new report, covering all of the major app stores. Most notably this release compares the app prospects in two leading services, Apple’s App Store and Google’s Android Market. Here are the highlights: 96 applications have been downloaded more than 5 million times in the Android Market with Google Maps being…
Call it home turf advantage if you must, but according to comScore’s latest survey, Waterloo, Ontario-based Research In Motion has planted a BlackBerry into the mitten-clad paws of 42% of Canadian smartphone owners. Apple trails at 31%, with Android at 12%, Symbian at 6.4% and Windows Phone/Mobile at 5.1%. On a comparative basis, Canada’s smartphone…