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Nielsen released a really great infographic the other day, going over a variety of U.S. media usage statistics, including mobile internet use. Among the stats they had gathered was how folks spend time on the internet using their phone, what phones were popular, which mobile video sites were the most visited, and who were sending…
In its new report Juniper Research forecasts that ad spend on mobile games will increase tenfold over the next five years, climbing from $87 million in 2010 to $894 million in 2015. There are two key factors to consider – increasing brand interest in mobile as an advertising channel, and apps – of which games…
RIM’s U.S. smartphone market share continues to slowly but surely decline. According to Nielsen’s November data, iPhone continued its lead, which sat at 28.6% (up from 27.9% in June), with BlackBerry taking 26.1% (down from 33.9%), and Android 25.8% (up from 15%). Despite being in third place, Android has attracted the most new purchases in…
Despite the glut of competitors over the next 12 months, Caris & Co. research said the Apple iPad will still have a commanding market share in the tablet space in 2011. The report said that the Apple iPad will account for 67% of the market next year as Steve Jobs’ company still has a head…
Everyone and their mama is using SMS these days thus we were not surprised to learn that ABI Research predicts more than 7 trillion SMS messages will be sent worldwide in 2011, from nearly 4.2 billion mobile subscriptions. The research company distincts between four types of messaging: SMS, MMS, mobile email and Instant Messaging. While…
The current state of mobile processor market sees two architectures, ARM and x86, dominating the low and high-end segments, respectively. While ARM has found its way in most handsets, x86 (primarily Intel) has a largest share in PC-like netbooks. Other architectures, such as MIPS and SH, are equally suited to power mobile System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions…
According to recent In-Stat’s report, widespread adoption of wireless charging technology will be difficult without standardization. If that happens, we could be talking about potential revenue of over $4 billion by 2014. For instance, Palm has incorporated wireless charging technology into their Pre Smartphone product line while Dell has launched a wireless charging laptop that…
Research firm GfK was recently given access to the logs of over 200,000 mobile internet users in 3 European countries and they’ve discovered that network usage skyrockets in the morning starting at 07:15, peaks again around 16:30 (04:30 in the afternoon), and then drops like a rock a few hours after that. They’re also seeing…
Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project made a post-election nationwide survey of U.S. adults to find out how and whether U.S. adults have used mobile phones in the 2010 mid-term election campaign. The results are in, suggesting that more than a quarter of American adults (26%) used their mobile phones to learn about…
Scanbuy has recently conducted a poll on Twitter and Facebook to discover how consumers are utilizing mobile barcodes while shopping over the holidays. The results are promising with more than half of those surveyed scanning a barcode – 57% doing so at least once, 40% scanning a mobile barcode five or more times, with an…