We talk about Juniper Research’s reports like all the time, hence we decided to give the company some additional space as they share their predictions for the next year. As you’re about to see, they’re more about mobile services than devices, which is kinda strange – but again understandable since that’s usually the focus of…
In-Stat: There will be almost 115 million LTE subscribers by 2014
There are no doubts LTE networks are coming. However, there are still some hurdles standing on the way of the upcoming standard’s mass adoption. For starters, spectrum has to be cleared, licensed, and either allocated or sold off before LTE takes hold. As every country has its own set of telecommunication regulations, these factors will…
ComScore: Google Android is fastest growing OS in United States
A new report from comScore confirms what a lot of us already knew: the Google Android operating system is the fastest-growing platform in the United States. The comScore data says that Android grew from 17% in July to 23.5% in October, representing a 6.5% improvement. Those numbers were undoubtedly helped by the release of high-profile…
In-Stat: 3D-enabled mobile devices to surpass 60 million units by 2014
We know that major movie studios are all about 3D these days. Heck even the TV makers are keeping up with this growing trend, with handset manufacturers preparing to join the ride as well. In that sense, In-Stat released a report talking about 3D-enabled mobile phones and concluding that shipments of such devices will surpass…
Eighty-five percent of users surveyed prefer the Apple iPad over Samsung Galaxy Tab with Android
Just two months ago, we took a poll for the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab, and our readers seemed to prefer the Android tablet over the iPad nearly two to one. However, in a recent survey conducted by Piper Jaffray, it seems that 85% of users actually prefer the iPad and see more value…
Juniper Research: Driven by in-game purchases, mobile games revenues set to surpass $11 billion globally by 2015
In its latest report, Juniper Research explores the mobile gaming space. What they’ve found is interesting – by 2013, revenues from in-game purchases will overtake the traditional pay-per-download model as the primary source of monetizing mobile games. As you all know, Apple already enables in-app billing mechanism which works like a charm and that system…
The New York Times: Only 1% of online adults use location-based check-in services daily
You may love sharing your location using Foursquare, Gowalla and Facebook Places, but have no doubt about it – you’re in minority. Scrap that – you’re in a super minority. According to The New York Times article which quotes the Pew Internet and American Life Project, only 1% of online adults actually use check-in services…
ARCchart: Mobile augmented reality app revenues to reach $2.2 billion by 2015
There are no doubts in my mind that augmented reality is set for explosive growth. Let’s face it, augmented reality apps can offer more convenient way to explore your surrounding than standard maps. That said, I wasn’t surprised to learn that research firm ARCchart forecasts that revenues generated from mobile phone augmented reality applications will…
Nielsen: Men like Android, women like iPhone
A new study out of Nielsen reveals some interesting stats about smartphone users and one thing that the haters will love is that the study found women are preferring the iPhone as their next smartphone OS, while men are preferring Android. To be fair, it’s not by much. The study found 30.9% of females have…
BlackBerry Web Usage Overtakes iPhone in November
While we were looking at the numbers that Pingdom had commissioned from StatCounter regarding global smartphone OS marketshare based on web usage by region, we noticed that StatCounter also had some more recent mobile web usage data that showed BlackBerry being more popular than iOS (which includes iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch) in the U.S.…