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Articles tagged with: Gfk
Smart Phones Still Growth Factor in Austria
In a brief research note from gfk Retail and Technoligy, the research firm notes that despite the weak economic situation the market of multifunctional Smart Phones (multimedia, messaging, Internet, e-mail functions and GPS) continues to thrive in Austria. more
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Record High for Mobile Music Downloads in UK
The UK's mobile music market is continuing to exhibit strong growth with a record number of downloads for May (1.72 million), reports gfk. So far in 2009 each month has registered at least 1.5 million music downloads and the market is still growing at an impressive rate in volume terms (April and May 09 were 21% up on 08). more
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Brazil: Cordless Phones Perform Well as Mobile Sales Suffer
Sales of mobile phones in Brazil decreased 20% in volume terms between January to April 2009 compared to the same period last year, reports gfk. The rate of decline for April in isolation was not quite as pronounced but still represented a 10% decrease compared to April 2008. more
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America's Appetite for Smartphones and the Apps They Can't Live Without
Best Buy Mobile commissioned a survey revealing that a large portion of adults in America plan to buy a smartphone in the next 12 months. However, many barriers stand in their way, including confusion about the technology, the shopping experience and price. more
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Mobile Phone sales rise as Singaporeans get smart
April 2009 has seen sales of Mobile Phones in Singapore grow by an impressive 30% in value terms compared to one year ago, reports gfk. The research firm attributes to the introduction of more Smart Phone models with advanced features such as touch screens and higher-resolution built-in cameras. more
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Key drivers as UK Mobile Content market prepares for challenging year
Although mobile entertainment spending in Q1-2009 has remained fairly flat and market performance is down over 2008, there are still reasons to be cheerful, as trends shift towards video and music subscriptions, casual gaming proves popular and flat rate mobile internet continues to expand - reports gfk Retail and Technology. more
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Mobile Advertising Growth Fueled by New Ad Formats on Smartphones
A survey commissioned by mobile social networking provider, Brightkite has found that 38% of US mobile phone owners recall seeing advertising on their cell phones in the first quarter of 2009, although for Smartphone users, the recall rate jumped to 59%. more
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Record sales of Portable Navigation Devices in Europe
With 18.1 million units sold in 2008, demand for Portable Navigation Devices (PNDs) increased by 3 million units compared to 2007; a 20 percent rise. In quarter 4 the economic crisis took its toll on the market. The industry defied falling prices through a variety of innovations. more
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Third of iPhone Owners Used a Location Based Service in Q4 2008
US based mobile social network site, Limbo and gfk Technology have published a Mobile Advertising Report (MAR), which reveals that iPhone users are more than twice as likely as non-iPhone users to browse the mobile Web and more than three times as likely to use a location-based service (LBS) or a location-based social network. more
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Chilean Mobile Phone market taking a new turn
After years of low prices created huge penetration levels reaching 100%, Chilean mobile network operators are slowly changing their policy. The subsidy on Handsets is being lowered, mainly on lower-end products, together with a strong shift in offers from pre-paid to contract. For some years the 'disposable' Handset was also very popular in Chile. more
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