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Articles tagged with: Social Networking and Iphone
Mobile E-Mail Tops British iPhone Usage
According to a report from mobile usage analysts, comScore, three-quarters of British iPhone owners use mobile e-mail, making it the most popular type of mobile content consumed on the device. more
Related Tags: nokia, smartphone, tim, ovi, comscore, mobile-games, app-store, mobile-content, music, qwerty, touch-screen, UK
Mobile Applications Stores: A Virtual 'Farmer's Market'
The mobile content market with the advent of the applications store has brought a new model of mobile content distribution. The applications store gives an opportunity to capitalize on direct relationships with consumers, linking them to the brand and offering an easy-to-use way of purchasing a variety of applications. It is like on a farmer's market, where people can purchase fresh products and homemade food eliminating the middleman and the additional costs associated with buying through an intermediary. more
Related Tags: android, nokia, samsung, qualcomm, o2, ovi, blackberry, mobile-content, play, brew, android-market, samsung-mobile, nokia-ovi
Mobile Internet Becoming A Daily Activity For Many
Analytics firm, comScore has reported that the number of people in the USA using their mobile device to access news and information on the Internet more than doubled from January 2008 to January 2009. more
Related Tags: sms, analytics, smartphone, samsung, smartphones, comscore, lg, mobile-internet, maps, mobile-web
Western European Mobile Phone Market now in Recession
Three consecutive quarters of negative growth have led the Western European mobile phone market into recession. According to IDC's European Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 53.6 million units in 4Q08, 13.5% lower than the 62 million units shipped in 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped 190.5 million units in Western Europe, 5.9% lower than the 202.5 million units shipped in 2007. more
Related Tags: android, sony-ericsson, t-mobile, 3g, windows-mobile, nokia, sim, smartphone, samsung, motorola, eu, skype, 3-uk, cisco, cisco, apple, itu, smartphones, wind, open-handset-alliance, ericsson, idc, lg, blackberry, compete, personal, touchscreen, sony, 3, oem, inq1, windows, sanjay-jha, chipset, windows-live, storm, music, global-mobile, barcelona, mobile-world-congress
Smartphones Provide Extra Mana for Mobile Games Industry
comScore reports that the number of people downloading a mobile game grew 17 percent from November 2007 to November 2008, when 8.5 million people, or 3.8 percent of mobile subscribers, downloaded a game to their mobile device. more
Related Tags: sms, smartphone, smartphones, comscore, blackberry, ringtone, mobile-content, mobile-gaming, razr
Consumers Will Accept New Forms of Advertising if Companies Follow Their Rules
IBM's survey of consumer digital media and entertainment habits revealed that consumers are adopting digital content services -- such as social networking and videos -- on mobile phones and personal computers at an accelerated pace, and it is impacting traditional consumption habits. more
Related Tags: microsoft, ipod, ibm, nintendo, personal, sony, mobile-content, wired, music, target, television, Australia
As Mobile Web Usage Explodes, Full-Featured Browsers on Smartphones See Strongest Growth
One of the undisputed bright spots in 2008 has been the continued rapid growth of web usage on mobile devices. While growth of web usage is up across all mobile device classes, one of the biggest areas of growth has been smartphones. ABI Research sees this growth continuing over the next five years, with highly capable Internet browsers on smartphones expanding from 130 million in 2008 to 530 million by 2013. more
Related Tags: google, microsoft, smartphone, rsa, smartphones, abi-research, rim, admob, opera
Economic Downturn Leads Carriers to Reduce Capex Spending
In financially challenging times, when service revenues dip due to reduced end-user confidence, a standard tactic is to cut back on capital expenditure, which boosts operating margins and thereby profits. This tactic was used in the dot.com/3G economic downturn earlier this decade. more
Related Tags: base-station, mobile-tv, samsung, apple, apple, abi-research, capex, core-network, mobile-internet, backhaul, omnia, apple-iphone, music
AT&T Appoints Senior Wireless Executive to Lead New Emerging Devices Organization
AT&T has announced that Glenn Lurie, formerly the president of National Distribution for AT&T Mobility, has been appointed to lead AT&T's initiative to introduce wireless capabilities into a wide variety of emerging wireless devices beyond the traditional handset. more
Related Tags: radioshack, apple, apple, gps, driving, personal, retail-stores, wireless-broadband, presence, navigation,
Majority of US Phone Users Report Surging Mobile Phone Usage
Azuki Systems has published a user survey of US mobile phone users which reports that over 54% of those surveyed said their mobile phone usage had increased by more than 25% over the last two years, and one in five respondents said it had increased by more than 50%. A significant catalyst behind this growth is smart phone adoption, with 62% of respondents indicating they either own or will own such a device in the next 12 months. more
Related Tags: text-messaging, blackberry, sharp, text-messages, seven, mobile-content, catalyst, feature-phones, texting,
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