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Articles tagged with: Social Networking and Smartphone
P2P mobile messaging to reach $106bn by 2014 - but revenues to decline in some sectors
Mobile messaging revenues are set for measured growth over the next five years, as market forces take effect. SMS, MMS, mobile email and IM traffic volumes will continue their inexorable rise, but the IP evolution is resulting in disruptive business models, increased competition from the Web and commoditisation of established services. more
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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, iphone, tim, ovi, comscore, mobile-games, app-store, mobile-content, UK
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: iphone, sms, analytics, samsung, smartphones, comscore, lg, mobile-internet
Cell Phones Are Helping Kids Learn in the Classroom
Educators, policymakers and wireless industry leaders joined together last week at the Mobile Learning Conference 2009 (MLC09) in Washington, D.C. to discuss the promising future of educational technology in America and the key role the application of cellular technology and devices can play in helping kids learn in the classroom. more
Related Tags: qualcomm, smartphones, mobile-broadband, north-carolina, play, USA
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
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Sales of Smartphones to Reach 300m by 2013
High-end mobile handsets (so-called 'smartphones') are expected to account for a growing proportion of mobile phones sold each year, potentially sustaining the performance of key brands such as Nokia at a time of economic uncertainty. A new report from Juniper Research forecasts that, between 2008 and 2013, annual sales of smartphones will rise by 95% to over 300 million. more
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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: iphone, sms, smartphones, comscore, blackberry, ringtone, mobile-content
Over $565 Million Invested in Boston Mobile Companies During 2008
Mobile Monday Boston has released a report detailing the half of a billion dollars invested in local mobile organizations in 2008. Despite concerns about an economic downturn and a slowdown in venture capital investment, Mobile Monday Boston reports that investment in mobile is on the rise, with over $565 million invested in the space in 2008. more
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Mobile Phone Market Poised for Slowdown in 2009
The impact of the global economic crisis will spread to the mobile phone market resulting in a downturn in shipments in 2009. According to IDC, total mobile phone volumes will be 2.2% lower in 2009 than 2008 levels, the first downturn in annual shipment volumes since 2001 when shipments declined 2.3%. Over the past several years, the mobile phone market has enjoyed double-digit annual growth due to an increased emphasis on emerging markets. However, emerging market growth has been steadily slowing as these markets mature. IDC now expects worldwide growth to be just 7.3% in 2008 before slipping into negative growth in 2009. more
Related Tags: nokia, texas-instruments, qualcomm, smartphones, lte, texas, idc, chipset
BlackBerry Users Seem Keen on MySpace
Corporate email phone manufacturer, BlackBerry has announced that over 400,000 of its customers have downloaded an application to connect to the teenage website, MySpace - within a week of it being launched. more
Related Tags: smartphones, blackberry, rim, storm