I did my own BlackBerry research the other day. I must qualify this post’s headline — I called five SMEs to talk about their BlackBerry usage. Each of the companies I called are British companies, they are all primarily engaged in the manufacturing industry and they all employ 25-500 people. I think I probably called [...]
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The “BlackBerry’s Dead” Myth: 4 out of 5 SMEs I called are staying with RIM for “foreseeable future”
Mobile App Store downloads to hit 980.23 trillion by 2011
[insert breathless press release introduction] [insert some additional speculation from press release] [insert a quote from the analyst] [insert a summary editorial point] I trust you got the point of this post.
iPhone 4 disassembly by Chipworks
Fancy getting a look at the innards of the iPhone 4? Even the slight-geeks amongst us wouldn’t mind having a bit of a peer, right? Chipworks have done all the work for you in some detail — down to the silicon! Here are the company’s key findings: – The Apple A4 remains unchanged from the [...]
A super example of why Nokia needs to get tough and get stuck in
Recently someone described me on Twitter as ‘pro-Nokia’. Like you’d label someone ‘right-wing’ or ‘left-wing’. I can’t find the tweet but it really stuck with me. I am a fundamental fan of the company and I very much respect a lot of the talented people who work there. But I think a better label for [...]
App revenues to exceed $30bn by 2015
Juniper Research has been looking at mobile application stores in depth. You can get the report here. I’m pleased that the report points out that it’s not all about the iPhone. Obviously with 4 billion downloads to April 2010, the iTunes App Store is a monster, but, as Juniper point out, brands and developers shouldn’t [...]
Only 10% of buyers choose based on design; loyalty non-existent
A stimulating survey in from WDS Global who’ve just spoken to 1,000 customers globally. The results? Here are the key points: Price is the number one purchasing factor Consumer purchasing decisions of mobile phones are overwhelmingly made on price, with 49% of consumers citing it as the most important factor; only 7% based their purchase [...]
LadyGeek’s The Female App Economy Report – ‘unboxed’
“I’ll do an unboxing!” I said to Belinda, one of the founders of LadyGeek. Belinda had just handed me a copy of their first mobile applications report, titled The Female App Economy. It’s been produced in combination with YouGov’s SixthSense team and it makes very, very interesting reading. LadyGeek’s mission is to help technology companies [...]
AdMob’s metrics report: Smartphones now account for half of AdMob traffic
AdMob’s metrics report is out today and there’s some interesting stats to ponder. The first point to consider: In February 2010, smartphones accounted for 48 percent of AdMob’s worldwide traffic, up from 35 percent in February 2009. More and more people are upgrading their shitphones to Smartphones. This can only be good news for the [...]
Smartphone downloads to reach 6,677,770,771.78 by 2014
Frost & Sullivan have released a report for anyone who wants a bit of collateral to support their ‘mobile applications will be big’ argument. Interestingly though, Frost’s exhaustive research indicate that downloads from all app stores will reach 6.67 billion in 2014. Not 7 billion. Not 6 billion. 6.67 billion precisely. If it was me [...]
Help: Symbian statistics by geography?
Vojtech, Mr Czech Republic, now based in London, is on the hunt for some Symbian statistics, ideally by geography. I’ve always been a fan of the Symbian operating system, despite whacking it with a large stick at every opportune point (tough love, I’d like them to succeed) — and it’s for this reason that I’m [...]
Mobile downloads will hit 20 billion per year by 2014
2014 is sufficiently far enough away for your average analyst to avoid being held to account. That said, I think the figure of 20 billion application downloads per year, per planet, should be pretty accurate. So Apple have done 1.5 billion in about a year, with, what… 40-odd million devices out there (including iPod Touch). [...]
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Trying DaaS on my iPad — it really does rock
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