Forty-seven percent of business IT end users and 26% of IT professionals said they had never heard the term BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), according to results of a survey conducted by Harris Interactive for CTIA – The Wireless Association. Yet more than half of...
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The 97% of U.S. smartphone owners who make use of mobile apps are saving lots of time, and that translates into saving lots of money, according to an online survey conducted by Harris Interactive for ClickSoftware. U.S. smartphone owners who use mobile apps save up...
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Apple continued to top the ranks of the world’s smartphone manufacturers and Google’s Android continued as the #1 smartphone platform during the three month period ending March, according to the latest from the comScore MobiLens market research service. Apple smartphones accounted for 39% of OEM...
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For the first time, more smartphones than feature phones were shipped worldwide in 1Q 2013 as the global market for mobile phones grew 4% year over year, according to the latest data from IDC. Vendors shipped a total of 418.6 million mobile phones in 1Q13...
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The mobile media channel now rivals that of TV and other mainstream media in terms of reach. But the mobile audience is a highly fragment market of niches, which poses challenges for marketers looking to incorporate mobile into the media mix, according to Flurry, a...
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Usage of single-purpose consumer electronics (CE) devices is declining as users increase use of multi-purpose and mobile smartphones and tablets, according to a study from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). U.S. consumers continue to use standalone CE devices, such as digital cameras and laptop PCs,...
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Smartphone and tablet gaming is growing fast, so fast, in fact, that IDC forecasts the number of paying smartphone and tablet gamers will surpass that of gaming-optimized handsets (GOH), such as Nintendo’s 3DS and Sony’s PlayStation Vita, this year and continue growing rapidly through 2017....
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Though still strong, wireless subscriber growth is slowing in the U.S., according to wireless operators surveyed by consulting firm PwC. According to the survey, wireless is nearing saturation, with the U.S. market having “reached a level where most of the addressable market has a mobile...
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Apple iPhone users make more and greater use of mobile e-commerce apps than their Android smartphone user counterparts, according to a new Arbitron study. More than two-thirds (67.5%) of iPhone users use mobile apps for commerce as compared to 43.9% of Android users, according to...
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Dyle, the mobile TV service that works on smartphones but doesn’t use the cellular network, is beginning to have critical mass – in terms of broadcaster support, at least. Mobile Content Venture, the joint venture of several TV broadcasters that operates Dyle, said yesterday that...
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App developers have set their sights on smart TV platforms as the next area of significant growth in the digital media landscape, according to a new report from Parks Associates. In the search for new revenue-generation opportunities, app developers would do well to target video...
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AT&T once again is hoping an exclusive device will give the company a competitive edge. In this case the device is the HTC First, which according to AT&T is “the first and only smartphone built to feature Facebook Home.” As an alternative to purchasing the...
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