by Pivot
Tag: Smartphone
CEA: Streaming Video Subscribership Reaches 40% of Households
Ownership of digital content will surpass that of traditional content over the course of the next few years, according to the Consumer Electronics Association’s 17th “Annual CE Ownership and Market Potential Study. Widespread adoption and…
Verizon Rural LTE Program Now Reaches 2.5 Million People
It’s hard to believe it’s been five years since we first heard about Verizon’s LTE in Rural America program, which gives small rural network operators the ability to build out Verizon spectrum in areas where…
OTT Video Viewer Survey: Smart TVs Increase Group Viewing
Introducing streaming video devices into the home changes viewing patterns significantly, according to one of two new studies from the Council for Research Excellence (CRE) released May 1. Smart TVs, for example, lead to more…
NPD: Cellular Tablet Activations Up 90% Over Last Year
Building cellular connectivity into tablets is proving to be very popular among tablet users in the U.S. Totaling 18.3 million, the number of actively connected tablets in the U.S. shot up 90 percent year-over-year as…
Seniors and Smartphones Survey: 82% Find Smartphones “Liberating”
Collectively, U.S. seniors have been comparatively slow when it comes to adoption of high-tech devices. Yet when it comes to smartphones, a significantly higher percentage of seniors than younger Americans feel their smartphones represent “freedom”…
Accenture Media Consumption Survey: TV Screens See Sharp Decline
People around the world are increasingly turning to a variety of consumer electronic (CE) devices – smartphones, tablets and gaming consoles, as well as portable and desktop PCs – to satisfy their need for entertainment.…
Teen Smartphone Usage: 92% Online Almost Constantly
Ninety-one percent of U.S. teens venture online via mobile devices at least occasionally, according to the latest research from the Pew Research Center’sInternet, Science and Tech unit. Nearly all African-American teens reported doing so, “significantly…
Smartphone Growth Forecast to Outpace Tablets and PCs
Smartphones will make up a growing share of the global market for smart connected devices (SCDs) over the course of this decade, “dwarfing both tablets and PCs in terms of shipment volumes,” according to a…
Flurry Finds Growth in Phablet Usage of 148% in One Year
Skyrocketing in popularity, connected devices and apps have quickly surpassed both the Web and TV in terms of the time people spend consuming media. Smartphones (led by Apple’s iPhone) paved the way and tablets (with…
GfK: Phablet Share of Mobile Device Market Hits 12.8%
Mobile phone users can’t seem to get enough of phablets – smartphones with screens of 5.5 inches and larger, according to the latest market research from GfK. Phablet sales have been outpacing overall consumer demand…
IDC: Android, iOS Market Share Dominance Increases
Global market shares for Android and iOS smartphones edged even higher in both 4Q and all of 2014, moving Google and Apple closer to complete market domination, according to new market research from IDC. Taken…
Gfk on Smartphone Use in Stores: Online Price Checking is Common
Growing numbers of smartphone users are turning to those devices and the World Wide Web to help them make purchase decisions while out shopping in stores, according to new market research from GfK. Using mobile…