QuickPlay Media, provider of solutions that manage the business of mobile video, today unveiled the findings of its latest quarterly consumer consumption analysis. The results – aggregate usage statistics from 15 QuickPlay-powered services over the first quarter of 2009 – reveal a 61 percent rise in consumer demand for streaming and mobile video download content. […]
Twitter Grabs Market Share, Struggles with Retention
A report released yesterday based on Nielsen Mobile data compared user demographics and market penetration of Twitter, a free mobile community, and Predicto, a paid mobile community. According to Nielsen’s fourth-quarter 2008 SMS Media Report, both services enjoy an overwhelming 50 percent of their respective community market share in terms of SMS activity. For the […]
Rumors swirl in iPhone-land
AT&T, Apple, Verizon Wireless and Microsoft are some of the names popping up this week as speculation continues over the future of the iPhone – and anything that can compete with it. USA Today started things off on Monday by reporting that Apple had initiated “high-level” talks to bring a CDMA version of the iPhone […]
Apple hits 1B app downloads
The Apple App Store yesterday announced its one-billionth application download and its 35,000 available applications in nine months of business. For the past two weeks, the App Store has been running a ticker on its Web site tracking the number of downloads. In January, Apple announced 500 million downloads and 15,000 available applications. The one-billionth […]
Verizon releases developer specs for LTE
Verizon Wireless today released an initial set of technical specifications for devices that will run on its forthcoming Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. The move is meant to “encourage developers to design devices that can take advantage of 4G network speeds and capabilities,” according to the company. Verizon Wireless will host a Web conference on […]
Report: Femtocells to dominate for indoor coverage
In-Stat says femtocells will make up 61 percent of small cellular base station revenue by 2013. The industry has seen plenty of predictions concerning femtocells over the past couple of years, but the hype hasn’t exactly been realized. Rather, carriers have been searching for a realistic use case for the tiny base stations. Once hailed […]
Forecast calls for big market for picoprojectors
With a potential addressable market measured in the billions of units, In-Stat forecasts the market for picoprojectors will exceed $1.1 billion within five years. The report states that cell phones and accessory projectors will lead the picoprojector market, with computing devices and consumer products following. The tiny, embedded projectors were highlighted at this year’s Billboard […]
From CTIA: Day 1 keynotes hit on LTE, apps
LAS VEGAS – CTIA kicked off its annual spring trade show Wednesday with a series of three keynotes from industry executives who emphasized continued growth through innovation. The event began on a somber note, as CTIA President and CEO Steve Largent asked for a moment of silence in memoriam of Mark Desautels, who died Monday of […]
From CTIA: AT & T invites developers to submit apps
LAS VEGAS – AT&T today announced the launch of AT&T Apps Beta, a new initiative that gives developers the chance to test applications with AT&T customers and receive direct consumer feedback before making their applications broadly available. In what sounds similar to work being done by the likes of Symbian, AT&T issued an open invitation […]
From CTIA 2009: Samsung unveils WiMAX-capable device
Samsung on Tuesday unveiled its first WiMAX device and updates to its TouchWiz platform ahead of the opening of CTIA Las Vegas 2009. Stressing consumer choice and a renewed focus on media rich touchscreen devices, the company unveiled its new smartphone, the Samsung Mondi. The new device runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 and comes preloaded […]