Defying the global economic slowdown, India’s mobile-phone demand is expected to continue to rise at an accelerated rate in 2009 due to the rollout of 3G and WiMAX networks and the implementation of Mobile Number Portability (MNP), according to iSuppli Corp.
The Strategy Analytics Wireless Device Lab service research, “The Camera is Still King: Consumers Willing to Pay for a Quality Camera on Their Mobile Device,” shows that a quality camera is the primary mobile phone add-on for which consumers in the U.S. and Western Europe would be willing to pay–and willing to pay the most–compared [...]
According to The NPD Group, Apple’s iPhone 3G surpassed the Motorola RAZR as the leading handset purchased by adult consumers in the U.S. in the third quarter (Q3) of 2008. RAZR had been ranked by NPD as the top-selling consumer handset for the past 12 quarters.
Nokia today launched Mobile Millennium, a public pilot that will collect and study traffic data received from GPS-enabled mobile devices, such as the Nokia N96, Nokia N95 and Nokia E71. As part of its open innovation model, Nokia Research Center is collaborating with UC Berkeley’s California Center for Innovative Transportation (CCIT), the California Department of [...]
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, mobile phone shipments in the United States defied the economic gloom and grew 6 percent annually, to reach 47 million units during the third quarter of 2008. Samsung outperformed, making it the market leader in the US for the first time.
iPhone manufacturer Apple ranks highest in overall customer satisfaction among business wireless smartphone users, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Business Wireless Smartphone Customer Satisfaction StudySM released today.
Based on a recent survey by Compass Intelligence, an estimated 7.2 percent of mobile phone users that are 18 or older and employed use mobile banking. These findings are based on a recent web-based survey with an opt-in panel of 20,000 consumers and business decision-makers.
Recent economic hardships may have consumers scrambling even more to stay out of debt, but Americans won’t let the wireless payment slip. According to a recent Consumer Spending Behavior survey sponsored by LetsTalk.com, more than half of cell phone owners are willing to pay increased cell phone bills this year compared to last year. Surprisingly, [...]
A surge in early adoption of the new G1 mobile handset — the first to incorporate Google Android mobile computing platform – indicates Apple’s iPhone may have another challenger for the title of hip mobile device, according to WebTrends.
“Given the traumatic news ricocheting around the financial markets, one would almost expect mobile handset markets to have nosedived”, says ABI Research Asia-Pacific vice-president Jake Saunders. “However 3Q-2008 still delivered 8.2% year-on-year growth.” 4Q-2008 will be a vital quarter for handset vendors and mobile operators. Expect to see aggressive marketing and promotional activities from operators [...]
