http://www.mobilemage.com Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:26:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/06/27/local-mobile-advertising-grows-significantly-1st-quarter-of-2011/ http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/06/27/local-mobile-advertising-grows-significantly-1st-quarter-of-2011/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:06:26 +0000 Cezanne Huq http://www.mobilemage.com/?p=856 Verve Wireless releases Local Mobile Index™ report. Local mobile advertising spends grew a healthy 82% in the 1st quarter of 2011. Verve defines local advertising spends as small and medium businesses purchasing mobile media within their respective markets. It does not include national advertisers spending in specific local markets, which Verve instead classifies as national advertising.]]> http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/06/27/local-mobile-advertising-grows-significantly-1st-quarter-of-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/06/17/motorola-survey-finds-hotel-guest-experience-primary-driver-for-mobile-investments/ http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/06/17/motorola-survey-finds-hotel-guest-experience-primary-driver-for-mobile-investments/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:44:07 +0000 Cezanne Huq http://www.mobilemage.com/?p=839 Three-Quarters of hospitality decision makers cite guest experience as primary driver for mobile investments, according to Motorola Solutions survey. Fifty-six percent of hospitality enterprises plan to increase spending on mobile and wireless to transform operations and keep up with customer demand. The Motorola Solutions 2011 Hospitality Market Barometer reveals that 91 percent of hospitality decision makers realize the increasing importance of mobile and wireless technology, while 78 percent recognize the role mobility plays in ensuring a competitive advantage for their business.]]> http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/06/17/motorola-survey-finds-hotel-guest-experience-primary-driver-for-mobile-investments/feed/ 0 http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/04/29/nokia-smartphone-shipment-drops-15-in-q1-2011/ http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/04/29/nokia-smartphone-shipment-drops-15-in-q1-2011/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:58:50 +0000 Cezanne Huq http://www.mobilemage.com/?p=819 Nokia’s decline in smartphone shipments offsets Apple’s and Samsung’s mobile shipment gains. ABI Research estimates that 100 million smartphones were shipped in Q1 2011. That represents a 0.5% reduction over Q4 2010 shipments and a 75% gain over Q1 2010. In comparison the overall handset market is estimated to be 380 million devices, or a 2.5% reduction from Q4 2010 levels.]]> http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/04/29/nokia-smartphone-shipment-drops-15-in-q1-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/04/29/44-billion-mobile-app-downloads-expected-by-2016/ http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/04/29/44-billion-mobile-app-downloads-expected-by-2016/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 01:08:05 +0000 Cezanne Huq http://www.mobilemage.com/?p=817 A recent mobile research study from ABI Research reveals that the worldwide app industry is well on its way to achieving 44 billion cumulative downloads by 2016. Android and Windows Phone 7 are steadily catching up with Apple as adoption picks up pace and expansion of their mobile OS installed bases continues to grow. The mobile app ecosystem and market model is also expected to evolve with the increasing pool of smartphone and tablet users.]]> http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/04/29/44-billion-mobile-app-downloads-expected-by-2016/feed/ 0 http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/04/21/apple-ipad-held-85-media-tablet-market-share-in-2010/ http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/04/21/apple-ipad-held-85-media-tablet-market-share-in-2010/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:47:25 +0000 Cezanne Huq http://www.mobilemage.com/?p=795 Apple iPad held 85% media tablet market share in 2010. Samsung’s Galaxy Tab ranked a distant second to the iPad in market share, with about 8%, while Archos’s Internet Tablet range just barely moved the needle at 2%. These top three vendors accounted for 95% of the media tablet market between them.]]> http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/04/21/apple-ipad-held-85-media-tablet-market-share-in-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/04/19/apple-ios-platform-reach-surpasses-android-by-59-percent-in-u-s/ http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/04/19/apple-ios-platform-reach-surpasses-android-by-59-percent-in-u-s/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:00:02 +0000 Cezanne Huq http://www.mobilemage.com/?p=786 Apple iOS platform reach surpasses Android by 59 Percent in U.S. when counting mobile phones, tablets and other connected media devices. This release also includes first public data on Apple iPad users from comscore's MobiLens Service. iPad and other connected media device data are also currently available in Europe. comScore will publicly release European data in the coming days.]]> http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/04/19/apple-ios-platform-reach-surpasses-android-by-59-percent-in-u-s/feed/ 0 http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/04/18/android-surpasses-ios-for-first-time-and-iphone-increases-advertising-share-by-9-7-points/ http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/04/18/android-surpasses-ios-for-first-time-and-iphone-increases-advertising-share-by-9-7-points/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:14:00 +0000 Cezanne Huq http://www.mobilemage.com/?p=768 Android market share surpasses iOS globally for first time. Additionally, Verizon launch of iPhone increases advertising share of iOS by 9.7% points in North America according to data analysis findings in its Mobile Insights Report: Global Edition March 2011.]]> http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/04/18/android-surpasses-ios-for-first-time-and-iphone-increases-advertising-share-by-9-7-points/feed/ 0 http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/04/16/motricity-acquires-adenyo-folds-mobile-advertising-marketing-and-analytics-into-the-mcore-platform/ http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/04/16/motricity-acquires-adenyo-folds-mobile-advertising-marketing-and-analytics-into-the-mcore-platform/#comments Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:00:38 +0000 Cezanne Huq http://www.mobilemage.com/?p=765 Motricity acquires Adenyo, folds mobile advertising, marketing and analytics into the mCore platform. Motricity now delivers relevance-based mobile advertising and marketing campaigns to hundreds of millions of Users across a wide range of devices including iPhone, iPad, Android, and BlackBerry. Adenyo enables brands, media companies, advertising agencies and mobile operators to directly engage consumers through the delivery of highly targeted mobile advertising and marketing campaigns - which are delivered predominately via smartphones, tablets and next generation mobile devices. Customers include: AT&T, McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Ford Motor Company, Paramount Pictures, Garnier, Omnicom Media Group and Bouygues Telecom. Since the transaction was initially announced on January 31, 2011, Adenyo has continued to gain momentum, adding Visa, Samsung and Kraft as new customers.]]> http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/04/16/motricity-acquires-adenyo-folds-mobile-advertising-marketing-and-analytics-into-the-mcore-platform/feed/ 0 http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/03/31/usablenet-leads-new-abi-research-mobile-commerce-vendor-matrix-ranking/ http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/03/31/usablenet-leads-new-abi-research-mobile-commerce-vendor-matrix-ranking/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:16:20 +0000 Cezanne Huq http://www.mobilemage.com/?p=726 Usablenet leads new ABI Research mobile Commerce vendor matrix ranking. Usablenet has been ranked at the top of the latest Non-NFC Mobile Commerce Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research. MyBuys, Inc. and Moovweb claimed the second and third spots in the company’s newest evaluation of worldwide mobile commerce solution vendors.]]> http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/03/31/usablenet-leads-new-abi-research-mobile-commerce-vendor-matrix-ranking/feed/ 0 http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/03/19/apple-and-google-android-eating-up-mobile-advertising-impression-share/ http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/03/19/apple-and-google-android-eating-up-mobile-advertising-impression-share/#comments Sat, 19 Mar 2011 18:45:05 +0000 Cezanne Huq http://www.mobilemage.com/?p=711 http://www.mobilemage.com/2011/03/19/apple-and-google-android-eating-up-mobile-advertising-impression-share/feed/ 0