Android ahead of iPhone in Smaato mobile advertising metrics while Symbian still top dog
Google’s Android mobile OS moves ahead of iPhone in new Smaato mobile advertising metrics. Nokia’s Symbian still number one. Google Nexus One and Motorola Droid effect? Smaato Metrics for January suggest that new Android devices are revolutionizing mobile advertising performance measured by CTR (click-through-rate).
US tops Bango’s global charts for mobile Web browsing and spending
The USA has knocked the UK off the top slot for mobile web browsing with 29% of the worldwide traffic, according to data released today by Bango. And the good news for content providers is that the growth in traffic is being matched by the growth in users paying for content on the mobile web.
m-Wise launches new mobile campaigns analytics suite
m-Wise launches new mobile campaigns analytics suite which improves the conversion rate of mobile services advertisements and campaigns. The mobile campaigns analytics suite enables fast and effective analysis of mobile content and services advertised by: TV, radio & Internet campaigns, ad words, newspaper ads and billboards, which allows extensive analysis of topics such as: conversion rates, billable vs. non-billable users, traffic sources, traffic channels web/WAP/SMS/MMS, traffic quantities, distinct users and subscribers analysis, revenues analysis, purchased content and product analysis, popular content analysis, and much more.
Mobile Internet search engine use jumped 14%
According to surveys conducted by ABI Research in 2007 and 2008, 70% of respondents used their mobile phones to access information through Internet search engines last year. That represents a substantial 14% increase over 2007. The consumption of mobile data services, including search, has steadily increased year over year as indicated by the use of email and web from a mobile phone.
Mpowerplayer defines social audience for mobile games
Mplayit Mobile Arcade fuels mobile content discovery across social networks, specifically Facebook and MySpace social platforms. The application lets people explore and trial mobile games in their web browser. Based on a sizable sample of Facebook and Myspace members, nearly every visitor tries out the mobile games, while a larger number return to check out new mobile games as they are added to the catalog.
Twistbox Entertainment reach 75 million mobile game plays
13 percent growth in US mobile advertising industry
Mobile map use grows 82 percent in US
SMS with attachments service used by 18 million in China
New ”SMS with Attachments” mobile communications service used by 18 million mobile subscribers in China. Developed by ChannelSoft and NMS Communications, new mobile communications service drives increased ARPU as users share multimedia mobile content



