Archive for August, 2009

Half of iPhone users download premium apps every month

Some interesting results from the AdMob’s July 2009 Mobile Metrics Report: - Half of iPhone users and 40% of iPod Touch owners download one or more premium applications from Apple’s App Store each month, compared to 19% of Android smartphone users. - More than 90% of Android and iPhone OS users browse and search for [ READ MORE ]

Estimate of iPhones sold per country

Here’s an estimate from AdMob of the amount of Apple iPhones sold by June 2009. Half of all iPhones (some 13 million) were sold in the USA. Germany and France are both good for almost 2 million pieces. For Belgium, there is no estimate, but I think the number should be between 50.000 and 100.000 [ READ MORE ]

Test-Aankoop: SMS at maximum 6 eurocent

Last week, we reported how Belgium is one of the most expensive countries if you’re a heavy mobile user.  Consumer organisation Test-Aankoop has come to the same conclusion in a comparative study in Europe.  They want to see a maximum rate for SMS messages of 6 eurocent. Earlier this summer, the European Commission has already [ READ MORE ]

RTL Belgium organises SMS championship

TV channels RTL TVI and BelRTL are organising the Belgian SMS Championship. During a live TV show in september, some 70 participants will be competing for the title of Fastest SMS Writer. Preselections will happen next week: every day at 20h20 sharp, presenter Jean-Michel Zecca will dictate a phrase. The first 10 SMS messages containing [ READ MORE ]

Augmented Reality, the next big thing in mobile?

I was watching the presentation of Bruce Sterling on augmented reality. He describes it as the next big thing in mobile. That reminds me of the presentation of Marc Vanlerberghe (Google) on last year’s Web Goes Mobile seminar, who showed us a video of Wikitude: The options indeed are endless. The video above shows us [ READ MORE ]

Heavy mobile use is expensive in Belgium

Heavy mobile user?  Lots of calls and text messages?  Then you pay a lot in Belgium.  The limited user is better off.  That’s one of the conclusions of a study by OESO. If you use your mobile phone intensely, then the price you pay in belgium is just as intense.  Only 6 countries are more [ READ MORE ]

Profit mobile phone market mostly for Apple and RIM

Apple and RIM, manufacturers of the popular smartphones iPhone and Blackberry, have together taken an impressive 58% of the profit on the mobile phone market in 2009.  And that while they represent only a market share of 5%.  Last year, they accounted for 35% of the profit and 3% market share. These numbers were calculated [ READ MORE ]

5 million mobile subscribers for Belgacom

Belgacom, and more particularly its mobile telecom daughter Proximus, has reached the amount of 5 million mobile subscriptions.  83.000 new users joined during the first half of 2009. In that first half year, the group had a net profit of € 400 million.  That’s a 15% decrease compared to last year, mostly caused by the [ READ MORE ]

1 out of 5 Americans surf daily on mobile

Almost 1 out of every 5 Americans surfs the mobile internet on a daily basis. According to a new study by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, the daily visitors rate of the mobile web currently counts 19% of the population, compared to only 11% in December 2007. 32% of Americans use [ READ MORE ]

Send mobile greeting with Hallmark

Hallmark, the world famous provider of greeting cards, has launched a mobile application, allowing to send a greeting with your smartphone.   Users of the app can select a greeting card from one of the many categories and add a personalised text message.  The recipient first receives a link to download the Hallmark Mobile application, which [ READ MORE ]

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