Archive for March, 2010

Estimate: 120,000 iPad sold at first sale day

Many experts are predicting how much iPads Apple has actually sold.  First there was an estimaton of 20,000 pieces per hour, based on a rather rough estimate. It sounds that there were many reservations, that customers who wanted to retrieve the iPad in the store had no guarantee that on April 3 they would receive [ READ MORE ]

Multitasking in iPhone OS 4.0?

AppleInsider reports that it has received information from sources claiming that the iPhone OS 4.0 firmware release, that will probably be released later this year, will support multitasking by allowing multiple applications to run simultaneously. The report, however, offers no details on how this will be implemented beyond noting that it will take advantage of [ READ MORE ]

No iPad in Benelux yet

The new Apple iPad will hit American stores on April 3rd.  This will be the model without WiFi. By the end of April, the WiFi and 3G enhanced model will be available too.  By that time, the distribution will start in other countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switserland and the UK. [ READ MORE ]

Mobile social networking sees strong growth

Two popular trends – social networking and mobile internet – are obviously enforcing each other.  A new ComScore study shows that 1 out of 3 smartphone users accesses social network sites via their mobile browser in January 2010 (30,8% compared to 22,5% in January 2009).  Over the past year, mobile access to Facebook increased with [ READ MORE ]

IAB Atelier on Mobile Marketing

IAB Belgium is organising an IAB Atelier on Mobile Marketing on March 18th.  Danny Lein, CEO of MobileWeb will be one of the keynote speakers.  Did you know there are more mobile phones activated in Belgium than there are Belgians?  More importantly, Belgians are massively buying smartphones, allowing them to surf day and night.  This [ READ MORE ]

1 out of 4 Americans gets news via mobile

26% of American adults now reads news on their mobile handsets, says a new survey by the Pew Research Center. Of all the users using the mobile internet for information, there is - 72% checking for weather forecasts - 68% checking news headlines and current events - 44% checking sport results and news - 35% [ READ MORE ]

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