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Posted by on Sep 26, 2013 in Mobile | 0 comments

26% of Children Under 3-years of Age Know How to Use a Tablet [INFOGRAPHIC]

26% of Children Under 3-years of Age Know How to Use a Tablet [INFOGRAPHIC]

New stats from Tesco have given us some interesting insights to take a look at. The infographic as well as the stats outlined in this article refer to users in the UK, but is still interesting nonetheless.  Where to begin, let’s just jump into it.. 56% of children overall use a tablet for educational purposes (so they say) 57% of parents who own a tablet give it to their offspring during times of lengthy travels. 81% use their tablets for gaming (big surprise there – not) 44% watch Childrens’ Shows Most surprisingly, 26% of children under 3-years of age know how to use a tablet. Given that most don’t even learn how to write at that age, that’s quite impressive. Among adults tablet users.. 86% do so for browsing the Internet, while sending/reading emails comes in a close second followed by games.  When isolating the ‘mothers demographic’ it was discovered that Facebook is by far the most popular social network among UK moms. For older folks, 86% prefer to...

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Posted by on Sep 22, 2013 in Mobile | 0 comments

52% of users Disappointed by Mobile Sites [INFOGRAPHIC]

52% of users Disappointed by Mobile Sites [INFOGRAPHIC]

Despite the growth of mobile devices, 52% of consumers say mobile sites disappoint, in that they weren’t optimized for mobile, obviously making it difficult to interact with any such brand. Interestingly, Women were found to be more satisfied with their mobile experience saying that 54% of the sites they accessed were optimized, vs 42% for men. 38% of women did however that that bad optimization (mobile) was their #1 issue. Whereas 37% of men said functionality was. The folks at Netbiscuits recently revealed that brands actually ignore 52% of device models when developing for mobile. Eptica VP of Operations Paul Barnes had this to say: “Over half of us have smartphones, and tablet use is now mainstream, but it seems that many brands are lagging behind consumer expectations.” And, “The public demand the same experience on their mobile device as on their PC, but are being failed by substandard sites that are slow to load and don’t fit smaller screens. Many of these are basic issues that companies need...

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Posted by on Sep 21, 2013 in Mobile | 0 comments

The Rise of Mobile [INFOGRAPHIC]

The Rise of Mobile [INFOGRAPHIC]

You checked your phone when you woke up. Chances are you’ll probably check it again as you go to sleep, as well as 148 other-times in between and throughout the day. Thanks Thanks to the folks at AdTruth, we have a new infographic to share with you that shows 56% of American adults now own a smartphone. That and, people check their smartphones 150 times a day, but mostly for using the web and apps rather than use it for oh, I don’t know – calling someone.   More Below In Visual Format....

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Posted by on Sep 20, 2013 in Apple, iOS Updates, Mobile | 0 comments

iOS 7 Off to a Good Start – 38.4% Adoption in 48-Hours

iOS 7 Off to a Good Start – 38.4% Adoption in 48-Hours

If there were two words I was going to use to describe iOS 7 they would be be: Love it.  As far as how people have come across the “bugs” I must imagine they have more time than they know what to do with to be able to actually discover these flaws.  The average person I’m sure doesn’t have time to do go through complex steps to figure out how to access 3/4 of your device with-out the passcode. While some have claimed that the adoption for iOS 7 has grown at twice the rate as iOS 6 it is evident upon closer inspection that despite the rapid growth, it is not actually “double”.  Tapjoy product marketing manager Raghu Nayani stated  on the firm’s blog: “It took 20 hours for iOS 6 to reach 10 percent adoption, while iOS 7 reached it in less than half the time – in a mere 8 hours,”  “Twenty-four hours after its initial availability, iOS 7 stands at 22 percent adoption, while iOS...

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Posted by on Sep 18, 2013 in Android News, Apps, Mobile | 0 comments

Androids Role in the Developing World [INFOGRAPHIC]

Androids Role in the Developing World [INFOGRAPHIC]

With China and India now having the 1st and 2nd largest smartphone use base, respectively. It seems the smart thing to do would be to take a look at which version of OS are the most popular in these emerging markets. And today, Android in particular. Thanks to the folks at Handset Detection we have this great infographic to share with you which outlines a report on over 35 million devices in the fastest growing countries including: Brazil, China and more. More in visual format...

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