Posted by ksteineman on Jul 26, 2013 in Mobile |
Only 33% actually use a digital camera in addition to their smartphone. This is according to a recent report by Suite 48 Analytics. The report also found: Only 4% of people use a tablet with their smartphone to take, edit, and share photos or even buy products and apps. Only 5% use all three devices. Taking a look at the growth of smartphone camera use, 18 months ago the percentage of people was only 37% compared to today’s 58%. A couple things to observe: 1) How Mobile manufacturers have recently changed their focuses on improving the quality of cameras on their smartphones. I.E. Samsung with the Galaxy S4 Zoom,...
Posted by ksteineman on Jul 25, 2013 in Apple, Mobile |
As if this is something worth writing about.. there have been two leaked videos as of late showing what the new ‘budget iPhone’ might look like. While the video itself only shows the back plate, that’s enough of an indicator for you to imagine what the rest of the phone might be like (excluding its functionality of course). As seen in the video the phone itself appears to be a blend of the newest iPod touch and the iPhone 3GS. It is likely that this ‘budget iPhone’ will replace that of the iPhone 4 and 4S as Apple continues to move forward working on the iPhone 5S and iPhone...
Posted by ksteineman on Jul 25, 2013 in Apple, Mobile |
Following Apple’s attempted iOS and Mac Developer Center breach earlier last week, Apple has posted an iCloud-like Status Page so developers can track Apple’s work for re-implementing Developer Portal Features. They’ve also outlined their approach as to what they plan to do to restore those same features: “We apologize for the significant inconvenience caused by our developer website downtime. We’ve been working around the clock to overhaul our developer systems, update our server software, and rebuild our entire database. While we complete the work to bring our systems back online, we want to share the latest with you. We plan to roll out our updated systems, starting with Certificates,...
Posted by ksteineman on Jul 25, 2013 in Android News, Apps, Mobile |
Up from just 500,000 apps last year, and 900,000 just last month, the Google Play store has entered 7 digits. This was officially announced yesterday by Sundar Pichai who leads the Android and Chrome teams here in San Francisco. Naturally, Pichai said something to the effect of the app growth being an evident indicator of Android’s strength on smartphones, but even more so on tablets. While it may be the case that Apple has also surpassed the 1 Million App’s milestone, Google is first to make the announcement. This means a few things for android, the first obviously being that it has more than 1 million apps now, but...
Posted by ksteineman on Jul 24, 2013 in Mobile |
As reported yesterday by 9to5, Opera Mediaworks has come out with it’s Q2 report for 2013. Opera Mediaworks is considered the ‘world’s leading mobile advertising platform’ and takes in over 35 Billion mobile ad impressions each month. To make a long story short.. For OS (operating system) the line up looks like this: iOS leads at 43.75% of impressions Android at 31.24% ‘Other’ at 16.21% Symbian at 5.16% RIM at 3.37% and windows..poor windows, at 0.26%. When it comes to ad impressions by manufacturer: Apple again leads the way with 43.75% Compared to Samsungs 17.4%. When it comes to Tablets, Apple sit at 91.2% vs Samsung’s 6.1%. It’s worth...
Posted by ksteineman on Jul 24, 2013 in Apps, Mobile |
Although they have no report on MAU (monthly active users) which leads to the assumption that perhaps they’re not keeping up with the other social messaging apps in the space which include: WhatsApp which last month announced it had 250 million active users currently leads the way. China’s WeChat however, has amassed a use base of 300 million, and reports it has 190 million MAU’s. Needless to say, seeing as LINE just reported back in January that it had reached 100 million users coming to 200 Million in 6 months is not bad progress. Again, while the # of MAU’s is uncertain LINE previously had mentioned in an interview...
Posted by ksteineman on Jul 24, 2013 in Apps, Mobile |
As re-mentioned yesterday by Flurry, China has surpassed the US to become the country with the largest smartphone device user base. This was of course originally reported on back in February when Flurry drew the original conclusion. In fact, earlier this year in June Flurry had deduced that China had over 261 million smartphones and tablets. This number represents an astounding 24% of the entire worlds connected user base that flurry measures. As can be observed in the chart below the Worldwide Growth rate compared to China’s. While manufacturing behemoths like Apple, Samsung,and Xiaomi lead the way with: 35,15, and 16 percent, China’s own Huawei did come out on...
Posted by ksteineman on Jul 23, 2013 in Apps, Mobile |
If that doesn’t sound impressive, mobile gaming revenues are also expected to grow 266% by 2017. This is according to a new study by Linklaters, Generation Next Report which shows that emerging markets will contribute to the majority of growth in these two areas as these services become more accessible to consumers. The largest contributor towards this growth is expected to be from messaging and mobile money apps, forecast to grow from $12.9 billion to £18.2 billion (41 per cent). Mobile gaming however will is also predicted to grow 266% to $9.8 billion. As for music, while the growth rate is certainly slower it still increased by 197% from $0.7...
Posted by ksteineman on Jul 23, 2013 in Apps, Marketing, Mobile |
Every once in a while Searchman.com comes out with these great inforgraphics. Unfortunately the one they sent out earlier this month was buried in my inbox and I didn’t see it until just now. With that being said, I’m happy to share it with you today. Here is what we’ll be taking a look at. “What you need to know about App Store Optimization & SEO for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch” Additional insights can be derived from the image below. Top 10 Developer Tips: Mobile SEO in Apple’s App Store – iPhone, iPad, iOS7 [Infographic by SearchMan.com] from...
Posted by ksteineman on Jul 22, 2013 in Mobile |
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