Android users browse more mobile websites than iPhone users – survey
By Editor on February 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment
A recent survey has unearthed that there are significant variations in between different operating systems in terms of mobile web activity. The research method analyzed mobile behavior via operators’ IP traffic.
According to the survey, Android users were the most ‘web intensive’ with an average of 9.1 daily site visits per user, compared to iPhone (8.0), BlackBerry (5.7) and Symbian (5.2), the latter utilized more as a feature phone as opposed to a smartphone.
It was also revealed that variations in mobile usage in terms of handset screen size; <2″ displays saw an average of 2.8 site visits per day per user, whereas >4″ displays exhibit a marked increase, with 10.4 visits per day, per user.
Social networking sites continue to dominate the mobile internet picture, with a 28% share of all site visits. The importance of Facebook for example depends heavily on the operating system utilized. For users with a Symbian operating system, Facebook accounts for 24% of all visits while elsewhere the significance is lower; iPhone (17%), Blackberry (16%) and Android (13%). Similar variations were found for other popular sites; Google for example is hardly used at all by users with Symbian phones.
Filed under Mobile · Tagged with Android, Blackberry, Facebook, feature phone, Google, IP traffic, iPhone, Mobile, mobile web activity, Operating Systems, smartphone, social networking sites, Symbian, Symbian operating system, USA
Orange Mobile Data Usage dominated by men: Report
By Editor on April 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment
A recent report published in the sixth Digital Media Index (ODMI) of Orange has revealed that whilst the consumption of mobile data continues to increase, there are interesting differences between men and women on what they use their handsets for. The survey was conducted to find how digital media is consumed across its mobile network.
While the social networking sites are becoming popular day by day, men are more likely to spend more time and view pages, to keep up-to-date with friends’ news, status updates and pictures.
As well as accounting for 64% of unique users, men also view 33% more pages than women on social networking sites overall. Almost 2 million Orange customers now use their handsets for social networking, generating over 1 billion page impressions on social networking sites each month.
Filed under Mobile Marketing · Tagged with Orange, Orange mobile, Social Networking, social networking sites, USA
Motorola Backflip launched; priced at $99.99
By Editor on March 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment
AT&T’s Motorola Backflip has been launched and the price is $99.99 after a mail-in rebate and with a two-year agreement.
AT&T has huge carrier plans which include launching of 5Andoid-powered devices in the first half of the year, most probably during the upcoming CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas. These 5Android-powered devices will include Dell Mini 3 and some HTC models.
It runs MOTO’s own MOBOBLUR UI on top of Android, which allows users to quickly connect with their friends across various social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. The other features loaded on the phones include 5-megapixel camera, WiFi connectivity, GPS with compass, as well as a full QWERTY keyboard and HADPA.
Filed under Mobile Phones · Tagged with Android, Android-powered, Dell Mini, Facebook, GPS, HTC, Las Vegas, Mail-in Rebate, megapixel camera, MOBOBLUR, Motorola, QWERTY, QWERTY keyboard, Social Networking, social networking sites, WiFi, Wireless
South Africans get prepaid BlackBerry Solution from RIM and MTN
By Editor on December 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Want to access emails, internet, social networking sites and other applications from your BlackBerry smartphones but stopped by the lack of flexibility of a prepaid subscription. Not anymore. The prepaid BlackBerry Solution launched by MTN and Research In Motion (RIM) in South Africa will solve this problem.
Apart from offering the above service, the Prepaid BlackBerry Internet Bundle service plan also offers flexible payment solution to MTN customers to suit their individual needs. By paying R59.00 for a period of 30 days, the customers can avail to unlimited data usage for mobile email for up to 10 supported corporate and personal email accounts, attachment viewing, social networking, internet browsing, instant messaging and other mobile data applications.
The customers can dial *141*11# followed by 1# to activate the Prepaid BlackBerry Internet Bundle service plan; *141*11# followed by a 2# to deactivate the plan and *141*11# followed by 3# to check the renewal date of the plan.
Filed under Mobile · Tagged with Blackberry, email accounts, Instant Messaging, mobile data applications, MTN, networking, payment solution, Prepaid, RIM, Service Plan, smartphones, social networking sites, South Africa, Subscription, USA
The Long Arm of the Cell Phone
By Editor on October 31, 2006 · Leave a Comment
Cell phones are becoming increasingly sophisticated tracking devices popular in social networking circles. Business Week reports.
” By now, anyone with a Net connection is familiar with social networking sites such as MySpace.com The only name that may score higher on the buzz-o-meter is presidential hopeful Barack Obama.
But the momentum has really just begun. Site operators are linking their services to cell phones, enabling users to stay in constant touch without booting up a PC. Social networking has “become so incredibly viral,” says MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe, “it makes all the sense in the world to port this to a mobile device.
Now more cell services are incorporating location-based satellite technology and maps, making all kinds of social applications possible.”
Source- http://www.textually.org
Filed under Mobile · Tagged with social networking sites
