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Mon Mar, 2012 by Derek Mehraban
If there was doubt that we are on the cusp of a mobile revolution, then the latest results from the Pew Internet and American Life Project will put that doubt to rest. Of American cellphone owners 53% of them own a smartphone. Of all Americans 46% of them own a smartphone. That number represents a [...]
Fri Feb, 2012 by Derek Mehraban
Foursquare has finally updated its mobile app (both iPhone and Android) to match some of the functionality on its web site. The main difference is an improvement in the Explore function. Some other differences are an ability to change your location (so the user can search around a future location instead of being limited to [...]
Thu Jan, 2012 by Derek Mehraban
In October 2011 25.1% of smartphone purchases were iPhones. That number reflected a trend where Android controls the majority of the smartphone market. Over the holiday season, however, the number grew to 37% of new smartphone contracts. Apple has been changing its strategy and it appears to be working. While Android devices are still most [...]
Tue Jan, 2012 by Derek Mehraban
On Christmas Day there were 7 million Android smart phones and iPhones activated across the U.S. The new phones combined with the already existing inventory made that week the heaviest app download week in history. It is estimated that 1.2 billion apps were downloaded that week alone. That number is a significant jump over a [...]
Tue Oct, 2011 by Derek Mehraban
Even though the holiday season is not yet upon us, the recent announcements of new products from Amazon and Apple can be interpreted as holiday sales. Both the Kindle Fire and the iPhone 4S were announced recently and both will be available immediately before the holiday shopping season. The Fire becomes available on [...]
Wed Oct, 2011 by Derek Mehraban
Many commentators deemed Tuesday’s Apple announcement a failure because the anticipated iPhone 5 announcement did not happen. Steve Jobs would have probably made a joke about the rabid rumor mill, but that’s not Tim Cook’s style. Despite the lack of the big news, it was still a big day for the handset industry and the [...]
Mon Sep, 2011 by Derek Mehraban
Android has been clear that its latest release will support near field communications and Google has announced that it will make its next cell phone, the Nexus S, with a NFC chip. Near field communications allows devices to easily and quickly transmit information wirelessly. It can exchange e-business cards, power the mobile wallet and even [...]
Fri Sep, 2011 by Derek Mehraban
Nielsen has published new data about smartphone usage in the U.S. Unsurprisingly the acceptance rate has climbed, but the rate of that growth is still shockingly large. 40% of all mobile phones are now smartphones. Because of the cost of phones and the cost of data plans experts predict the growth to slow, however, that [...]
Mon Aug, 2011 by Derek Mehraban
Google has updated its search app for the iOS platform. A recent change to the Chrome browser was the support of Instant Pages. Instant Pages will load pages in the background based upon user preferences and certain semantic clues, such as “next page.” If Instant Pages accurately predicted the next requested page, then the user [...]
Tue Jun, 2011 by Derek Mehraban
The solid rumor has the iPhone 5 hitting shelves in September. The new phone is touted as having the hardware to revolutionize mobile computing as well as how mobile marketing is conducted. The less solid rumor, however, says there will be two new iPhones to hit the shelves in September. In addition to the iPhone [...]