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GoMo Buzzwatch: rumours abound that Apple might cut Verizon in on the iPhone
Apparently Verizon and Apple are in talks about creating an iPhone that would work on the Verizon mobile network. Reports indicate that a Verizon iPhone could be market-ready by as early as next year....
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The elders save while the young play: comScore looks at how age affects...
Mobile analytics company comScore today revealed results from a study into how age and gender affect how people use the mobile web. It found that older users are far more likely to use mobile financial...
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First the penny then the bucket drops – why Twitter is a search engine
I have to admit, I don’t like being wrong. But when I am wrong I do admit it. This is the case with my thoughts on search and Twitter. I originally wrote in length that Twitter wasn’t a competitor to...
View ArticleMicrosoft Silverlight vs Google Wave -its all about good Karma says Sridhar...
I usually never publish commentary sent to me on hot topics on the web – but I have to say I liked this article. I am a huge fan of Silverlight and I am excited about Bing. In-fact, I am a huge...
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Young women discarding PCs in favor mobile phones for internet
The Solutions Research Group has released details from a huge study on Women and Digital Life. An interesting thing came up concerning internet access. It found that mobile phones are quickly replacing...
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GoMo Buzzwatch: the mobile Internet is a horrible experience for users
The Nielsen Norman Group (NNG) did an extremely simple and effective piece of research into how useable the mobile Web is. It simply asked mobile phone owners to complete basic tasks using their own...
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Tapjoy deal with Pinch Media: free mobile advertising service for iPhone apps...
We got some news in today from Tapjoy, which provides free ad optimisation for iPhone apps. The company has released a new version of it’s open SDK, and is now offering a full app analytics service...
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Open vs Closed
I have said, time and time again that “openness” or the concept of being open is based on stupidity and is in fact a waste of time. Finally, my calling has been heard as I read an article from a...
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comScore buys into Latin American mobile and on-line metrics
Digital metrics giant comScore has announced it is buying out a measurement company in Latin America. Certifica has a presence throughout Latin America, and provides metrics from both mobile and...
View ArticleSmartphone market will grow says Pyramid
Rating: RIM and Apple biggest threat to Symbian. Or Linux, maybe Some pretty safe predictions Pyramid Research on the future state of the smartphone market. China is expected to overtake the USA as the...
View ArticleStrand blames USA and Press for smartphone distortion
Rating: Other 2010 predictions include nice Nokia UI Ever since Strand Consult accused iPhone users of being deluded (see GoMo News passim), GoMo has been impressed by the analyst firm’s bravery. Now...
View ArticleWhat GoMo News wants for Xmas
Rating: Lots and lots of good stories and leaks GoMo News has been looking back at the big stories we ran in 2009 and wishes that 2010 will bring far more of them. Hence this particular GoMo hack has...
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Mobile advertiser Smaato releases its first metrics report
Smaato is a mobile advertising network that optimises ads for a wide variety of networks, mobile devices and device OSs. That gives it the opportunity to gather a lot of data – and today, for the...
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Are mobile voice and SMS becoming redundant? UK users waste 45% of their plans
Money Supermarket is an on-line price comparison hub – the site compares products and services across a huge number of areas like travel, energy, home and car insurance… and mobile. It has just...
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Ground Truth claims to get most accurate mobile web metrics from the best...
A new analytics company for mobile internet usage has launched today – Ground Truth. The service claims it is introducing intelligence to the field of mobile metrics, and that its patent-pending...
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Mobile applications gearing up for the iPad
One of the pieces of news that was welcomed by consumers and developers alike was that the Apple iPad would run iPhone applications. But app developers have spoken before about how tricky it can be to...
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The Mobile Renaissance Guide – a hidden goldmine of mobile stats
Rating: Shouldn’t they have said the .pdf is free? Somewhat buried by the flurry of announcments at MWC, Barcelona was the launch of the Netsize Guide 2010 – aka ‘Mobile Renaissance’ and its companion...
View ArticleTV chips answer to 3g data congestion says Telegent
Rating: Free-to-air TV and satellite inside your phone Following up on the news that Swisscom has quietly dropped its DVB-H based service, specialist chip provider, Telegent Systems, tells us that the...
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LTE could be waste of mobile operator money says AIRCOM
AIRCOM International has announced today that mobile operators should be looking at options other than LTE. For networks that are struggling to keep up with the explosion in mobile data usage, AIRCOM...
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Mobile social networking sees explosive growth
Social networking through mobile devices is the fastest growing use for smartphones, according to digital analytics firm comScore. The number of people using social networking applications on their...
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