Posts Tagged ‘ Mobile phones ’

iPhone 5 rumours impact search

Tweet Just when we think we’ve managed to catch up to everyone else and have bought the newest piece of equipment the i-world has to offer, Apple goes and does it again: they release another, newer, better version of the latest i-product. Rumour has it that this week, it’s the much anticipated and some might [...][ READ MORE ]

Angry Birds get beaks into top 10 online retailers

Tweet Looking back at 2010 there were a number of games which left a profound mark on the industry. According to my esteemed colleague and resident Hitwise games guru James Murray: “Blizzard’s superb RTS sequel StarCraft 2, renegade space RPG Mass Effect 2 and legendary FPS Call of Duty: Black Ops all raised the bar [...][ READ MORE ]

Nokia social media drive pushes N8 into the spotlight

Tweet Nokia’s new smartphone, the N8 started shipping last Friday bringing the Finnish mobile company right back into competition with the likes of Apple for the hotly contested smartphone market. Apple’s iPhone remains the dominant product in the market and so it’s an uphill struggle for any new smartphone trying to break into an already [...][ READ MORE ]

Can the mobile market accommodate a Facebook Phone? What the social network can learn from Google

Tweet With rumours circulating around the web that Facebook is set to join the mobile market with its very own handset device, it’s worth asking whether the mobile market is ready and able to accommodate yet another player into an already crowded and ultra-competitive space. The Facebook phone story started on Sunday when TechCrunch claimed [...][ READ MORE ]

Experian and Hitwise at ad:tech: What will be the hot products this Christmas?

Tweet If you’re visiting ad:tech in London over the next couple of days, be sure to pop over to the Experian stand (270a) and say hello to us and our Experian colleagues. At 10:30 on Wednesday I’ll be taking the stage for a presentation entitled “Looking forward to a multi-channel Christmas”. Here’s the blurb: How [...][ READ MORE ]

Apple the most searched for consumer electronics brand as iPad launches in the UK

Tweet Apple’s iPad finally goes on sale in the UK today, supported by an advertising campaign and the usual smattering of media coverage. UK Internet searches for the device have been increasing in anticipation of the UK release; for the week ending May 22nd the iPad was the most searched computer in the UK, accounting [...][ READ MORE ]

Apple Tablet the fourth most searched for laptop in the UK

Tweet Apple’s much anticipated – but not yet even announced, just rumoured – Tablet PC became the fourth most searched for laptop model in the UK last week. The table below is from the latest Hitwise Hot Consumer Electronics List, and shows that a portfolio of searches including terms such as ‘apple tablet’, ‘apple islate’, [...][ READ MORE ]

Mobile phone recycling searches treble

Tweet Internet searches related to the recycling of mobile phones have almost trebled over the last 12 months. UK Internet searches for a portfolio of mobile phone recycling search terms – such as ‘recycle mobile phones’, ‘mobile phone recycling’ and ‘phone recycling’ – increased by 189% between the week ending 17/05/2008 and the week ending [...][ READ MORE ]

Mobile phones are the most searched for consumer electronics product; Apple the top brand

Tweet Today we have another guest post from our UK Client Intelligence Analyst and resident gadget expert, Richard Seymour. At Hitwise we are able to look into the fascinating ways that search data can provide insights and inform decisions about our daily lives. Bill Tancer Hitwise General Manager of Global Research talks about search in [...][ READ MORE ]

TVs, Computers and iPods most popular sales items

Tweet The table below lists the 10 most searched for consumer electronics products last week (which included the key sales days of Christmas Day and Boxing Day) and the week before. Searches for televisions increased by 148% last week, making the TV the second most searched for consumer electronics product after mobile phones. Shoppers are [...][ READ MORE ]