Posts Tagged ‘ Mobile ’
With unemployment rates remaining high and consumers looking to cut costs, prepaid and pay as you go mobile plans have increased in popularity to avoid another monthly expense. A recent study released by the New Millennium Research Council (NMRC), the prepaid segment of the overall wireless market in the U.S. grew 54% during Q409, compared [...][ READ MORE ]
Location-based services have been a popular topic this week, as Twitter enabled geo-location features and Facebook announced the launch of a new location-based feature in April. Another location-based social network, Foursquare, marked their one year anniversary of their launch yesterday. While the primary use of the service is to ‘check-in’ with mobile devices at local [...][ READ MORE ]
The recent release of the G1 (aka Google phone) through T-Mobile and soon to be released Blackberry Bold & Storm prompted me to compare search activity among the new handheld devices. We often compare the search volume on new products to gauge the strength of consumer interest and how that may translate into sales. The [...][ READ MORE ]
The new iPhone 3G is nearly 2 weeks old now and the high demand & enthusiasm for the new device has yet to die down. I’ll openly admit waiting in line waiting 3 hours and 20 minutes on the first day which seemed crazy until I heard reports of those waiting over 5 hours to [...][ READ MORE ]
