Archive for June, 2006

Top 10 Mobile Game Titles By revenue Share

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

Mobile Games Appeal to Women
The other key finding of the study is that 65 percent of mobile game revenue is driven by female wireless subscribers. They are the biggest driver of revenue for the Puzzle/Strategy category; comprising 72 percent of the total share of revenue, while men made up 28 percent. Women dominate revenue generation [...]

Recruits getting the message

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

Cell-phone technology allows coaches to have more contact with players
By Gary Estwick
Beacon Journal Sportswriter
David Arnold recently flipped open his Motorola cell phone to retrieve a text message.
U’re the guy we need David! Our facilities, tradition and academics are so incredible! You fit our profile and could make a huge impact! Go Orange! Coach Russ
Arnold, a [...]

Top 10 Mobile Handsets

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

Top 10 Mobile Handsets In Use Today
Nokia 6010 – 4.8 Million Users
Motorola RAZR – 4.4 Million Users
LG VX6100 – 3.4 Million Users
LG 3200 – 3.4 Million Users
Motorola 1730 – 3.1 Million Users
Motorola V180 – 3.0 Million Users
Samsung SCH-A650 – 2.7 Million Users
Samsung SCH-A670 – 2.7 Million Users
Samsung VI-660 – 2.4 Million Users
Samsung X427M – 2.3 [...]

Southern Texting Conspiracy Might Explain “American Idol” Results

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

Port Washington, N.Y. – Text savvy southerners may help explain why all five “American Idol” winners hail from south of the Mason-Dixon line, according to figures from the NPD Group.
Cingular Wireless L.L.C., which sponsors Fox TV’s hit reality show, is based in Atlanta and claims 20 million subscribers in the south, the market research firm [...]

Mobile marketing Takes Off With New Text Messaging Launchpad

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

MOBILE MARKETING TAKES OFF WITH NEW TEXT MESSAGE LAUNCH PAD
Philadelphia – Advanced Telecom Services is pleased to announce the debut of its new mobile marketing tool—the TXT Launch Pad.
TXTLaunchPad allows advertising agencies, consumer product companies, and virtually any business to launch thousands of simultaneous text messages to an opt-in database from an online platform. [...]

Third Party Mobile Content Prized by Cell Phone Users

Monday, June 19th, 2006

Third Party Mobile Content Prized by Cell Phone Users
By Anthony Wayne
Atlantic City, NJ – For years, the nation’s largest cellular carrier, Verizon, has operated with a “walled garden” approach to mobile data services, meaning that it would not permit downloads of independent content to its customers. The walled garden, however, may soon fall down.
A [...]

Text Messaging Catching On in America

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

Text Messaging Catching On in America
by Anthony Wayne
Editor — Cool Ringtones Blog
Philadelphia – Once considered a teenage fad, text messaging in the United States is rising dramatically. According to The Wall Street Journal, 4.7 billion text messages were sent in the USA in December, 2004 compared to 2.1 billion in December, 2003.
In fact, text [...]

Americans Getting Into Mobile Dating Services

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

The British are the largest users of mobile social media content, according to M:Metrics. M:Metrics defines social media content as photos and videos, chat, or dating services.
The study showed that 10.1 % of UK residents used social media content via cell phone. 7.2% of Germans, 6.5% of French, and 6.7% of Americans have used such [...]

Mobile Web Growing

Friday, June 16th, 2006

Today, the personal computer remains the dominant platform in accessing the Internet, however, Internet access via the mobile phone is growing rapidly. France, Japan, and the UK are exhibiting the strongest growth in accessing the internet via a wireless device, according to the Face of the Web study of internet trendss from research firm [...]

Household Ownership of Mobile Phones

Thursday, June 15th, 2006

Prevalence of Mobile Phones by Household (2005)
Japan 95%
South Korea 94%
China 93%
France 85%
Germany 83%
UK 79%
Mexico 78%
USA 75%
Brazil 73%
India 67%
Russia 63%
Canada 61%
Note–Statistics for China, Mexico, Brazil, India, and Russia represent urban populations only.
(Source — Ipsos)
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