You’ve no doubt read that 2012 is the year of the tablet and, with the likes of IDC predicting that over 100m units will be shipped, it would appear the statistics are confirming this. However what’s perhaps more groundbreaking (as if shipping 106.1m units wasn’t groundbreaking enough!) is that these devices are set to replace [...]

More than a quarter of emails are opened on phones and tablet devices according to a study from Knotice. The study of 974m emails sent in the second half of 2011 highlighted that mobile open rates had grown from 20.24% in the first half of the year to 27.39% in the second. Interestingly, the study [...]

US iPad users dominate sales by mobile devices and buy more expensive items that a typical online shopper according to a study by RichRelevance. The 2012 Q1 Shopping Insights Mobile Study highlights a steady increase in mobile revenue from 1.9% in April 2011 to 4.6% in March 2012, with the iPad driving nearly all shopping, [...]

Much has been mentioned of the relationship between tablets and TVs and below we provide some key statistics: Tablet Usage Alongside TVs 85% of US tablet owners use their tablets whilst watching TV – Forrester 30% of total tablet time is spent while watching TV – Nielsen Tablet Owners Viewing Tablet Content on TV Sarah [...]

Worldwide media sales to end users are forecast to total 118.9 million units in 2012; a 98 percent increase from 2011 sales of 60 million units. iOS Dominates Tablet Sales in 2012 The recent Gartner report also states that Apple’s iOS continues to dominate the media tablet operating system with 61.4% of worldwide media tablet [...]

A recent report from Juniper Research has found that the number of tickets delivered to mobiles worldwide will more than quadruple to 23 billion by 2016. This compares with the 4 billion tickets estimated to have been delivered during 2011. Mobile users are now beginning to adopt mobile tickets as part of their mobile lifestyle, [...]

We’re guessing that at some point you’ve lost, or ‘misplaced’ your smartphone … an interesting infographic from security company Lookout and BackgroundCheck shows how many US smartphones are lost each year and where they are lost. These statistics are mainly US based but interesting the infographic states that more people in Manchester lose their phones than [...]

How are we interacting with our mobile devices? The following infographic, produced using research from Forrester, highlights the key differences between consumers relationships with their tablet and smartphone devices. It found that: Tablet Devices Used Mainly in Bedroom and Living Room 88% of tablet usage is done in the living room 79% of usage is [...]

Interesting infographic from SMS Global on Mobile Messaging statistics from 2011. Top statistics include: 77% of the world own a mobile handset; equalling 5.3 billion handsets worldwide 90% of the world’s population live in a place with mobile network access Mobile coupons are 10 times more likely to be redeemed than mail or newspaper distributed [...]

The following infographic details when Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android OS reached certain milestones, giving an indication of the growth of the smartphone market, mobile apps and consumer adoption as well as future predictions.