About one in four US teens report owning a smartphone according to the latest PEW report. The report highlights how US teenagers are interacting with their devices: 23% of those aged 12 – 17 state they have a smartphone and ownership is higher among older teens: 31% of those aged 14 – 17 have a [...]

A third of consumers would like to access product information in-store by scanning a bar code with their mobile phone according to Deloitte UK. Deloitte’s 6th annual ‘State of the Media Democracy Survey’ highlights how UK consumers are using mobile devices to enhance shopping experiences: UK Consumers Mobile Shopping Habits 17% of respondents compare products [...]

NFC will facilitate transactions valued at $75bn by 2015 according to a study by Juniper Research. The growth is attributed in part to the increasing amount of people using NFC to pay for goods in-store and as transport tickets; the study states that the use of mobile devices as an alternative to cards and paper [...]

Tablet owners in Europe and the USA are more willing to pay for content a report from Nielsen has found. Of tablet owners in the US, UK, Germany and Italy, Americans owners are most likely to pay for all categories of media content, except news. Tablet Owners Buying Habits The report also found: Most US [...]

Nearly a quarter of brands, agencies and technology providers surveyed (23%) identified mCommerce and Mobile Marketing as the most important areas of growth for the next year according to a new report by the Mobile Interactive Group (MIG). Of the 500 clients MIG surveyed, the third most popular trend was mobile and social media and [...]

Worldwide tablet shipments totaled 28.2 million in Q4 2011; an increase of 56.1 percent from the previous quarter alone according to IDC’s ‘Worldwide Quarterly Media Tablet and eReader Tracker’ report. As a result, IDC has increased its 2012 forecast to 106.1 million units; up from its previous prediction of 87.7 million units. Apple continued to [...]

63 percent of mobile phone users would rather give up chocolate versus their device – according to an infographic from Intel. Mobile Statistics Other interesting statistics: 50 percent of teens can text blindfolded 80 percent of people keep their phone by their bed 40 percent of people have their phones on 24/7 55 percent pf [...]

As we eagerly await Apple’s tablet event (due to start at 6pm UK time) we learn that the tablet market continues to grow with predictions for future years hitting new records. By 2016, one third of US adults are expected to own a tablet, equaling 112.5 million people, according to Forrester’s most recent tablet report. [...]

The event we have been waiting for (at least since last week when Apple sent invitations stating “We have something you really have to see. And touch) arrived yesterday, and with it, the latest addition of the iPad. Now in its third generation, Apple has improved, once again, the features and functionality on the table [...]

Google has renamed its app store to include books, movies and music, on smartphones, tablets and computers. Google Play allows you to download apps and media and consume it on any device – similar to iTunes Cloud. A post on Google’s official blog states “we’ll be upgrading the Android Market app to the Google Play [...]