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Research In Motion Has Done A Great Job Defending Its Turf

March 17th, 2010

From: http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-us-share-of-smartphone-platforms-2010-3

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29 Million People Use The Facebook iPhone App

March 17th, 2010

28.8 million people used the Facebook iPhone app in the last month.

That’s about a third of the 75+ million iPhone and iPod touch devices that have been shipped so far — a huge percentage of phones. Most super-successful iPhone apps only have a fraction of Facebook’s users.

That also represents about 7% of Facebook’s roughly 400 million users.

From: http://www.businessinsider.com/stat-of-the-day-facebook-app-is-on-a-third-of-iphones-and-ipod-touches-2010-3

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Apple Owns Mobile Web Consumption

March 17th, 2010

63% of mobile web consumption is performed on Apple’s iPhone.

Still, Google’s Android OS is starting to gain share after a couple years of lagging far behind Apple. Google’s share increased about 8% in February 2010 to 15.2% of the market and has nearly doubled in the past year. Apple’s share decreased 3.2% from January to February.

From: http://www.businessinsider.com/stat-of-the-day-apple-owns-mobile-web-consumption-2010-3?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider+(Silicon+Alley+Insider)

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iPhone App Store Has More Books Than Games

March 17th, 2010

26,985 books are currently available as apps in the iPhone App Store. This is the first time the number of books available has exceeded the number of games (25,348).

Of course, this is far less than Amazon and Sony, which both offer over 400,000 e-books in their stores. (Though, to be sure, all Amazon Kindle apps are available to iPhone owners via the Kindle app, though Apple does not receive a revenue share on those sales.)

From: http://www.businessinsider.com/itunes-more-books-than-games-2010-3?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider+(Silicon+Alley+Insider)

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ARPU of American Wireless Operators Q4, 2009

March 17th, 2010

AT&T : $50.69
Cincinnati Bell : $43.89
Leap Wireless : $38.66
MetroPCS : $40.70
nTelos Wireless : $51.48
Sprint : $49.26
T-Mobile : $46.00
US Cellular : $53.55
Verizon Wireless : $50.23

Overall ARPU for Q4 ‘09 : $49.31 (down from $50.61 in Q3 ‘09)

From: http://techcrunchies.com/arpu-us-wireless-carrier/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunchies+(TechCrunchies)

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Social Networks Access Via Mobile Browsers

March 17th, 2010

Percent users accessing social networks via mobile browser
Smartphones : 30.8%
Feature phone : 6.8%

Number of such users in Jan ‘10
Facebook : 25.13 million
MySpace : 11.44 million
Twitter : 4.7 million

From: http://techcrunchies.com/social-networks-access-via-mobile-browsers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunchies+(TechCrunchies)

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Mobile Social Network Usage By Age

March 17th, 2010

Data for December 2009

13-17 : 7%
18-24 : 16%
25-34 : 34%
35-54 : 36%
55-64 : 5%
65+ : 2%

From: http://techcrunchies.com/mobile-social-network-usage-age-breakup/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunchies+(TechCrunchies)

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Top Smartphone Vendors

March 17th, 2010

Top Five Smartphone Vendors, Shipments, and Market Share, Q4 2009

(Units in Millions)


Vendor 4Q09 Unit Shipments 4Q09 Market Share 4Q08 Unit Shipments 4Q08 Market Share 4Q09/4Q08 Growth
Nokia 20.8 38.2% 15.1 38.5% 37.7%
RIM 10.7 19.6% 7.6 19.4% 40.8%
Apple 8.7 16.0% 4.4 11.2% 97.7%
Motorola 2.5 4.6% 1.6 4.1% 56.3%
HTC 2.4 4.4% 2.2 5.6% 9.1%
Others 9.4 17.2% 8.3 21.2% 13.3%
Total 54.5 100% 39.2 100% 39.0%

Top Five Smartphone Vendors, Shipments, and Market Share, 2009

(Units in Millions)


Vendor 2009 Unit Shipments 2009 Market Share 2008 Unit Shipments 2008 Market Share 2009/2008 Change
Nokia 67.7 38.9% 60.5 40.0% 11.9%
RIM 34.5 19.8% 23.6 15.6% 46.2%
Apple 25.1 14.4% 13.8 9.1% 81.9%
HTC 8.1 4.6% 7.5 5.0% 8.0%
Samsung 5.7 3.3% 5.4 3.6% 5.6%
Others 33.1 19.0% 40.6 26.8% -18.5%
Total 174.2 100.0% 151.4 100.0% 15.1%

From: http://www.cellular-news.com/story/41792.php?source=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+cellular-news/LmiX+(cellular-news)

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Q4, 2009 Wireless Market

March 17th, 2010
Leap Wireless: Reported Feb. 26
Wireless Service Revenue: $547 million
Operating Income: 4.5 million
Wireless Data Revenue: N/A
Net Prepaid Subscriber Adds: 297,000
Total Subscribers: 4.95 million
Prepaid Churn: 4.7 percent
Prepaid ARPU: $38.66
Metro PCS: Reported Feb. 25
Wireless Revenue: $930 million
Income from operations: 130 million
Wireless Data Revenue: N/A
Net Prepaid Subscriber Adds: 317,255
Total Subscribers: 6.6 million
Prepaid Churn: 5.3 percent
Prepaid ARPU: $40.70
T-Mobile: Reported Feb. 5
Wireless Revenue: $5.4 billion
Wireless Net Income: 306 million
Wireless Data Revenue: N/A
Net Prepaid Subscriber Adds: 488,000
Total Subscribers: 33.8 million
Blended Churn: 3.2 percent
Postpaid ARPU: $52
Sprint: Reported Feb. 10
Wireless Revenue: $6.8 billion
Wireless Operating Loss: 635 million
Wireless Data Revenue: N/A
Net Prepaid Subscriber Adds: 435,000
Net Postpaid Subscriber Loss: 504,000
Total Subscribers: 48.1 million
Churn: Postpaid 2.11 percent, prepaid 5.56 percent
ARPU: Postpaid $55, prepaid $31
Verizon: Reported Jan. 26
Wireless Revenue: $15.7 billion
Wireless Operating Income: 3.6 billion
Wireless Data Revenue: 3.9 billion
Net Prepaid and Postpaid Subscriber Adds: 2.2 million
Total Subscribers: 91.2 million
Churn: Postpaid 1.06 percent
ARPU: Postpaid $50.75
AT&T: Reported Jan. 28
Wireless Revenue: $13.8 billion
Wireless Operating Income: 3.4 billion
Wireless Data Revenue: 3.9 billion
Net Prepaid Subscriber Adds: N/A
Net Postpaid Subscriber Adds: 910,000
Total Subscribers: 85.1 million
Blended Churn: 1.44 percent
ARPU: Postpaid $61.13

From: http://gigaom.com/2010/03/01/q4-wireless-scorecard-its-good-to-be-the-king/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+OmMalik+(GigaOM)

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1/3 Of Americans Don’t Use Fast Internet

March 17th, 2010

  • According to the FCC, about 93 million Americans don’t use fast, broadband Internet, citing cost and complexity as a factor.

  • The study found that 80 million adults and 13 million children either still use dial-up or don’t use the Internet at all at home.

  • 78 percent of adults are Internet users, whether that means broadband, dial-up, access from home or access from someplace other than home.

  • 74 percent of adults have access at home

  • 67 percent of U.S. households contain a broadband user who accesses the service at home.

  • 65 percent of adults are broadband adopters. The discrepancy of two percentage points between household and individual home use is because some survey respon- dents are nonbroadband users but live with someone who, at home, is.

  • 6 percent of Americans use dial-up Internet connections as their main form of home access.

  • 6 percent are Internet users but do not use it from home; they access the Internet from places such as work, the library or community centers.

From: http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/02/24/13-of-americans-dont-use-fast-internet/

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