Nielsen has posted the results of a recent study into smartphone usage, but instead of conducting surveys as per the norm they installed a piece of software on thousands of iOS and Android devices across the US. This software allowed them to track how participants used their smartphones including specific apps that they used.
What they found, was that on average, a person spends 56 minutes a day using apps and the mobile web. Of this 56 minutes, 67% was attributed to applications. That’s more than double the time spent on the web! They also found that the top 50 apps (based on time spent on them) make up over 60% of all time spent on apps and the top 10 make up 43%! That’s pretty incredible when you think of the 250,000+ apps in the Market, then again, I’m pretty sure most people don’t spend any time in apps such as “Sexy asian babe wallpapers” that lurk in the damp and dark corners of the Market
Do you spend more time in apps or on the web? Of the apps you use are there ones you use more frequently than others? Let us know what you think of the study by using the handy space provided below.
Source: Nielsen
U.S. Smartphone Users Spend More Time in Apps Than on Mobile Web originally appeared on AndroidGuys.
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Nielsen has posted the results of a recent study into smartphone usage, but instead of conducting surveys as per the norm they installed a piece of software on thousands of iOS and Android devices across the US. This software allowed them to track how participants used their smartphones including specific apps that they used.
What they found, was that on average, a person spends 56 minutes a day using apps and the mobile web. Of this 56 minutes, 67% was attributed to applications. That’s more than double the time spent on the web! They also found that the top 50 apps (based on time spent on them) make up over 60% of all time spent on apps and the top 10 make up 43%! That’s pretty incredible when you think of the 250,000+ apps in the Market, then again, I’m pretty sure most people don’t spend any time in apps such as “Sexy asian babe wallpapers” that lurk in the damp and dark corners of the Market
Do you spend more time in apps or on the web? Of the apps you use are there ones you use more frequently than others? Let us know what you think of the study by using the handy space provided below.
Source: Nielsen
U.S. Smartphone Users Spend More Time in Apps Than on Mobile Web originally appeared on AndroidGuys.
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StatCounter has recently published a study that shows – of the 3 million web pages they monitor – Android devices now browse them more than Blackberry devices. Android accounted for 15.16% of the traffic while Blackberry devices accounted for 14.52%. iOS and Symbian still beat both by a large margin, however.
It’s not surprising considering just how many Android devices are being used by consumers today compared to just a year ago when its growth spurt was just getting going. The fact that Blackberry’s browsing experience still lacks in comparison to most of today’s modern operating systems also helps Android’s case. We expect that number to increase even more this year. Read on for full press details. [via IntoMobile]
Android overtakes BlackBerry for first time
Use of mobile to access Internet more than doubles over past year
Boston, USA & Dublin, Ireland; Tuesday, 8th March, 2011: Google’s Android mobile operating system overtook RIM’s BlackBerry globally for the first time on a monthly basis in February according to web analytics company, StatCounter. Its research arm StatCounter Global Stats finds that Android recorded 15.2% of the worldwide market compared to 14.5% for BlackBerry. Nokia’s Symbian still leads the global market with 30.7% with Apple iOS in second place with 24.6%.
StatCounter data also pinpoints the rise and rise of mobile devices* to access the Internet. The use of mobile to access the Internet compared to desktop has more than doubled worldwide from 1.72% a year ago to 4.45% today. The same trend is evident in the US with mobile Internet usage more than doubling over the past year from 2.59% to 6.32%.
StatCounter, which specialises in website analytics for organisations and bloggers, provides free lifetime stats and free detailed analysis on the latest 500 hits. Members can upgrade to access more detailed stats from $5 a month.
“The momentum is certainly with Android which has almost tripled its market share over the last 12 months from 5.4% to 15.2%,” commented Aodhan Cullen, CEO, StatCounter. In the same period iOS fell globally from 33.9% to 24.6%.#
In North America Android at 26.4% in February also overtook BlackBerry at 22.2%. iOS leads the North American market with 37.5%. Compared to its global presence Symbian is well back in North America with 5.7%.
StatCounter Global Stats are based on aggregate data collected on a sample exceeding 15 billion page views per month from the StatCounter network of more than three million websites.
StatCounter, which provides free website stats, publishes mobile operating system stats via StatCounter Global Stats, a free online research tool. It also monitors other Internet market share battles including Social Media.
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StatCounter has recently published a study that shows – of the 3 million web pages they monitor – Android devices now browse them more than Blackberry devices. Android accounted for 15.16% of the traffic while Blackberry devices accounted for 14.52%. iOS and Symbian still beat both by a large margin, however.
It’s not surprising considering just how many Android devices are being used by consumers today compared to just a year ago when its growth spurt was just getting going. The fact that Blackberry’s browsing experience still lacks in comparison to most of today’s modern operating systems also helps Android’s case. We expect that number to increase even more this year. Read on for full press details. [via IntoMobile]
Android overtakes BlackBerry for first time
Use of mobile to access Internet more than doubles over past year
Boston, USA & Dublin, Ireland; Tuesday, 8th March, 2011: Google’s Android mobile operating system overtook RIM’s BlackBerry globally for the first time on a monthly basis in February according to web analytics company, StatCounter. Its research arm StatCounter Global Stats finds that Android recorded 15.2% of the worldwide market compared to 14.5% for BlackBerry. Nokia’s Symbian still leads the global market with 30.7% with Apple iOS in second place with 24.6%.
StatCounter data also pinpoints the rise and rise of mobile devices* to access the Internet. The use of mobile to access the Internet compared to desktop has more than doubled worldwide from 1.72% a year ago to 4.45% today. The same trend is evident in the US with mobile Internet usage more than doubling over the past year from 2.59% to 6.32%.
StatCounter, which specialises in website analytics for organisations and bloggers, provides free lifetime stats and free detailed analysis on the latest 500 hits. Members can upgrade to access more detailed stats from $5 a month.
“The momentum is certainly with Android which has almost tripled its market share over the last 12 months from 5.4% to 15.2%,” commented Aodhan Cullen, CEO, StatCounter. In the same period iOS fell globally from 33.9% to 24.6%.#
In North America Android at 26.4% in February also overtook BlackBerry at 22.2%. iOS leads the North American market with 37.5%. Compared to its global presence Symbian is well back in North America with 5.7%.
StatCounter Global Stats are based on aggregate data collected on a sample exceeding 15 billion page views per month from the StatCounter network of more than three million websites.
StatCounter, which provides free website stats, publishes mobile operating system stats via StatCounter Global Stats, a free online research tool. It also monitors other Internet market share battles including Social Media.
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Yes, we know there’s a Gmail app, but many people still prefer using the web. Simple reasons – such as better attachment handling and more flexibility – keep users tied to the mobile web experience in this day of users screaming for native apps. If you’re the type who still takes to the browser for your email needs, you’ll be happy to know that Gmail Web for Mobile has been updated to introduce more HTML5-developed features and to add a LOT more languages. The list goes from just English to the following:
If your phone’s default language is one of those listed, go to gmail.com in your phone’s browser and the new interface will appear in your language automatically. We’ve been rolling these changes out, so some of you may have already seen them. You’ll get a bunch of new goodies including offline support, smart links (titles will appear in links for Google Maps, YouTube and Google Docs), the ability to add and remove labels, layout improvements and more—in addition to the existing features like starring, better threaded conversations and search.
There’s no update to be had, of course: just sign in! And check out this whacky promo video that doesn’t actually show anything, but is still quite awesome. (Who thought a marching band made out of Gmail’s visual elements could make one so happy.) [via Google]
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The latest report on mobile web consumption is in from analytics firm Quantcast, and Android is once again up, posting up its biggest gain in market share since November 2009. Now sitting at 25 percent, Android is up 17 percent since this time last year, and showing a healthy 5.5 percent growth since last quarter. And as certainly as Android’s share continues to grow, the iOS stranglehold slowly subsides with Apple posting losses down to 56 percent of all mobile web traffic coming through an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. It’s still a formidable figure to compete with, but would it be too risky to say that by this time next year the split might be a bit more even between Google and Apple?
[via Quantcast]
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After Chase released the latest version of their awesome app for iOS, we were left wondering if they were ever going to make an official trek to Android. If a shot of this app tweeted out by a mobile apps designer is anything to go by, they’re definitely bringing an app. The question is: are we going to get the same app that our iPhone friends have gotten?
At first glance (and we can’t confirm anything since this is nothing official and we have no details on how far along development is), it just looks to be a glorified wrapper for Chase’s mobile site. The fact that the first button is labeled “Mobile Web” doesn’t spell well for the usefulness of the rest of the app.
For comparison’s sake, take a look at some of the features that the iOS version has:
Call me bitter, but those are some pretty desirable features I’m sure everyone would like to have. Hopefully this is just a shot of the app in its earlier stages, but being a long-time Chase user (alongside being a long-time Android user) I’ve been waiting for something like what the iPhone app offers and I’m just steadily hoping that’s what we’ll eventually end up with.
[via Twitter]
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