Archive for the ‘marketing’ Category

Palm Revamps webOS Advertising Strategy With New Ad (Video)

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

We all know that webOS is quite a neat platform to play with on your Palm handset, but their advertising is poor to say the least. Now, Palm changed direction, as far as promotion is concerned, moving on from the creepiness of the first ad with the almost witch-like lady ...

iPhone’s Market Share Doubles in One Year, Smartphones Sell Like Hot Cakes in 2009

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Gartner has just revealed a bunch of figures showing the sales of smartphones in 2009. From these we learn that Apple's iPhone doubled its international smartphone market share to 14.4%, up 6.2% from 2008, while Nokia's Symbian high end devices keep their first place in this segment. Nokia's market share declined ...

Top 10 Selling Phones for January 2010, the Krusell List

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

It's that time of the month again, when, at its beginning we have a look at the best selling handsets of the previous month. As usual, Krusell is our source for this statistics, since the Swedish manufacturer of carrying cases for portable devices covers six continents and over 50 countries ...

Meizu M8 Interface Promo Video Looks Professional

Monday, January 18th, 2010

If there's anything professional about Meizu M8, it's got to be the PR action surrounding it, since the device recently got a very neat promo video, showcasing the features of its UI. Notice that it borrows a lot from other platforms and check out the vid below: As you can see, ...

Cellphones to Become Most Popular Web Browsing Devices by 2013, Claims Gartner

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

A recent study made by Gartner has shown that handsets are most likely to overtake PCs as primary web surfing devices by 2013. The forecast mentions that the number of personal computers will reach 1.78 billion units by this year, while the phones will exceed 1.82 billion units at the ...

AdLocal Location-Based Mobile Advertising Service, Ready to Conquer the States

Monday, December 28th, 2009

AdLocal is a location-based mobile ad platform, available in Japan ever since 2006 and getting the most important share of the $1 billion local market of this advertising niche. Thus, it's no wonder the platform has now reached the US and it has big plans for the future. Sunnyvale company Cirius ...

Apple iPhone Users More than WM Users in the US, According to Study

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

Last we've seen the statistics and data regarding the well performing iPhone, the handset was outselling Windows Mobile devices and had a greater online presence. Now, we learn that the phone was also more used in October, when compared to the Microsoft devices, according to a recent study. The survey regarding ...

The iPhone – Most Popular Phone in the States

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

A recent study has shown that the iPhone is the most popular handset model in the US in 2009, with 4% of all mobile device subscribers in the country. The handset managed to surpass RIM's BlackBerry 8300 series, that led the pack till now and it's left behind with a ...

Geeks Phone One Shipping Issues May Trouble Many Users

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

December 9th was the date when folks tempted by the Geeks Phone One went out and ordered a handset like the one below, only to fail to receive it or have to pay extra cash before it gets shipped. The Geeks Phone company recently posted on its blog that the ...

Top 10 Selling Phones in November 2009, Courtesy of Krusell

Friday, December 4th, 2009

Krusell is a manufacturer of carrying cases for portable devices and the company has just released its top 10 selling phones list for November 2009. This list includes the most popular models of handsets that had the required cases sold over the last month. Krusell's top is popular because it reflects ...