The biggest and most anticipated releases from Apple since the original iPhone debuted happened this week when iOS 6 and the iPhone 5 (with iOS 6) rolled out on Wednesday and Friday, respectively. Apple shipped over 1 million iPhone 5 devices and many more were sold in stores today. It is expected that Apple will sell at least 10 million iPhone 5 devices by the end of the month.
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Android Top U.S. Smartphone Operating System
Android’s dominance over the U.S. smartphone market continues with second quarter 2011 data from Nielsen providing the following market share percentages by operating system:
Android OS = 39%
Apple iOs = 28%
RIM Blackberry OS = 20%
Windows Mobile WP7 = 5%
Palm/HP WebOS = 2%
Symbian OS = 2%
If you compare this data to the market share percentages reported by Nielsen between November 2010 and January 2011, you’ll see the players haven’t changed, but the Android operating system has continued to grow and steal market share from its competitors, particularly from RIM Blackberry OS and Windows Mobile WP7.
New Infographic Offers Visual App Store Statistics
App of the Day released a great infographic that conveys the state of the iOS App Store, including types of apps, prices, and more.
Statistics that stand out from the infographic, which is shown below, include:
Number: There are currently over 300,000 apps available in the app store, and that number is growing.
Price: 67% of apps are paid and 33% are free. … Continue Reading
Newstex Launches David Meerman Scott iPhone and iPad App
We’re very excited to announce the launch of a new iPhone and iPad app that Newstex developed with marketing speaker and author David Meerman Scott. David’s free mobile application is available from the iTunes store.
The new iPhone and iPad app gives users mobile access to David’s blog posts, Twitter updates, videos and online Amazon bookstore, so they can read his Authoritative Content anywhere and anytime.
Mobile Apps are Here to Stay
In the June 2010 issue of eContent Magazine, Newstex president Larry Schwartz and a number of content publishing and technology professionals discussed the current state of mobile apps and the future of mobile content for business growth.
The Apple App Store launched in July 2008 with Apple’s iPhone becoming the market leader in a new category that grew faster than anyone could have imagined.
Android Threatens iPhone but BlackBerry Still Rules
According to a study by NPD Group, sales of Android smartphones beat sales of iPhones in the United States during the first quarter of 2010 for the first time. However, BlackBerry devices held onto the majority of market share.
Here is the first quarter 2010 sales breakdown between the big three:
BlackBerry = 36% market share
Android = 28% market share
iPhone = 21% market share
There are a couple of factors helping to boost Android sales above iPhone sales: more carriers (iPhones are only available with AT&T) and better promotions (buy one get one free at Verizon Wireless).
Smartphone Benefits Lure Even the Most Elusive Consumer Groups
In marketing, there are consumers who are considered ‘early adopters’ or products and brands, and there are consumers who fall into the ‘laggards’ category. The latter consumer group is slow to try new products and prefers to wait for others to test drive them first. Laggards need to fully understand the benefits that products can deliver to them before they pull out their hard-earned money and buy them.
Smartphones Will Outsell PCs by 2012
According to research company Gartner, more people will buy smartphones by 2012 than PCs (via Reuters). With that growth in smartphone purchases will come an even bigger growth in the development of mobile apps for those smartphones. In 18-months, smartphone owners downloaded over 3 billion apps from Apple’s App Store. Considering that sales of iPhones are expected to grow by 50% this year while sales of PCs are only expected to grow by 20%, Gartner’s predictions don’t seem too far off base.
Newstex and SIIA Launch New iPhone App for Digital Content Industry
Today, the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced the launch of its first mobile application for accessing social media content from SIIA and Authoritative Content from Newstex.
The application is available through the Apple iTunes Store for both iPhones and iPod touches (search for siia or newstex), and it will be available for Google Android-enabled phones in the future.
Introducing the Newstex Authoritative Content iPhone App
Today, Newstex announced the release of a new Authoritative Content iPhone App that delivers authoritative content to consumers at their fingertips and at anytime.
The Newstex Authoritative Content Distribution System (“CDS”) for iPhones® is an end-to-end system that enables distributors and publishers to private-label their own content, as well as Authoritative Content from Newstex, on the wildly-popular iPhone and iPod Touch devices from Apple.