Apple iPad has generated a lot of buzz and though that is not strictly an eReader, it goes without saying that the ebook reading population is a primary target audience for the tablet device. However, how much are people aware of the iPad vis-a-vis other eReaders in the market like Kindle and Nook? A study [...]

China and India are among the countries with the fastest growth in mobile phones. However, when it comes to its penetration in the market, these countries still lag; which also speaks of the opportunities that exist in these markets. Here is a ranking of the top 40 countries in terms of “number of mobile phones [...]

There used to be a time when smartphones were primarily used for business purposes. That has quite changed since the likes of iPhone came into the market. A recent study by CrowdScience looked into the number of business users for the popular smartphone OS brands. Here are the results iPhone users Personal only : 28% [...]

In 2009, Netbooks accounted for 11.9% of the portable computer market. This is according to a study published on the Washington post. While the growth in popularity of netbooks is nothing short of staggering, it is a question of whether it will be able to sustain the growth in 2010 and forward considering the launch [...]

The Environment Working Group has come up with some statistics on how the new age smartphones have been pushing towards the edge of acceptable levels of cell phone radiation set by FCC. Here are the top ten smartphones and the corresponding Specific absorption rate (measured in watts/kilogram)   SAR (W/Kg) Blackberry Bold 9700 1.55 Motorola [...]

Till a couple of years back stylus supported touchscreens were the norm. However, ever since Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone as a device with the best user navigation tool called human finger, capacitive touch-screens have become extremely popular. Here is the latest worldwide market share of touch-screen based smartphones from Canalys Research. For a US [...]

Last month In-Stat published statistics on the growth of Wi-Fi enabled handsets globally. According to this, 184 million Wi-Fi enabled mobile handsets will be shipped this year. Now in a new report from Coda Research, the corresponding statistics have been released for United States. Here are the projected growth of Wi-Fi enabled mobile phones in [...]

Mobile phone ownership among teenagers is on the rise. In August of last year, a Pew Internet study had put the number of cell phone toting teens in US at 71% (2008 data). How much has changed since then? Here are statistics from the latest Pew report Children in 12-17 age group owning a cell [...]

The arrival of Motorola Droid and HTC myTouch have seriously shaken up the Android market. According to a report by media portal Myxer, three months back in October 2009, 81% of visits from Android platform was contributed by HTC Dream.G1. Today, its contribution is less than 35%. Here is the market share of the various [...]

Features such as Internet and Camera are nearly ubiquitous on mobile phones, let alone smartphones. Yet, they remain the “must have” features among smartphone owners who were quizzed about how important the different features on their smartphone was important to them. The study was conducted by Infogroup company 29% of respondents surveyed owned a smartphone [...]