links for 2009-05-27
May 27th, 2009 | Published in Bookmarks
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Video of a young kid who loves his iPhone
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Open source mobile applications for social change.
Archive for May, 2009
links for 2009-05-21
May 21st, 2009 | Published in Bookmarks
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New site focused on iPhone business from the people who track App Store data. This page has a lot of App Store metrics on it.
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While media companies have been quick to jump on the application bandwagon, Disney (NYSE: DIS) reported today that its focus on the mobile web has started to pay off—traffic to its mobile Disney.com site increased by a record-breaking 38 percent in the first quarter.
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While overall cellphone sales were down in the first quarter, sales of integrated devices jumped 12.7 percent compared to last year, meaning that more than 36.4 million smartphones were shipped in Q1. Nokia continues to retain the lion’s share of the smarpthone market at 41.2 percent, but its lead is slipping. Last year, it had a 45.1 percent slice. Apple, meanwhile, had the biggest growth in sales. The iPhone’s market share doubled in the first quarter compared to last year to 10.8 percent, with approximately 3.9 million iPhone’s shipped. The second largest smartphone maker in Q1 was Research In Motion, whose Blackberry devices gave it a 19.9 percent share.
links for 2009-05-05
May 5th, 2009 | Published in Bookmarks
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45% of these iPhone owners said a whopping 76-100% of their time on the device was for personal use
Almost three quarters (73%) said that more than 50% of their iPhone time was for personal use -
A. "Repetitive now"
B. "Bored now"
C. "Urgent now"
