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The main aspect of SMPP that makes it favorable, is the fact that SMPP enables a direct connection to the carriers, and subsequently enables instant delivery to the recipients- a quality that’s very important in a mobile marketing campaign.

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The Pew Internet & American Life Project has found that Americans are increasingly accessing the Internet with mobile devices, with the trend especially prevalent among minorities. Among whites, 33 percent more used a handset than in 2007, but among African-Americans, the increase was 65.5 percent and among Latinos it was 23.7 percent.

Since then we have seen the average price for apps continue to fall and recently we may have seem some of the most vocal advocates of that price point have recently lowered their prices and seem to be settling in at $3.99/$4.99 now.

In Medialets test, they are specifically testing WebKit JavaScript performance.

"When mobile users, who are accessing content via carrier networks, come across mobile services and solutions, they could easily purchase by way of being billed directly by their carrier. When that same user is connecting via WiFi, operator billing is not accessible, which in turn adds more steps for that user to purchase and cuts conversions significantly."

• 5 in 10 consumers on both iPhone and iPod touch devices use the mobile Web more frequently than they read printed newspapers.
• More than 40% of users of both devices reported using the Internet on their mobile device more often than using the Web from their computers or listening to the radio.

While the iPhone still dominates the application market, Google Android has managed to prevent Apple from widening the gap. With 1) reports that roughly 20 more Android handsets will ship during 2009, 2) continued application saturation in the App Store making it harder for developers to compete for consumer downloads and 3) the relative ease required to develop for Android versus iPhone, Google appears well positioned to chip away at iPhone's dominant position.

I’ve never doubted the viability of running a serious business of writing iPhone apps before. For the first time, now, I am.

Argh. So many factual errors in this opinion piece.

One-third of all mobile phones in the global market will incorporate accelerometers next year, according to a new report from iSuppli.

even Google was not rich enough to support all of the different mobile platforms from Apple’s AppStore to those of the BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Android and the many variations of the Nokia platform.

"Why it is that I’ll spend $2.25 to ride the subway without blinking an eye, but I have an agonizing decision to make when a game is listed over $1.99 on the App Store."

Thoughts on how to price an iPhone app

In other words, every app that allows users to see unfiltered internet content must be rated “17+”.

In other words, every app that allows users to see unfiltered internet content must be rated “17+”.

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