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Even if you don't have or want and iPhone, be happy they exist. It's changed the whole cell phone game... Now they can't dump just anything on you and the bar has been raised much higher.
So, how come VOX still can't make replying to posts work with iPhone?! :P
M:Metrics Press Release
M:METRICS: IPHONE HYPE HOLDS UP
85 percent of iPhone users browse the mobile Web; iPhone is top device for news and information accessed on mobile browser
SEATTLE and LONDON — March 18, 2008 — Six months after the iPhone’s U.S. launch, has the device changed the mobile landscape? According to M:Metrics, the mobile media authority, the answer is yes. Today, the measurement firm reports that the iPhone is already the most popular device for accessing news and information on the mobile Web, with 85 percent of iPhone users accessing news and information in the month of January.
“The iPhone has certainly delivered on its hype,” said Mark Donovan, senior analyst, M:Metrics. “Beyond a doubt, this device is compelling consumers to interact with the mobile Web, delivering off-the-charts usage from everything to text messaging to mobile video.”
M:Metrics found that a staggering 30.9 percent of iPhone owners watched mobile TV or video, versus a 4.6 market average, and more than double the rate for all smartphone users. Usage of social networking is also popular among iPhone users: 49.7 percent accessed a social networking site in January, nearly twelve times the market average. Twenty percent of iPhone owners accessed Facebook, one of the first Web properties to customize its content for the iPhone, versus 1.5 percent of the total mobile market.
“This data indicates that the iPhone’s widgets are and effective means to drive mobile content consumption,” observed Donovan. “Two featured widgets, YouTube and Google Maps are extremely popular among iPhone users: 30.4 percent accessed YouTube and 36 percent used Google Maps. In comparison, only one percent of all mobile subscribers accessed YouTube and 2.6 percent checked out Google Maps.”
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Mobile Content Consumption: iPhone, Smartphone and Total Market: January 2008 |
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Activity |
iPhone |
Smartphone* |
Market |
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Any news or info via browser |
84.8% |
58.2% |
13.1% |
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Accessed web search |
58.6% |
37.0% |
6.1% |
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Watched mobile TV and/or video |
30.9% |
14.2% |
4.6% |
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Watched on-demand video or TV programming |
20.9% |
7.0% |
1.4% |
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Accessed Social Networking Site or Blog |
49.7% |
19.4% |
4.2% |
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Listened to music on mobile phone |
74.1% |
27.9% |
6.7% |
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Source: M:Metrics, Inc., Copyright © 2008. Survey of U.S. mobile subscribers. Data based on three-month moving average for period ending 31st January 2008, n = 31,389. *Smartphones include devices running Windows, Symbian, RIM or Apple operating systems. |
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M:Metrics is also the first to report use of the music playing capability of the iPhone, with 74.1 percent of iPhone owners listening to mobile music in January, compared to 6.7 percent of the total mobile audience. Eighty four percent of iPhone owners who use an MP3 player use an iPod.
M:Metrics revealed the demographic composition of iPhone users, which are similar to the demographics of other smartphone owners. They are more likely to be: male, aged 25-34, earn more that $100,000 and have a college degree, than the average mobile subscriber.
“While the demographics of iPhone users are very similar to all smartphone owners, the iPhone is outpacing other smartphones in driving mobile content consumption by a significant margin,” said Donovan. “In addition to the attributes of the device itself, another important factor to consider is the fact that all iPhones on AT&T are attached to an unlimited data plan. Our data shows that once the fear of surprise data charges is eliminated, mobile content consumption increases dramatically, regardless of device.”
M:Metrics applies trusted media measurement methodologies to assess the audience for mobile content and applications. As the world’s most authoritative mobile media measurement firm, M:Metrics delivers the most accurate mobile market metrics through the world’s largest monthly survey of mobile subscribers as well as automated data collection methodologies. Below are the findings of its January Benchmark Survey.
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Mobile Subscriber MonthlyConsumption of Content and Applications |
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US |
EU |
FR |
DE |
IT |
ES |
UK |
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Total mobile subscribers (13+) |
219m |
220.5m |
45.5m |
48.5m |
46.5m |
33.5m |
46.5m |
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Watched video |
4.6% |
5.5% |
5.3% |
2.8% |
6.7% |
8.1% |
5.6% |
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Listened to music |
6.7% |
16.9% |
14.7% |
15.9% |
13.9% |
21.1% |
19.9% |
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Accessed news/info via browser |
13.1% |
9.4% |
9.5% |
5.5% |
7.9% |
7.5% |
16.5% |
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Received SMS ads |
19.2% |
50.6% |
64.7% |
31.1% |
56.0% |
73.1% |
35.4% |
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Played downloaded game |
9.0% |
8.4% |
4.1% |
7.5% |
9.0% |
12.3% |
10.4% |
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Accessed downloaded application |
4.7% |
2.7% |
1.4% |
2.3% |
4.0% |
2.4% |
3.4% |
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Sent/received photos or videos |
21.9% |
28.4% |
25.5% |
22.1% |
33.2% |
31.7% |
30.6% |
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Purchased ringtones |
9.5% |
4.1% |
4.3% |
3.8% |
4.9% |
3.9% |
3.6% |
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Used email |
12.1% |
8.4% |
6.3% |
6.9% |
10.6% |
9.1% |
9.4% |
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Accessed social networking sites |
4.2% |
2.6% |
2.2% |
1.1% |
2.3% |
2.5% |
4.7% |
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Source: M:Metrics, Inc., Copyright © 2008. Survey of mobile subscribers. Data based on three-month moving average for period ending 30th January 2007, mobile subscribers in France, n = 12,783 Germany, n = 15,585; Italy, n = 13,059; Spain, n = 12,720; United Kingdom, n = 15,259; United States, n = 32,262; the cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenyang, Chengdu, Wuhan and Xi'an for the three-month average ending China n = 5,163 |
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About M:Metrics
M:Metrics is the mobile media authority. As the only research firm to measure the audience for mobile media, M:Metrics provides the most accurate metrics on actual mobile content consumption by applying trusted media measurement methodologies to the mobile market. M:Metrics’ monthly syndicated data service gives clients the critical insights and intelligence required to inform smart business strategies and the competitive benchmarks needed to evaluate the performance of competitors and partners. M:Metrics is a private, venture-funded corporation headquartered in Seattle, with offices in San Francisco and London.
Waiting for new iPhone announcement in June, so of course Apple is selling down old ones. More interesting are the deals Apple is striking in India, Singapore, The Philippines, Aussie, etc... :) G'day iPhone! ^^
Last Updated:
05-12-08 at 3:42PM
SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple Inc. said Monday its online stores in the U.S. and U.K. are sold out of the iPhone, a sign supplies are being winnowed ahead of the launch of the device's next generation featuring faster Internet surfing speeds.
Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris declined to comment on reasons for the shortage and on Apple's plans for an update to the device, which is widely expected to be unveiled in June at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.
The paucity of iPhones for sale in some markets comes as Apple is hustling to meet its goal of selling 10 million of the hybrid iPod-cell phone-Internet surfing gadgets by the end of 2008. So far, Apple has sold 5.4 million iPhones, according to the latest data as of the end of March.
One way Apple's expanding the iPhone's reach is by inking deals with wireless carriers around the world, even breaking with its pattern of requiring exclusivity to sell in a certain country.
On Monday, four mobile providers in the Asia-Pacific region announced partnerships with Apple to bring the iPhone to their regions later this year.
SingTel will sell the gadget in Singapore, Bharti Airtel Ltd. in India, Globe Telecom Inc. in the Philippines and Optus in Australia, the companies said in a brief joint statement, without giving details.
SingTel owns Optus and holds a 30.5 percent stake in Bharti and 44.5 percent in Globe.
SingTel has about 2.3 million mobile subscribers in Singapore and around 7 million in Australia, according to data as of Dec. 31, 2007. Bharti currently has about 64 million subscribers, while Globe reported a 21.3 million mobile subscriber base for the quarter ended March 31.
Last week, the top mobile phone operator in Latin America, America Movil SAB, also announced plans to deliver the iPhone to its region. America Movil has 159.2 million subscribers in 16 countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico.
In recent weeks Apple has also signed deals with Rogers Communications Inc. to sell the device in Canada; Milan-based Telecom Italia SpA to sell the iPhone in Italy; and Vodafone Group PLC, the world's biggest mobile company by sales, to sell it in a total of 10 countries, including Australia, India, Italy and Turkey.
Until the spate of the latest deals, Apple adhered to its policy of exclusivity with one carrier in each country.
The exclusive deals for the iPhone were with AT&T Inc. in the United States, O2 in Britain, T-Mobile in Germany and France Telecom's Orange wireless arm in France.
Industry observers say some people may be holding off on buying an iPhone until the much-rumored next-generation of the device is launched, and the phone is officially rolled out in more countries.
It takes some technical gymnastics, but it's still possible to get the phone in some markets where Apple doesn't have arrangements with wireless carriers.
Many of the phones sold so far have been bought legitimately in one country, modified to work on any cellular network, and resold in countries where Apple doesn't have agreements to sell the iPhone. The trend expands the iPhone's reach but deprives Apple of some of the subscriber fees that Apple splits with its carrier partners.
Another knock against the iPhone's current design is that it works over so-called 2.5G networks instead of the faster 3G, or third-generation, cell phone networks, which are popular outside the U.S. The difference in performance is similar to a dial-up Internet connection versus a high-speed broadband connection.
Apple's chief executive, Steve Jobs, has said Apple went with the slower cellular technology because the chips for 3G networks were too bulky and power-hungry when the iPhone was being designed, and because the iPhone automatically switches to faster Wi-Fi networks when they're available.
The next generation of iPhones is expected to work over 3G networks, which makes tasks like downloading videos easier.
Apple is also planning a software update for this summer that makes the iPhone work better with corporate e-mail, a necessary upgrade to help the iPhone compete with Research in Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry and Palm Inc.'s Treo smart phones.
Girding for a fight with Apple in the business-oriented smart-phone space, Research In Motion on Monday unveiled the Bold, its first BlackBerry model to work over 3G, helping its shares climb to an all-time high of $143.08. The stock closed Monday up $9.20, or 6.9 percent, at $141.97.
Apple shares closed up $4.71, or 2.6 percent, at $188.16.
Well, not really! Just some pix of the Wiener Dogs Quincanon and Duke on the front porch from my iPhone. I was charging it on my Vista laptop just for power, not to sync. (Only sync iTunes on one PC, or hell to pay!). Anyway, I recently got the Microsoft Windows Live Gallery software (free download). Its outstanding feature is that it lets you get photos from a memory card or USB like iPhone, and then "send to photo printer" like the XP days! The hack is to make it upload from Vista to VOX. Someone graciously converted the Registry macro VOX has (it's just a text file) to make it work with Windows Live Gallery. If you are interested, I will give you more info. The QUESTION is why 6-Apart (VOX) doesn't do this?? Come on, Vista is hardly new now... Anyway, this is the result. Pretty slick. :) WLG also has Flickr upload built in too. Pretty nice for free! :)
hehe! I am salivating for this - G3 broadband would be awesome - 'cause the current EDGE ain't that fast, though it's a hella' lot better than nothing on the go. Plus, iPhone 2.0 software should be out by then. That's how Jobs does it - incrementally. Pluses and minuses to that, but at least you don't get the bloated, buggy premature crapware so common on other platforms. I use my iPhone all the time now. Before, if I forgot celly, no big deal....
G3 should make iPhone more competitive in other high tech countries like Britain and Japan too. Better get that Apple stock now! ^^
Fri Mar 28, 6:31 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is expected to launch a high-speed wireless version of iPhone in the second quarter and produce as many as 8 million of the devices in the third quarter, according to Bank of America.
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