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Keeping up with Apple‘s growth is like sneezing with your eyes open — it’s nearly impossible.

Apple by the Numbers [INFOGRAPHIC]

http://mashable.com/2012/05/22/apple-by-the-numbers-infographic/

The mobile web is dead

Today, comScore released startling data about the mobile web, which bodes poorly for the browser. http://betanews.com/2012/05/07/the-mobile-web-is-dead/
UPDATE 27 January 2012: We’ve had an update on the below including carrier and market-share s0 we thought we’d share the new statistics, as they are very relevant and part of a substantial New Zealand Internet Use study – AUT: World Internet Project December 2011 The Study announces that usage of smartphones and other handheld wireless devices has grown apace, from 7% of Internet users in the 2007 sample, to 18% in 2009 and 27% in 2011.

New Zealand Smartphone Penetration – the facts « GetSMART

http://blog.jericho.co.nz/new-zealand-smartphone-penetration/
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2012/02/20/smartphones-neilsen-kantar-studies-track-u-s-u-k-proliferation/

Smartphones: Neilsen, Kantar Track U.S., U.K. Proliferation - Tech Trader Daily - Barrons.com

Data from a survey conducted by Neilsen last month, consisting of 20,000 mobile users, shows smartphone purchases are more prevalent in the U.S. among those who are younger , and among those who are more affluent.
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http://www.fastcompany.com/node/1810584/

There's An App For That App | Fast Company

In a booming app economy come apps made for helping you develop and test apps, just as apps get more important.
Keeping track of locations for an object is a cinch. PFGeoPoint * point = [ PFGeoPoint geoPointWithLatitude: 40.0 longitude: - 30.0 ]; PFObject * castle = [ PFObject objectWithClassName: @"Place" ]; [ castle setObject: point forKey: @"location" ]; https://parse.com/

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http://www.visionmobile.com/blog/2011/11/new-report-mobile-platforms-the-clash-of-ecosystems/

[New Report] Mobile Platforms: The Clash of Ecosystems | VisionMobile :: blog

[We at VisionMobile have been researching and helping to educate the industry about mobile platforms for the last five years. In this time mobile software has evolved from the world of “open OS” to the world of complex ecosystems, network effects, app stores which are redefining the rules of telecom industry. Today we share much of this knowledge in our Mobile Platforms: The Clash of Ecosystems report - a critical analysis of major mobile platforms and their battle for dominance - free download here ].
In the past two years, we have gone from a smattering of mobile statistics to an abundance of useful information. But there's still a long way to go, there are still huge gaps in our knowledge, some countries enjoy a proliferation of data sources, while others have little or none; and the quality of statistics varies incredibly.

Global mobile statistics 2011: all quality mobile marketing research, mobile Web stats, subscribers, ad revenue, usage, trends… | mobiThinking

http://mobithinking.com/mobile-marketing-tools/latest-mobile-stats
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http://creatingapps.telekomaustria.com/91of-worlds-top-brands-do-apps.html

Creating Apps | Apps & Mobile Developer Insights | 91% of world's top brands do apps

If your company has (or is) a popular brand, there is basically no way around having an app.

Creating Apps | Apps & Mobile Developer Insights | Infographic: Who is using Geosocial & Location Based Services?

Have a look at this nice infographic about users of geo-social & LBS. Interesting: Geo-social users tend to be younger than other LBS users.