Mobility News Weekly – Week of February 13, 2012

The Mobility News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to enterprise mobility that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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Global mobile data traffic will increase 18 times between 2011 and 2016, to 10.8 exabytes--a billion gigabytes--per month, according to the latest report from Cisco's Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast.  Read Original Content

Global smartphone shipments grew sharply last year (61.3 percent) as mobile handsets increased in capability and were made available at lower prices, according to International Data Corp.'s latest report. Read Original Content

U.S. and European regulatory agencies have approved Google‘s acquisition of Motorola.  Specifically, Google is acquiring the smartphone and set top box assets and, the vital intellectual property Google needs to protect its Android smartphone licensees.  Read Original Content

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According to Gartners's Q4 report, Apple finished 2011 as the world's top smartphone vendor by market share (19 percent), thanks to a Q4 that saw the company grab 23.8 percent of the market.  Read Original Content

More than two thirds of India SMBs (companies having greater than 1000 employees) own at least one smart phone or tablet, and almost half plan to purchase more devices in the next year.  Read Original Content

Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly – Week of February 13, 2012

Welcome to Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly, an online newsletter that consists of the most interesting news and articles related to enterprise mobility in Asia.  Asia is predicted to be the fastest area of growth for enterprise mobility between now and 2016.

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English Premier League football club Manchester City is launching a website in Japan.  The club’s website will be developed for Japan’s i-mode mobile web.  Visitors to the website will be able to access the football club’s news, data, and merchandise in Japanese. Read Original Content

With the mobile apps industry providing nearly 500,000 jobs in the U.S., a new apps store is coming to the Philippines.  The new store, MyAppsMall, is the product of a partnership between Philippines telecomm provider Globe and Sing-Tel in Singapore.  The app store will be free of charge, and providers hope to encourage local developers to create and distribute their apps through the platform. Read Original Content

China Unicom Beijing and China Telecom will be working with Waterloo firm ClevrU Corp. to provide mobile online teaching programs for up to 250 million people.  The learning platform is designed to reach students via smartphones and tablets. Read Original Content

Online retailer Flipkart, currently with five offices in India, has announced plans to acquire another Indian online retailer, Letsbuy.com.  Flipkart, launched in 2007, has over 2 million registered users. Read Original Content

Announcing plans to double the number of cities in India selling its smartphones, BlackBerry provider RIM is taking advantage of the significant growth potential.  Smartphone shipments to India set a record high in 2011, with over 15 million sold in the month of November. Read Original Content

This Walking Robot by Boston Dynamics is Incredible - Must Watch!

For all you mobile and M2M technology enthusiasts this is a must watch.  In particular, the balance and agility of this robot is amazing.  The Terminator has never been closer!!!  I wondered if there was an iPhone implanted in this robot to help it keep balance.

How long until the "Petman" walks a route as a security guard or an inspector?

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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile Industry Analyst, Consultant and SAP Mentor Volunteer

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Full Disclosure: I am an independent mobility analyst, consultant and blogger. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.

What's New in HTML5 - Week of February 13, 2012

Each week I conduct market research on HTML5 and its impact on enterprise mobility and post the best of the articles I find here with a brief synopsis.  I hope you find it useful and interesting.

  

Google has launched two new HTML5-powered apps for offline reading of documents, one for the Chrome browser and one for Android.  Read original content

The upcoming BlackBerry 10 OS will include HTML5 support.  Read original content

Developer productivity tool provider ComponentOne, has released a 2012 version of Wijmo, a “kit of UI widgets for HTML5 and jQuery development.” Read original content

One advantage of HTML5 is that it helps search engines recognize media content.  Native apps cannot be searched, so using an HTML5 app is a better option if it is important that your content be seen by as many people as possible. Read original content

Facebook is testing a bookmark for the HTML5 platform at the top of the app’s news feed, to help garner attention and build interest in the developer community.  “This effort is of obvious importance to anyone developing mobile apps and considering whether to build HTML5 versions of those apps. If it catches on, mobile technology will be substantially freed of the shackles of vendor control.” Read original content

Apple’s iOS has the edge over other mobile devices when it comes to HTML5 support, according to Sencha’s senior director of product development.  Google, however, is making strides in the right direction with Android 4. Read original content

Videos of sessions from Microsoft’s HTML5 web camp are now available.  The sessions available to view consist of topics including an introduction to HTML5, an overview of HTML5 graphics, adding video and sound with HTML5, and using HTML5 today. Read original content

The new Chrome for Android browser replaces Flash with HTML5.  Google’s long-term plan is to replace the Android stock browser with Chrome.  “The biggest advantage for mobile HTML5 though will be the ability to bring Chrome tools to the Android platform.” Read original content

HTML5 developers can find helpful resources from SAP’s Developer Center for UI Development for HTML5.  The site provides guides, a download trial for the HTML5 toolkit, and access to an integrated SAP developer network. Read original content

HTML5 video is evolving, but there are still limitations such as the inability for full-screen playback in most browsers/devices and currently no full featured accessibility in any browser/device.  LongTail Video has compiled a report that is now available titled, The State of HTML5 Video. Read original content

When deciding whether to focus on native apps or mobile web, businesses should take into account their target market.  Users are split between the two for accessing content on their mobile devices, according to data from comScore, which showed 47.6 percent using native apps, and 47.5 percent using the mobile web.  If the target market uses multiple devices, it may be more efficient to use the mobile web, rather than developing a native app for each device. Read original content

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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile Industry Analyst, Consultant and SAP Mentor Volunteer

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Full Disclosure: I am an independent mobility analyst, consultant and blogger. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.

Mobile Marketing News Weekly - Week of February 13, 2012

The Mobile Marketing News Weekly is an online newsletter that is made up of the most interesting news, articles and links related to mobile marketing that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting market size and market trend information.

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AdIQuity, a mobile ads platform based in Bangalore, India, has announced it is now serving 14 billion ad requests per month across 220+ countries. This signifies a growth of 600 percent in the last nine months of operations. Read Original Content

Madhouse, China’s leading Mobile Marketing Company has entered India to capitalize on the ever-increasing demand for customized mobile marketing solutions. Read Original Content

eMarketer estimates that the number of smartphone users will rise 44 percent this year to over 106 million. And as these users continue to do more activities on their phones, their likelihood of exposure to mobile advertising becomes assured. Men between the ages of 18 and 29 were significantly more likely than women to recall having seen a mobile ad on their mobile phone, at 69 percent. Read Original Content

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After a recent study, the IAB predicts continued mobile marketing growth, as 72 percent of the 300 marketers surveyed planned to increase their mobile advertising budget, with 35 percent of them admitting to increases over 50 percent. Read Original Content