Mobility News Weekly - Week of October 31, 2011

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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A UK man, born without his left forearm has become the first person to have a smartphone dock embedded in his prosthetic limb.  Read Original Content

VeriFone Systems Inc. acquired Global Bay Mobile Technologies, a mobile retail solutions provider that helps retailers use alternative payment devices -- such as iPads -- as payment vehicles.  Read Original Content

Nokia’s chief executive said this week that the company will re-enter the U.S. smartphone market in early 2012 with the introduction of devices running Microsoft’s Windows Phone for multiple U.S. carriers, according to media reports. Read Original Content

ClickSoftware is an SAP mobility partner and the leading provider of automated workforce management and optimization solutions for every size of service business.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by ClickSoftware - http://www.clicksoftware.com/.

RIM has fallen to $18.91, below the book value per share of $18.92 at the end of last quarter, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Book value comprises a company’s assets including cash, inventories, real estate and intellectual property minus its liabilities. Read Original Content
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Mobile Expert Video Series: Forrester's Christian Kane

This week I am serving as the Chairman of the Enterprise Mobility Exchange in Las Vegas.  In this role, I have had the opportunity to interview many mobility experts.  I will be publishing these interviews over the next week. In this first interview, I ask Research Analyst Christian Kane with Forrester his thoughts on the current and future state of the rugged handheld computer market.







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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile Industry Analyst, Consultant and SAP Mentor Volunteer
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Mobile Marketing News Weekly - Week of October 31, 2011

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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GIA reports that the global market for mobile advertising is projected to reach $32 billion by the year 2017, driven by rising ownership of mobile phones, increasing use of highly sophisticated mobile devices including smartphones, and availability of high bandwidth, high speed data networks.  Read Original Content

Currently, the largest market for mobile marketing and advertising is Asia Pacific, estimated to be worth $15.8 billion by 2012. North America's market follows, at $11.2 billion, while Europe trails behind with a 2012 forecast of $7.9 billion.  Read Original Content

According to eMarketer nearly one in five smartphone owners ages 18 and older will redeem a mobile coupon this year. This represents a growth of 117.6 percent. eMarketer predicts that by 2013 nearly one-third of smartphone users will be redeeming discounts on the go. Read Original Content

Pyxis Mobile provides an agile, powerful, and secure mobile enterprise application platform.  It enables rapid cross-platform application development, unlimited data integration, enterprise-grade security, and the unique ability to change and update applications in real time.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Pyxis Mobile, http://pyxismobile.com/

Mobile shopping is expected to grow by 40 percent year-over-year, and according to the latest Google trends data, 15 percent of search queries during the holiday season are expected to come from mobile devices.  Read Original Content
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Mobile Medical News Weekly - Week of October 31, 2011

Welcome to the first edition of Mobile Medical News Weekly!  In my weekly research on all things mobile, I come across a lot of mobile medical and healthcare related information that I believe may be of interest to many.  As a result, I will now publish a weekly newsletter focused on trends, analyst forecasts and growth rates in this market.  I hope you find this information useful.

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A report by mobile industry analyst firm research2guidance estimates that one-third of all smartphone users (500 million people) will be using mobile health apps by 2015. Read Original Content

Azumio’s Instant Heart Rate app has passed its 10 millionth download, making it one of the most popular health apps on the market. Read Original Content

Technavio's analysts forecast the Global Telemedicine market will grow at a yearly rate of 19 percent between 2010 and 2014. Read Original Content

Electronic health record vendor Meditech and real-time location system vendor Awarepoint have collaborated on a product that integrates real-time location services with electronic hospital records to help hospitals manage their emergency departments. Read Original Content

The United Kingdom’s National Health Service has been charged with finding £20 billion in savings by 2015.  Part of the solution is to equip hospitals with M2M communication solutions that allow for more efficient healthcare. Read Original Content

A new report from Frost & Sullivan predicts that market revenues for electronic health record systems will peak at $6.5 billion in 2012. The health IT market has experienced significant growth in recent years since Medicare began threatening hospitals with financial penalties for those not increasing technology solutions. Read Original Content
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Mobile Expert Video Series: Baseplan's Nigel Hammond

On a cold, wet and windy day last week in Sydney, Australia I was able to step out on a pier in Sydney harbor and interview Baseplan Software's Nigel Hammond about enterprise mobility, the equipment rental industry and asset management.






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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile Industry Analyst, Consultant and SAP Mentor Volunteer
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Mobility Charts Weekly - Week of October 31, 2011

The Mobility Charts Weekly is a weekly publication of charts depicting the current and future status of the enterprise mobility market.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.



Analysys Mason forecasts 1.3 billion residential and commercial smart meter connections by 2020 with an annual growth rate of 56 percent over a ten year period. Read Original Content



Darren Herman recently conducted a study on the amount of digital market share controlled by Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Facebook and AOL.  The study concludes that these five companies take 64 percent of market revenues. Read Original Content



According to Strategy Analytics, Samsung-made Android devices have outpaced Apple devices.  In the third quarter of 2011, Samsung shipped 28 million units while Apple only sold 17 million iPhones. Read Original Content



A report by PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates that over the next five years digital spending — defined as spending on broadband and mobile access, wired and mobile advertising, video on demand, digital music, online movie rentals, video games and newspaper and magazine advertising — will climb from below 20 percent of all entertainment and media spending in the U.S. to over 26 percent.  Globally, the firm expects digital spending to hit 33 percent of all spending on media and entertainment by 2014. Read Original Content

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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile Industry Analyst, Consultant and SAP Mentor Volunteer
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Mobile Expert Video Series: ClickSoftware's George Chondros

Last week in Sydney, Australia I was able to catch up with ClickSoftware's George Chondros and interview him about the latest trends in enterprise mobility in the ANZ market. 




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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile Industry Analyst, Consultant and SAP Mentor Volunteer
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Mobile Commerce News Weekly - Week of October 31, 2011

The Mobile Commerce News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news, articles and links related to mobile payments, mobile money, e-wallets, mobile banking and mobile security that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting market size and market trend information.

Also read Field Mobility News Weekly
Also read Mobile Marketing News Weekly
Also read Mobility News Weekly
Also read M2M News Weekly
Also read Mobility Charts Weekly

Juniper Research estimates that 2 billion mobile tickets were sold in 2010, and by 2014 over 15 billion tickets will be purchased using a mobile device.  Read Original Content

According to comScore, 32.5 million Americans used their mobile device to access banking information during the quarter ending June 2011, representing13.9 percent of all mobile users in the U.S.  Read Original Content

During the past year, the percentage of consumers who use their mobile phone to make online purchases has doubled from 9 percent in 2010 to 18 percent in 2011, according to a new survey by Oracle Communications.  Read Original Content

Pyxis Mobile provides an agile, powerful, and secure mobile enterprise application platform.  It enables rapid cross-platform application development, unlimited data integration, enterprise-grade security, and the unique ability to change and update applications in real time.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Pyxis Mobile, http://pyxismobile.com/

Financial services provider Visa Europe has invested £24.7 million in mobile payments platform Monitise, giving Monitise a greater European presence in the mobile payment market.  Read Original Content
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Field Mobility News Weekly - Week of October 31, 2011

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

Also read Mobile Commerce News Weekly
Also read Mobile Marketing News Weekly
Also read Mobility News Weekly
Also read M2M News Weekly
Also read Mobility Charts Weekly

A new report from ABI Research predicts that revenues generated by the container security and tracking market will grow by a compound annual growth rate of 27 percent from $212 million in 2011 to $690 million in 2016.  Read Original Article

RFID tracking solutions are being used to track the progress of the Toronto subway expansion project so that productivity is improved throughout the construction efforts.  Read Original Article

According to a new report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. the global market for enterprise mobility is projected to exceed $173.9 billion by the year 2017.  Read Original Content

Since 1995, Syclo has enabled hundreds of companies in 37 countries and industries supercharge their businesses with mobility.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Syclo http://www.syclo.com/.

The Florida Highway Patrol has equipped 700 vehicles with Panasonic’s Toughbook Arbitrator Mobile Digital Video System for statewide vehicle deployment.  Read Original Article
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Mobile Expert Video Series: Powercor's David Weedon

In this interview David Weedon, Business Implementation Manager, with SAP customer and electrical power distributor Powercor, shares how they have mobilized different segments of their field services operations.  Their core business is to manage the poles, wires and equipment that deliver electricity to homes and businesses in Melbourne and through central and western Victoria. They are responsible for the quality and reliability of their customers’ power supply.  David shares details of their implementations, ROIs and what they plan to do next in this video.




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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile Industry Analyst, Consultant and SAP Mentor Volunteer
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict
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.
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