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Market research firm ABI Research surveyed 235 smartphone users who installed applications on their phones during 2008, and the report packs some surprises in terms of how much money some of those users spend. Overall, ABI found that some 17 percent of smartphone owners spent nearly $100 on applications, and a whopping 16.5 percent spent between $100 and $499 on smartphone applications. At that point, the cost of the applications can easily… Read More

Market analysis firm ABI Research has publishd a new study, “Mobile Internet Devices and UMPCs,” which takes a look at the market potential of ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs) which primarily target business and enterprise users, and so-called “mobile Internet devices” which primarily target consumers. Their forecast? The market is set to explode over the next five years, with ABI forecasting nearly 95 million of these… Read More

Is it getting easier to find wireless Internet hotspots worldwide? That seems to be the case, at least according to results of a new survey announced today by ABI Research. This survey, according to ABI Research, revealed that this year worldwide Wi-Fi hotspots will grow by nearly 25%, to 179,500. Almost three-quarters of these hotspots are found in Europe and North America. In Asia, meanwhile, growth in China is slower than… Read More

A new report from ABI Research predicts the worldwide market for over-the-air mobile music downloads will grow from over $250 million in 2005 to $9.3 billion in 2011. If those figures seem excessive to American sensibilities, consider the North American digital music and mobile phone markets are somewhat different than the rest of the world. According to ABI, over-the-air music sales in North America have been less successful in North… Read More

Today, we see only a few handsets that support Wi-Fi. Barriers exist, but when they are overcome, both mobile operators and consumers will reap the rewards. The high cost of the chipset is one inhibitor. But according to ABI Research, that cost will drop to around US$6.00 by the end of 2004. Designers face challenges when building these chipsets into cellular phones, both in the shrinking physical form factor of the handset, and in light of… Read More

From ABI Research's press release: Portable entertainment changed forever in 1979 when the Sony Walkman hit the market. It spawned an industry, and made personal mobile listening possible. Today's equivalent is the MP3 player. But where's the music, and how do you get it? It's on the Internet, and you need a computer to buy it and transfer it to your player. That's a step backwards, away from the joy of truly… Read More

From ABI Research's press release: The latest edition of ABI Research's “Wi-Fi Quarterly Service” shows solid second quarter growth across the bundle of wireless networking technologies collectively known as Wi-Fi. According to Phil Solis, senior analyst at ABI Research, this quarter-to-quarter market growth is being driven by different factors in the consumer/SOHO space and in the enterprise. In the former, he… Read More

From ABI Research's press release: Wireless LAN switch vendors once promoted their solutions as ways to centralize management of wireless LAN, to manage security, spectrum, access points and users. More recently, they have reinvented themselves as purveyors of VoWi-Fi platforms, according to ABI Research Senior Analyst, Phil Solis. “Using these vendors' technologies,” he says, “you can allow users to… Read More