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Apple iOS4′s Auto Calendar Event Creator
June 28, 2010 – 4:18 am | 701 Comments
Apple iOS4′s Auto Calendar Event Creator

The best feature of Apple’s iOS4 update that is overshadowed by background applications, folders, etc? Apple now enables calendar event creation contextually and within email exchanges. When a date and time are written in an …

Apple iPad: 3rd Fastest Selling Device (Behind Nintendo Wii & DS)
June 13, 2010 – 8:12 am | 234 Comments
Apple iPad: 3rd Fastest Selling Device (Behind Nintendo Wii & DS)

If there is a voice for mobile growth, Mary Meeker is it.
And she has 50+ slides of charts and data to prove her bullishness.
Below is the latest version of her Internet Trends deck (updated …

AT&T Pushing Additional iPhones Between Android & Apple Announcements?
May 20, 2010 – 1:35 pm | 261 Comments

My day of short blog posts continues….
The below email from AT&T (‘Add an iPhone today’) is interesting because:
- it arrived in my inbox a few days ago (May 15)

Android: “Traffic Growing at Compounded Monthly Rate of 32% per Month”
April 28, 2010 – 4:20 pm | 610 Comments
Android: “Traffic Growing at Compounded Monthly Rate of 32% per Month”

For mobile news, the best reading each month is the AdMob Mobile Metrics Report (see previous coverage here). The March 2010 report is noteworthy for a few reasons and have a consistent theme: Android has …

iPhone OS 4: Five Takeaways
April 8, 2010 – 12:04 pm | 261 Comments
iPhone OS 4: Five Takeaways

Today Apple announced iPhone OS 4 – which ships in the summer for the iPhone and iPod Touch and in the winter for the iPad. Lots of incremental and much needed changes (ie App Folders) …

Android: 2% Smartphone Requests in Feb 2009, 24% in Feb 2010
March 30, 2010 – 8:17 pm | 4 Comments
Android: 2% Smartphone Requests in Feb 2009, 24% in Feb 2010

AdMob’s monthly mobile metrics reports provide terrific, real insights into mobile trends (hardware, software, OS, and mobile usage).The February report has two important trends that I have highlighted over the last few months:
1. Android continues …

iPad Developers: Last Call for iPad Apps (March 31st)
March 30, 2010 – 12:48 pm | 277 Comments
iPad Developers: Last Call for iPad Apps (March 31st)

Attention iPad developers: today is your last chance to submit applications for the iPad launch on April 3rd. According to Apple’s recent developer mailings and the iPhone Dev Center, applications must be received by March …

iPad Demo: Penguin Books
March 24, 2010 – 10:47 am | 225 Comments
iPad Demo: Penguin Books

Apple’s iPad arrives in ten days. It represents a new form of web consumption and, hopefully, a new form of content, digital media and reading. While the Kindle is able to deliver simple, elegant reading …

Facebook iPhone Usage +20% from Post-Logout Promotion
March 8, 2010 – 11:23 am | 383 Comments
Facebook iPhone Usage +20% from Post-Logout Promotion

When discussing marketing and product strategies, I sometimes come across as a broken record! One of things I preach is the power of change. A button’s color, an ad’s call to action, or the placement …

As AT&T Improves, Google Nexus One Arrives on Verizon
February 26, 2010 – 7:03 pm | 196 Comments
As AT&T Improves, Google Nexus One Arrives on Verizon

I have been eagerly awaiting Google’s Nexus One arrival on Verizon – which were initially announced as “Spring 2010“. And according to BoyGeniusReport – it has passed through the FCC.
That raises a couple questions …

Tapulous’ Tap Tap Revenge: A Top Grossing App Despite Being Free
January 26, 2010 – 4:44 pm | 763 Comments
Tapulous’ Tap Tap Revenge: A Top Grossing App Despite Being Free

A week ago, I wrote that only three of Apple’s top twenty grossing iPhone Apps feature in-app purchases. I wondered whether developers have determined that direct sales were more dependable and profitable than relying on …

Only Three of Top 20 Grossing iPhone Apps Have In-App Purchases
January 16, 2010 – 4:31 pm | 2 Comments
Only Three of Top 20 Grossing iPhone Apps Have In-App Purchases

I am very surprised to see that just three of the top twenty grossing iPhone Apps include in-app purchases:
- The Sims 3 (#5)
- Madden NFL 2010 (#8)
- Tap Tap Revenge (#13)