Mozilla must live up to its promise to survive in mobile. Not content with just smartphones, it looks as if Mozilla is also moving into the cut throat tablet market. June 3rd is the date for a joint press event between Mozilla and Foxconn where a new device seems certain to be announced. The...
Buying Hulu is fraught with risk. Hulu, the video site is up for sale once again but the price is unlikely to be better than the $2bn valuation at which Providence recently exited. Hulu has 4m customers paying $7.99 a month and generated 2012 revenues of $695m. As an over-the-top (OTT) provider of premium content,...
Windows 8 will get there in the end. At its London Analyst summit Intel bemoaned the lack of cool designs for the malaise of the PC market but as usual, this less than half the story. There are multiple reasons why the PC market is struggling of which form factor is but one. These are:...
Austerity buys time for a proper strategy to be formed. HPQ posted good Q2 results and guided nicely as the cost cutting plan began to show results. Q2 Revenues and EPS where $27.6bn / $0.87 compared to consensus at $28.0bn / $0.81. Revenues from the PC segment where the real culprit for the top...
TV lets xBox One down but it is not Microsoft’s fault. The xBox One has been revealed with great fanfare and while it’s a winner in many areas, it falls over when it comes to the integration of TV. To be fair to Microsoft, I suspect that this is not its fault and that the...
Jolla’s new handset is really only half of the story Jolla has released the Jolla Phone with some interesting innovation, but the $520 price tag is going to bring tears to the eyes of many potential buyers. The device is a sleek, buttonless touch device with a 4.5inch touch display, dual core processor and an...
Tumblr is exactly what Yahoo! needs to expand its coverage of Digital Life. The wires are alive with the idea that Yahoo! will announce its $1.1bn acquisition of Tumblr today at its event in New York. 10x 2013 revenues looks punchy but the usage stats point to a website where the traffic is substantially under-...
Google is extending its lead except in games. Google regaled its fans with a three hour keynote that revealed updates and upgrades that push it further into the lead in the provision of Digital Life. First the numbers: 48bn applications have been installed and 900m devices have been activated. This is a huge number...
Making BBM available elsewhere is a very risky move. The launch of the BlackBerry Q5, upgrades and extensions to BBM make it very clear how BlackBerry intends to regain its former glory. The Q5 is an interesting looking device sporting two bright colours and a 3.5” touch screen as well as a full QWERTY keyboard....
Richard is founder, owner of research company, Radio Free Mobile. He has 16 years of experience working in sell side equity research. During his 11 year tenure at Nomura Securities, he focused on the equity coverage of the Global Technology sector.
Smartphone usage – Meaningless data
The latest data is meaningless without a demographic adjustment. Experian has produced an extensive survey looking at what users do with their smartphones. The data includes normal telephony functions and reveals usage patterns that match most of the previous surveys. Time spent on smartphones by activity (%) % share of time iOS Android Total Talk...