The convergence of financial services and mobile technology in the global drive towards ubiquitous financial inclusion and digitalised currency has produced different business models for developed and developing nations, offering distinct target markets, trends, and opportunities. In developed nations where the banked population is approaching 100%, mBanking is largely additive and bank-led, integrating the physical [...]
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In May, Google announced the release of Android 4.0, codenamed Ice Cream Sandwich. It was officially launched in October but the first device running 4.0 – the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Google’s flagship phone – wasn’t launched until last week. Those new features? First of all, visual voicemail has finally come to the Android platform along [...]
Adobe announced this week that it would no longer be developing a Flash plugin for mobile browsers, prompting comments that Steve Jobs has had the last laugh. After all, the iPhone does not support Adobe Flash and Jobs was highly critical of its reliability, security and performance. Jobs’ essay, ‘Thoughts on Flash’ is well worth [...]
If you said the iPad was a gimmick when you first heard about it, you are probably keeping it rather quiet now. Apple’s latest portable device has been another success, and possibly its most successful in terms of initial sales. Yes, it has benefitted from those that came before because of the company’s enhanced brand; [...]
Battle of the Bands: Handset Pricing Categories in Our New Smartphone Report
by Daniel Ashdown on July 20th, 2011
While Apple has released another set of impressive quarterly results, it should not be forgotten that smartphones increasingly come in many forms and, consequently, at many price points. We won’t gloss-over 20 million iPhone shipments in the quarter-ending 25th June 2011, especially for a premium smartphone (see definition below) – but there is plenty of [...]
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