Mobile Users Want More Interactive Social Networking Experience on the Move January 22, 2009
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Research published by messaging firm, Colibria has revealed that mobile users want social networking services pushed straight to their mobile, making the experience more interactive and allowing them to communicate with all of their social networks from one single access point.The survey of 2,000 online respondents in then UK found that 39% of 18-45 year olds believe that if updates were pushed directly to their device, it would greatly improve their experience of social networks via mobile.
Assessing social networking usage across consumers in the UK, the survey highlighted key differentiators that subscribers feel are needed to make these services for mobile accessible. Currently, of those who do already access their social networks via their phone, 65% prefer to do it through a device’s internet browser, whilst 28% use a dedicated application. The interactivity limitations of browser based access may explain why 43% of users only describe their experience as average, with a further 20% rating access as poor or very poor.
Mobile Social Networking forum holds first meet January 16, 2009
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The Mobile social networking event launches on the 9th and 10th March in London – http://www.socialnetworking-forum.com/mobile-forum is attracting some of the leading mobile operators, handset manufacturers and mobile social networks.Operators will share mobile social networking success stories at the mobile social networking conference. Global operators will be discussing how they plan to benefit from the growing interest in mobile social media. Delegates will also hear from the entire mobile broadband and web publishing eco-system to understand moving mobile into a more interactive and web 2.0 friendly platforms.
Mobile Data Still Growing in Downturn December 29, 2008
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It seems 2008 is the year of mobile data—in spite of the economic downturn. Orange’s research into its customers’ behaviour shows mobile data usage almost doubling in the last quarter. It also said it has added 1.3 million 3G customers since the research was last conducted in November 2007 to January 2008. Dongle subscriptions have grown by more than 2,000 per cent since then, the report found. Orange reckons data rises can be put down to better designed devices—both handsets and dongles—enabling easier access to the mobile internet. It believes dedicated mobile data price plans have also helped, along with the rise of mobile social networking.
Social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace are generating an average of more than 166 million monthly mobile page impressions, according to the report. Meanwhile, mobile search has increased by 30 per cent and local search by 100 per cent, while September saw a record 300,000 tracks downloaded, according to Orange.