Shame, poor Amazon, they must feel so left out. No one is suing them. Yet.
Created by: MBA Online (via Patents | MBA Online)
Source: mbaonline.com
And in other news today… Apple started shipping a micro USB power adapter which will allow you to charge your iPhone from some other phone’s micro-USB charger. Yawn.
Oh well, I suppose it does mean they are supporting the EU deal for standardised chargers.
Source: macstories.net
If you’re interested in the mobile market in South Africa, see this infographic, and download the takeaway PDF.
Source: mobileinsights.co.za
I can relate.
The most startling thing here isn’t Apple’s marketshare and growth (as the article is focusing on), but how Nokia’s smartphone marketshare skidded from 38% to 15% in one year!
Plot that on a trendline and it doesn’t look good for Nokia at all by this time next year!
Source: Mashable
Looks like CellC just upped their game in South Africa!
Cool new service - wonder how MTN and Vodacom are going to respond to this?
Source: youtube.com
Mobile web stats in South Africa
The numbers:
42m mobile subscribers.
31m web-enabled phones.
15m people browsing the mobile web.
That’s a big audience. And huge potential too.
Comparing the rate of growth in mobile internet to the rate of growth in desktop internet.
Source: Gizmodo
