Mobile Video Viewing Grows 9% In Q4 2008 | Nielsen Wire

Mobile Video Viewing Grows 9% In Q4 2008 | Nielsen Wire

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Smartphones to Overtake Feature Phones in U.S. by 2011

The iPhone, Blackberry, Droid and smartphones in general dominate the buzz in the mobile market, but only 21% of American wireless subscribers are using a smartphone as of the fourth quarter 2009 compared to 19% in Q3 2009 and 14% at the end of 2008. We are just at the beginning of a new wireless era where smartphones will become the standard device consumers will use to connect to friends, the internet and the world at large. The share of smartphones as a proportion of overall device sales has increased to 29% for phone purchasers in the last six months and 45% of respondents to a Nielsen survey indicated that their next device will be a smartphone. If we combine these intentional data points with falling prices and increasing capabilities of these devices along with a explosion of applications for devices, we are seeing the beginning of a groundswell. This increase will be so rapid, that by the end of 2011, Nielsen expects more smartphones in the U.S. market than feature phones.

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Costa Rica is ranked 61 of 133 countries in IT usage

According to the The Global Information Technology Report 2009–201 from the World Economic Forum, Costa Rica is now ranked 61 of 133 countries in Technology usage. You can find the complete article here