Top 10 Most Anticipated Smartphones for 2013
Technology is getting more and more advanced day by day and this advancement can be seen in the world of smartphones. Developments made in the previous year can be clearly judged and there are lot more features still to come in the coming years. Plenty of smartphones with multiple features and functionalities are already available in the market and many more yet to arrive; surely, this year will be very thrilling for Smartphone lovers.
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Windows Phone 8
Mystery Caller wants to start the new year with a Windows Phone 8 smartphone. She’s looking for one with unlimited data and lots of texts. How will the networks handle selling the new OS?
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With or without Apple, NFC mobile payment market to hit $100 billion
A number of industry watchers have voiced concerns that touchless mobile payment solutions will not truly find widespread adoption until Apple joins the fray and adds the functionality to its popular iPhone line of smartphones. While Apple has yet to give any indication that its smartphones will support NFC-based mobile payments in the future, one firm is confident that the market will soon take off like a rocket.
In a report issued on Friday, market research firm ABI Research predicted that dollars spent using NFC mobile payment systems will break the $100 billion mark in 2016. Payments made using the touchless technology payment tech will total just $4 billion in 2012 according to the firm, but will balloon to $191 billion annually in 2017.
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Mobile payment ventures must make progress quickly- or opportunity may be lost
Collaborations between European operators to drive the launch of contactless payments and other mobile services based on near field communications (NFC) technology sprang up all over Europe in 2011, as operators spooked by the announcement of Google Wallet stepped up efforts to secure their piece of the pie.
A year later and progress so far can only be described as “limited.” The Sixpack alliance in the Netherlands no longer exists, and the UK venture with the working title of “Project Oscar” has only just gained much-delayed approval from the European Union, to name two recent developments. At the same time, Google Wallet has not yet gained widespread traction in Europe. _____
“Not many ventures have demonstrated good success so far,” said Sandy Shen, research director at Gartner, noting that penetration of NFC smartphones is also still too low to make it meaningful for a wide adoption of the service. She also said the ecosystem in most markets outside of Japan is still under-developed.
For Western Europe as a whole, Gartner forecasts that in 2012 the number of NFC users will be 22.8 million and the transaction value for mobile payments including SMS, WAP and NFC will be $20.3 billion (€15.7 billion) in 2012. Read more.
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Go Mobile or Go Home
According to eMarketer, more than 96 percent of the U.S. population is expected to own a mobile phone by 2013 and the gap between web-enabled mobile and wired Internet users is likely to narrow significantly in the coming years.
Benefits of Going Mobile. As PMPs, it is essential to make your brand visible to your current and potential consumers wherever they are — and nowadays, they are on mobile devices. By creating a mobile-friendly website for your firm, you can connect with customers and ultimately increase revenue. Here are a few other reasons to go mobile with a company website:
Multiple Uses: Mobile devices have revolutionized the way consumers shop. Although most consumers are not yet making purchases with their smartphones, mobile devices are impacting purchase decisions. Many mobile users are using their phones to research products, compare prices, look for unbeatable deals, read reviews and find locations.
Better Search Results: Mobile searching has become one of the fastest-growing online resources. With computers essentially accessible from jean pockets, it has never been easier for consumers to search for what they want. It also has never been easier for your business to be found by potential customers via popular search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo! on a mobile device. In the future, these search engines may begin to rank websites by their vast platform options, so if your company does not have a mobile-friendly site, it will appear lower in search results.
Quick Speed: Mobile websites are designed for optimal speed, which means consumers don’t have to wait for pages to download and they can spend more time browsing. However, if your website is slow to load on a mobile device, users will move onto another site that is faster. According to GoMo, 60 percent of users expect a mobile site to load in three seconds or less.
Local Engagement: A mobile website allows you to engage users with features such as mapping functions and directories that provide general information on your company’s location, contact information and address. Furthermore, visitors can find your website through location-based technology that tracks their geographic proximity to your business. WFM
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Worldwide smartphone population exceeds 1 billion
As of the third quarter of 2012, one in seven people own a smartphone, bringing the grand total to 1.038 billion worldwide. At this time last year, there were approximately 708 million smartphones in use.. wfm
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Square announced Wednesday that its mobile payments service is now available to anyone in Canada. This marks the first time Square has expanded its service beyond the United States.
Retailers and individuals in Canada will now be able to process transactions using Square’s free mobile card reader on their iOS and Android devices for a transaction rate of 2.75% — the same rate Square offers in the U.S.
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