Most popular apps in UK: Google maps and the weather

Telegraph.co.uk - Harry Wallop - 23 Jun, 2011
The most popular mobile phone "apps", or applications, are not Facebook or Angry Birds but two of Britons' perennial obsessions: maps and the weather. By Harry Wallop, Consumer Affairs Editor Google maps, an app pre-loaded on most Android mobile phones ...

Study: Americans Use Mobile Apps More than Full Web Now

TIME - Graeme McMillan - 23 Jun, 2011
It may not have seemed like a month that changed everything, but if speculation by Flurry Analytics proves to be correct, this month will be the first in history where Americans spent more time using mobile apps than ...

iPhone accounts for two thirds of UK connected app users

The Guardian (blog) - ‎Jun 22, 2011‎
Should mobile app developers be putting more effort into porting their apps to Symbian smartphones? There's a large existing install base, and while Nokia is planning to phase out the OS over the next couple of years, the company claims it will sell ...

Wired was right. The web's dead. Now there's proof

NEWS.com.au - Andrew Ramadge - ‎Jun 22, 2011‎
Graph by analytics company Flurry showing time spent using mobile apps compared to browsing the web. Picture: Flurry Source: Supplied Cover of Wired magazine in September 2010 proclaiming "The Web is dead". ...

App use surpasses desktop and mobile web consumption for the first time

The Independent - ‎Jun 21, 2011‎
In 2011 desktop PCs and notebooks shipments were eclipsed by smartphone and tablet shipments for the first time. Now, the mobile device race is also shifting the way people spend their time with mobile phones and computers. For the first time ever, ...

Mobile app usage kicking the web to the curb

ZDNet (blog) - James Kendrick - ‎Jun 21, 2011‎
According to a new report, for the first time ever mobile users are spending more time per day using mobile apps than time spent surfing the web. James Kendrick has been using mobile devices since they ...

App usage outstripping desktop and mobile web says Flurry

The Guardian (blog) - ‎Jun 21, 2011‎
In June 2010, the average US mobile user spent 43 minutes a day using apps. In June 2011, that has increased to 81 minutes. That is the key finding from a new piece of research by mobile analytics firm Flurry, based on data from iPhone, BlackBerry, ...

Consumers Now Spending More Time on Mobile Apps Than the Web [STUDY]

Forbes (blog) - Todd Wasserman - ‎Jun 20, 2011‎
Consumers are spending more time on mobile apps than on the web for the first time, a new report claims. Flurry compared its mobile data to stats from comScore and Alexa, and found that in June, consumers spent 81 minutes per day using mobile apps, ...

Study finds time spent on mobile apps outstrips Internet usage

National Post (registration) - ‎Jun 20, 2011‎
Will this scene soon be a thing of the past? A new study found users spent more time on mobile apps than using the Internet on either personal computers or the mobile web. With a new study out that found time spent on mobile apps surpassed time spent ...

Net Connected Apps Used By 40 Percent Smartphone Users, comScore Study Reveals

ITProPortal - Ravi Mandalia - 23 Jun, 2011
A research has shown that more than 40 percent of mobile phone users in the United Kingdom have used a web-based application in the month of April this year. The survey which was conducted by GSM Association, along with comScore shows how mobile phone ...

40% of UK mobile internet users accessed connected apps in April: comScore

Computer Business Review - 23 Jun, 2011
Nearly 8.8 million UK mobile owners used an app that connected to the Internet during April 2011, reveals a study by the GSMA and comScore in partnership with the UK mobile operators. The data from the GSMA Mobile Media Metrics (MMM) application key ...

Google Maps rules Britannia

BCS - 23 Jun, 2011
Google Maps was the most accessed internet-connected application in April, with 6.4 million unique users. The comScore and GSMAMobile Media Metrics report revealed that during the month, almost 8.8 million mobile owners in the UK used an application ...

Apps used by 8.8 million Brits

Institute of Direct Marketing (press release) (subscription) - 23 Jun, 2011
The figures, produced by GSMA and comScore, revealed 8.8 million UK mobile phone owners used an app connected to the internet over the 30 days, showing the potential they hold for marketers. Google Maps proved to be the most popular app with 6.4 ...

Users Spending More Time on Apps Than the Web

ChrisD.ca (blog) - 23 Jun, 2011
A new study suggests consumers are spending more time using mobile apps than surfing the web. Flurry.com used data stats from comScore and Alexa to find that consumers spent 81 minutes each day using mobile apps, whereas 74 minutes were spent on the ...

In USA, more time is now spent in mobile apps than on Internet

GoMo News - Tony Dennis - 23 Jun, 2011
A tipping point has been reached in the USA, according to research carried out by Flurry Analytics. The company claims that a typical US citizen now spends 81 minutes per day using mobile apps as compared to 74 minutes surfing the full Internet. ...

40% of mobile owners use net-connected apps

PC Advisor - Carrie-Ann Skinner - 23 Jun, 2011
Two in five (40 percent) of the UK's mobile phone owners used an internet-connected app on their handset in April this year. Research by the GSM Association, which was conducted in conjunction with ...

Symbian users represent just 1% of connected app users

GoMo News - Tony Dennis - 23 Jun, 2011
How the mighty have fallen really fast. Ranked third, Symbian accounted for a mere one per cent of connected app users in research carried out by comScore in conjunction with the GSMA. The data is taken from the GSMA Mobile Media Metrics (MMM) ...

More than 8m Brits used an app in April

IAB UK - 23 Jun, 2011
Around 8.8 million Brits used an internet-connected app in April, with Google Maps being the most popular with 6.4 million unique views, a report by comScore and GSMA has revealed. This accounted for 73.3 per cent of all UK app users, which amounted to ...

Apps may be major consideration when selling mobile phone

Mazuma Mobile - 23 Jun, 2011
Selling a mobile phone can lead to an important decision â€" which device to choose as the perfect replacement. One factor that could be increasingly important to people in this situation is the presence of apps and various brands' offering of them. ...

Make your business mobile, reach more customers

Macon Telegraph (blog) - Stephen Jaynes - 23 Jun, 2011
You created a website so shoppers can find you when they are at home, but by going mobile, you can reach shoppers everywhere. In a recent ComScore survey, it was found that 33 percent of mobile phone ...

Apps more used than mobile web browsers

The Mobile Indian - Prasoon Kumar - 23 Jun, 2011
Native mobile apps took about three years to reach this level of popularity mostly due to the popularity of iOS and Android devices. Half of app usage time is spent playing games and one ...

It's official: the UK loves the iPhone and online apps

Macgasm - 23 Jun, 2011
A recent study by GSMA's Mobile Media Metrics has revealed interesting stats for the iPhone, its competitor Symbian, and general application usage. Nokia, despite claiming that it'll phase out the operating system in a few years, still boasts potential ...

65 percent of connected apps run iOS in UK

tuaw.com - Kelly Hodgkins - 23 Jun, 2011
The GSMA released its April Mobile Metrics report, which shows that 65% of devices using connected applications in the UK are powered by iOS; about 30% of devices run Android, and a meager 1% use Symbian. ...

Mobile Apps Hit Critical Mass

brandchannel.com - Sheila Shayon - 23 Jun, 2011
Even though Google just hit an astounding benchmark of one billion monthly unique users, a milestone the search giant passed in May, another tipping point in the US is worth noting: consumers are now spending more time on mobile apps than on the web. ...

Google Maps, Yahoo Weather and Facebook are UK's favourite mobile apps

The Fonecast - 23 Jun, 2011
The GSMA and comScore have just released data showing how UK mobile consumers use mobile applications. The data has been collected in partnership with mobile networks and is the latest in the GSMA Mobile Media Metrics series of reports. ...

Mobile app use leaving Web in its dust for the first time

DVICE - Raymond Wong - 23 Jun, 2011
A new report claims consumers are now spending more minutes using mobile apps than surfing the Web. Is this the beginning of the end for the Web? According to a report by Flurry, consumers in the US now spend nine percent more time with mobile apps ...

Mobile Apps Beat Out Web Usage on Smartphones, Survey Finds

SDTimes.com (blog) - Victoria Reitano - ‎Jun 22, 2011‎
GigaOm recently reported that mobile applications are getting more attention than the Web on smartphones in the United States, citing a survey from Flurry, a mobile analytics firm. ...

Google Maps is most popular mobile application

Just Search - ‎Jun 22, 2011‎
Recent research published by comScore and mobile industry body, the GSMA, reveals that the Google Maps application (app) is the most popular among UK mobile users. As many as 6.4m people use the Google Maps mobile app, putting it ahead of Yahoo Weather ...

Google Maps and iOS reign supreme in UK mobile applications usage

ElectricPig.co.uk - Nick Marshall - ‎Jun 22, 2011‎
Ever wonder which apps drive the UK mobile market? GSMA and comScore have revealed that nearly 8.8 million UK mobile owners used an app that connected to the Internet during April 2011. Google Maps took top honors with 6.4 million ...

Internet giants dominating connected apps use

Mobile Business Briefing - ‎Jun 22, 2011‎
A poll of the top “connected” mobile apps used by UK subscribers revealed a top-10 dominated by internet and media giants, with three from Google, two from Yahoo and Sky, and single apps from Facebook and eBay. The highest ranked “independent” app is ...

 

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