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An update on Android activations
Two days after I posted a reminder that Google had not updated their Android activations for five months, Google updated their Android activations. The new total is 750 million. My expectation (based on a rate of…
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Where are the Android users?
Google occasionally reports data regarding Android. Very occasionally. The last time we had some data was in September 2012 when we learned that activations were running at 1.3 million per day and that a total of 500…
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The job the iPhone is hired to do
In the latest quarterly report Apple changed how it reports product revenues. In previous quarters the iPhone and iPad were reported including accessory revenues while iPod accessories were reported under “Music”…
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The iPhone MOQ
[Kaoru] Kato, president of NTT DoCoMo Inc., said that the firm would want to add the iPhone to its lineup of serviced smartphones if it could form a mutually beneficial contract with Apple, Inc. Apple requires that…
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Measuring iPhone 5 vs. iPhone 4S availability
In 2011 Apple increased the availability of the iPhone by adding operators. In 2012 Apple increased availability by bringing the phone to operators more quickly. The question is: how much did iPhone 5 availability…
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Getting to know the meaning of sisu
Nokia announced 4.4 million Lumia smartphones were shipped in Q4. That’s about 14 million since the Lumia line was launched a year earlier. It isn’t however nearly enough to replace the lost sales from Symbian. One year…
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A more complete picture of the iTunes economy
As it did yesterday, on occasion Apple reports the cumulative total downloads and payments to developers. Since this is done in variable time intervals, it makes analysis of the value of the app store difficult. But not…
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App Store Download Rate Forecast
Apple reported over 2 billion unique app downloads (excluding re-downloads and updates) in December. The total downloads reached 40 billion, payments to developers reached $7 billion and the total iTunes accounts reached…
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When will smartphones reach saturation?
50% penetration for smartphones in the US turned out to be fairly predictable. I tracked my predictions based on comScore data and the results are shown in the following graph. I began making predictions in May 2010 and…
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How much do maps cost and what are they worth?
How much does it cost to have the world’s best maps? The answer may seem simple: $8.1 billion. That was the cost to Nokia in cash for buying Navteq in October 2007. It would seem that buying that asset (or another one…