Mar

2013

4G LTE traffic expected to increase by over 200% this year

Author: The Fonecast

At the end of last year, the total volume of mobile data traffic reached 13,412 petabytes according to ABI Research.

That represents an increase of 69% year-on-year.

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Categories: Networks and operators, News

Tags: research, 4g, lte, video, 3g

Feb

2013

Samsung enters MWC with Android-powered TV hub and new Galaxy Note tablet

Author: The Fonecast

Samsung has revealed two new products ahead of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona: an 8-inch Android tablet and an Android-powered smart TV device.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 has an 8-inch 1280x800 display running on a 1.6GHz quad-core processor. It’s expected to be available from the second quarter of this year.

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Categories: Handsets and manufacturers, Applications, News

Tags: samsung, android, tablet, television, video

Jan

2013

Twitter introduces Vine video service

Author: The Fonecast

Micro-blogging site Twitter has launched its own mobile video sharing service.

It’s called Vine and is currently only available as an app for the iPhone and iPod touch, although versions for other platforms are in the pipeline.

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Categories: Applications, News

Tags: twitter, video

Dec

2012

New survey finds nearly two-thirds of mobile video is watched at home

Author: The Fonecast

A new US-based study from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has found that 63% of digital video watching on mobile phones happens at home, not when the user is ‘on the move’.

A significant portion (36%) of this home-based video watching takes place in a room where a TV, desktop computer or tablet is also available for viewing.

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Categories: Applications, News

Tags: research, usa, television, video, iab

Dec

2012

NOOK Video comes to the UK

Author: The Fonecast

Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Media subsidiary says its NOOK Video service is now available in the UK for customers who have a NOOK HD or NOOK HD+ tablet. It means that a wide variety of films and TV shows are available to stream or download over WiFi.

NOOK ebook readers and tablets launched in the UK earlier this year, challenging Amazon’s Kindle devices.

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Categories: Handsets and manufacturers, Applications, News

Tags: barnes & noble, uk, video, ultraviolet