Mobile phone comparison website rightmobilephone has published research that suggests which electronic devices the mobile phone is gradually replacing.
After contacting over a thousand mobile phone owners they discovered that 68% owned an MP3 player as well – but over half those people with two devices said they spent more time using their mobile phone for audio.
91% of people didn’t own a traditional calculator, with 8 out of 10 saying it was because they used the calculator on their phone instead.
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A new report from Berg Insight says global shipments of GPS-enabled GSM/WCDMA mobile phones increased 92% last year to 150 million units. Shipments are forecast to reach 770 million units in 2014; a compound annual growth rate of 38.7%. When other technologies, such as CDMA and TD-SCDMA are included, GPS-enabled handset sales are estimated to reach about 960 million, or 60% of total mobile phone shipments, in 2014.
The company also says GPS technology will become more common in mid-range 'feature phone' models during 2010, with improvements in location performance expected from next year.
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Independent mobile app store GetJar says the number of mobile applications downloaded every year is expected to increase from last year's figure of 7 billion to almost 50 billion by 2012. That's a compound annual growth rate of 92%. Revenue is expected to increase almost as dramatically; paid app downloads, advertising and virtual goods are expected to generate $17.5 billion (£11.5 billion) by 2012 – up from $4.1 billion in 2009. That'll put apps ahead of CD sales, which are predicted to generate $13.83 billion in 2012.
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