Monthly Mobile Review - December

Submitted by Matt on Thursday, January 20, 2011

Want a quick easy-to-digest review of mobile news from December? Our monthly mobile review for the last month of 2010 covers some news about 4G, mobile shopping during the holidays, cutting edge Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, dual-core phones, and more! In 3 minutes, you'll be up to speed on what you missed in mobile last month.



Monthly Mobile Review
December

Monthly mobile facts and sources:

Verizon 4G going live Dec 5th; 5 GB Per Month For $50, 10 GB For $80 - MobileCrunch
eBay cyber Monday mobile sales up 146%, iPhone Dominate Transactions - TechCrunch
Apple iOS and Android tied for "Most Desired Operating System" - TechCrunch
Print to Any Printer from iPad & iPhone - Wired
Netflix to use HTML5 as the technology behind its mobile apps - IntoMobile
48% of mobile app users report using the mobile web more often - Mobile Marketing Watch
Google launches eBook store with Android and iPhone apps - IntoMobile
AT&T named the worst carrier according to Consumer Reports - IntoMobile
FTC proposes Do Not Track tool - BizReport
Smartphone owners prefer retail mobile websites over apps: InsightExpress - Mobile Commerce Daily
79% of smartphone users want mobile coupons: Accenture - Mobile Commerce Daily
Users of Android smartphones consume the most data - Mobile Tech Today
Android now seeing 300,000 activations per day - MobileCrunch
Evernote CEO says Android growth 1000%, iPhone at 150% over last 6 months - IntoMobile
Google mobile searches grew 130% in Q3 - TechCrunch
eBay posted record $13M in gross mobile sales, up 165% - TechCrunch
Luxury consumers likelier to search on mobile web: analyst - Luxury Daily
People Spend as much time on mobile as reading newspapers and magazines - TechCrunch
LG launches Optimus 2X with Android, world's first dual-core smartphone - VentureBeat
HTC promises LTE handsets in the US in Second Half of 2011 - IntoMobile
PayPal holiday mobile payments up 300% - TechCrunch
Cell Phones are killing landlines for certain ages - IntoMobile
iPhone developer discovers hidden gyroscope support inside Safari - IntoMobile
Restaurant sees 800% ROI, boosts click-through by 539% with mobile Click-To-Call - Mobile Marketing Watch
Softbank brings NFC to Apple iPhone 4 - Intomobile
Apple sued over spying mobile apps - VentureBeat
Windows Phone 7 marketplace DRM cracked - BGR Mobile
Skype's new app brings video chat to the iPhone and iPod - TechCrunch
Android malware being distributed on Chinese markets - Mobile Crunch

Monthly Mobile Review for December

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