The Daily Infographic  has some eye candy for today in the form of The World of Mobile Phones infographic. It  covers USA, Chia, UK, India, Australia and Russia.
 
It’s difficult to believe that 20 years ago most people didn’t have mobile phones. 
 

MindShift is reporting an explosive growth in education apps and presents some insights and recommendations for developers. However, the MindShift article only considers education apps for children. The education market is much larger and includes apps for all ages and abilities.
I believe the greatest opportunties are in higher education, particularly on tablets, where B2B rather […]

There’s a thought provoking infographic at Direct Marketing News showing  the connected shopper is 40 something, has multiple devices and is super-social.
 

There are also lessons for mobile developers. For example, shoppers have a 20x preference for the web over mobile apps. I suspect this is less about preference and more about necessity and habit because […]

Google have just published their Android Design site that attempts to define a consistent style across future Android apps. It’s a very comprehensive site that covers style (e.g. themes, touch, typography), UI patterns (e.g. gestures, navigation, action bar, notifications) and building blocks (e.g. tabs, lists, scrolling, views). The only strange thing is about the site […]

Jim Newbery has a great post on his blog that talks about choosing/buying devices for testing. While Jim is a developer, a similar question is often asked by my prospective clients when they ask what devices they should support.
Jim initially advises, "I think take some time to find out what your target audience are […]

[x]cube labs has an informative infographic that shows ‘Enterprise Mobility -Apps, Platforms and Devices’. The most surprising numbers were less about enterprise and more about brands…
 
The fact that over 40% of brands have deployed more than 30 applications is surprising. It’s even more of a surprise that some brands have developed even more (between 40 […]

Latest statistics from Flurry explain how, with iOS and Android devices being adopted faster than PCs, more people are choosing to spend their time in front of mobile devices.
Furthermore, people are increasingly choosing mobile apps rather than browsing the web. This is especially so for social networking that makes up a large proportion of people […]