Google Phone Arrives

Get ready for the long predicted of arrival of the “ad supported” google phone. Google is placing big bets on mobile search and advertising and this move is just the beginning.

SAN FRANCISCO – Google Inc.’s vision for how a mobile phone should be made and sold will likely raise the stakes in the [...]

More shoppers use smartphones to study, find, buy .USA Today

 
Some 19% of Americans will use their mobile devices for shopping this holiday season, according to a Deloitte survey. The number is twice as high for young consumers: 39% of those 18 to 29 say they’ll use their phones to find store locations, obtain coupons and sales information and research products and prices. One-quarter of [...]

Great Survey Results: US Smart Phone Explosion Text and Web Usage 2009 Executive Summary

The smart phone explosion is driving fantastic mobile web growth enabling companies to enhance their text campaigns with embeded mobile web links.

From MMA Luth Research’s recent omnibus survey of wireless phone users with text or web access capabilities fielded from June 9 to June 11, 2009, netting 1001 respondents with demographics balanced against U.S. Census [...]

Juniper: Real ROI Will Propel Mobile Ad Spend To $5.7B Within Five Years

Mobile Marketing Watch: Good news for mobile marketing service providers: Spending on mobile advertising will see strong growth even while other channels suffer during the global recession, according to  Juniper Research.
Mobile ad spend will grow to $5.7 billion by the year 2014, Juniper forecasts in a report released this week. According to a press release, [...]

Radio Tunes Out Google in Rare Miss for Web Titan

Brad Beckstrom “Google should have explored using text messaging to gauge user response to radio spots. Many stations are using it to add a third dimension to radio allowing consumers to opt in to offers they want to receive by texting a keyword.”
From WSJ.com Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, in a brief interview, said the [...]

Advertising on Mobile Phones Now the Norm And a significant number of users say they respond to such messages

-By Mark Dolliver
NEW YORK Advertising on mobile phones is becoming an increasingly mainstream phenomenon, to judge by a Limbo-GfK Technology Mobile Advertising Report released today. (Limbo is a mobile social network whose free services to members are supported by the revenue from mobile ads.)
Thirty-three percent of Americans with mobile phones said they recalled seeing mobile [...]