Really? How to Take Charge of Your Mobile Phone Problem

admin    Cell Phones, Cool Stuff     cell phones, mobile, windows

This humorous commercial from Windows Phone shows us just how crazy it is to be a mobile phone user today.

The History of the Ringtone Industry

admin    Canada, Cell Phones, mobile marketing     ringtones

Advanced Telecom Services has a storied history in the ringtone industry having developed two of the early ringtone sites in the United States market — MonsterTones and RingingPhone.  These sites and our ringtone businesses were sold to a Canadian company, Zim Corporation, in 2006.

Nevertheless, our early adoption of the ringtone business in 2002 helped lead Advanced Telecom Services to understanding mobile and becoming one of the premiere providers of mobile marketing services today.

What Would You Give Up?

admin    Cell Phones     mobile phone, most appreciated items

Your Mobile Phone or Sunshine?

The London Science Museum asked 3,000 British adults to rank a list of their most appreciated items.  The results were astonishing.  Only four things were more important to Londoners than Facebook in terms of appreciation — sunshine, the intenret, clean water, and their refridgerator.  In fact, Londoners found their mobile phone to be the 10th most appreciated thing in their lives, just below a flushing toilet!

You would think that Londoners wouldn’t have much trouble giving up the sunshine.  After all, every time I’ve been there it was raining anyway.

79% of Top Advertisers Don’t Have a Mobile Web Site!

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Listen to these Stats to Learn Why You Need a Mobile Web Site

When it comes to mobile, there’s a lot of statistics flying around the internet.  Current use stats for mobile and projected use stats for mobile.  Stats on how many people use text messages and what percentage of the public owns a smartphone.  Well, if you love stats as much as any fantasy baseball player does, then you’ll love this recently released video from Google Mobile Ads.

43% of Americans Now Smartphone Owners

admin    Cell Phones     2011, smartphone, usa, use

Smartphone use hits 43% in USA

According to new third-quarter 2011 data from Nielsen, 43% of U.S. consumers now own smartphones — up 5 percentage points in the past six months. Within that 43%, according to Nielsen, Android has 43% of the market and the iPhone has 28%, i.e., “exactly where they were three months ago,” Fortune points out.

“In the rapidly growing U.S. smartphone market, Google’s Android and Apple’s iPhone seem to have reached a steady state,” Fortune writes. “What is changing is the rate at which different age groups are switching from dumb phones to smart ones.”

Young adults, in particular, are now more likely to own a smartphone. (See the previous numbers for smartphone ownership by age in the USA.)  Indeed, 62% of U.S. consumers ages 25-34 who own any kind of mobile phone now own a smartphone, according to Nielsen. Among 18-24 and 35- to 44-year-olds, the smartphone penetration rate is about 54%. Meanwhile, about 40% of teens 12-17 years old, and 40% of 45- to 54-year-olds now report owning a smartphone. Also of note, the second fastest-growing smartphone penetration rate is those aged 55-64.

Golf Association Uses Custom QR Code from Advanced Telecom Services

admin    Cell Phones, QR Codes     custom QR Code, Metropolitan Golf Association, MGA

Advanced Telecom Services is proud to have provided the custom QR Code for the Metropolitan Golf Association.  Advanced Telecom Services’ custom QR Codes allow for branding of your product while also providing an easy access point to your content from smartphones.

Studies show that wealthy Americans are avid users of QR Codes and Custom QR Codes such as the one used by the MGA are a great way to make an impact on golfers.

The following is reprinted from the LoHud Golf blog.

Here’s the latest reason to allow cell phones on golf courses … After several months of development, the MGA has a mobile app that’s actually useful to all of us who forget to post scores or follow the many qualifiers and tournaments run by the organization.

The official release has the details:

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (September 1, 2011) – The MGA is excited to announce the release of My MGA, the official app of the Metropolitan Golf Association, now available as a free download on iPhone and Android devices. Along with the redesigned mgagolf.org and mobile website, My MGA is the latest digital mechanism designed by the MGA specifically for Met Area golfers. The app allows users to track their own golf performance and stay in touch with all Met Area golf news and results. The personalized mobile experience provided by My MGA includes:

• Score posting
• Interactive Course Handicap Calculator & Handicap Index lookup
• MGA tournament registration and calendars
• MGA news, event results & live scoring
• Live feeds from MGA Twitter & Facebook

My MGA can be downloaded in the iTunes Store and Android Market by searching My MGA, or by scanning the above QR code.

Smartphone Ownership by Race

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Hispanics and African-Americans outpace Whites in terms of ownership of smartphones.

Smartphone Ownership by Age USA

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Over 82 million Americans now have a smartphone.  Here is the breakdown of number of smartphone users by age group in the USA.

Smartphone Owners by Age - USA