The Battle For Smartphone Supremacy – Infographic

How often do you use your smartphone to peruse a website? According to a recent survey, over the course of the past year visits to leading ecommerce websites from consumers’ mobile devices have skyrocketed. And the battle for smartphone supremacy is intensifying.

The infographic below illustrates the direction in which the mobile commerce is headed, and shows the race between iPhone and Android.

Digital marketing technology company Monetate issued the report from which this information is extracted. The report analyzed more than 100 million online shopping experiences to come up with the data below.

Have you shopped more frequently from your mobile device in the past year?

Source: Mashable.com, Monetate

How Do People Really Use Their Smartphones – Infographic

If you have a Samsung Galaxy-S and live in Sweden, chances are you like to talk on your mobile device using Bluetooth while on-the-go — that’s according to a recent study that shows Swedes use Bluetooth and wireless headsets more than people from any other country (47%). And owners of Samsung Galaxy-S phones use the most minutes per month of all Android devices (431).

Tawkon, an Android app that measures how much radiation your phone is emitting, and by the company inneractive, which is a mobile app monetization exchange, created this infographic based on Tawkon’s data for Android devices. This data was gathered from Tawkon’s millions of daily data points over a period of several months.

“At Tawkon, we like to think of ourselves as the seat belt of the mobile phone,” writes Amit Lubovsky, VP of business development and marketing for Tawkon. “Mobile radiation is a hot topic and it is too early to know how serious of a problem it is. We say ‘why not talk responsibly using Tawkon?’ Our engaged user base agrees and you can see just how engaged they are in some of the data displayed here.”

Source: Mashable.com, inneractive, Tawkon

Do You Trust Your Mobile Apps? Better Take A Look – Infographic

Mobile apps sure are handy little doodads, telling you what’s going on, where to go and who’s nearby. But can they be trusted with your privacy?

Facebook and Google aren’t the only connected services that should have your privacy antennae up. The mobile devices that travel with you nearly everywhere also gather plenty of dirt — and you might be surprised who else has access to that dirt.

What do you need to be aware of? According to the application security firm Veracode, there are four levels of risk to watch out for. Some apps with malicious code can access your data and device sensors. Other times, your information can be intercepted if you use mobile Wi-Fi. Jailbroken iPhone and Android apps can penetrate your operating system. And bad guys can use faulty firmware to gain administrative access to your device itself…Read More

Source: Veracode, Mashable.com

Android Dominates Global Smartphone Market – Infographic

This chart shows global smartphone market share in the first quarter of 2012.

Source: Statista

Not a bad number for Google…

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Apple killing Google Android where it counts – MarketWatch

Apple killing Google Android where it counts – MarketWatch.