Weekly Mobile Digest for May 8th, 2009
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Monday, 11 May 2009 00:44
Why do distasteful apps sell?
With all the potential practical and useful applications that are possible with today's sophisticated smartphones, why do some developers revel in coming up with the most distasteful (and sometimes horrifying) apps you can imagine?
 
The Shelf Life of an iPhone App
How long an iPhone app has before users hang up on it -- and why advertisers and developers should care.
 
Smartphone Deployments Accelerate in USA
Strategy Analytics says that RIM's BlackBerry dominates smartphone market share - at 37% - among all sizes of US businesses, while Microsoft's Windows Mobile platform comes in second - at 26%. Among the companies surveyed, Verizon Wireless and AT&T dominated business subscriptions, with AT&T slightly ahead in large enterprises (1000+), while Verizon showed greater penetration among small companies (under 100). Employees of large enterprises were also the most loyal BlackBerry users.
 
Mobile Operators are Resiliently Beating the Recession
According to the findings of a new report from Ovum, mobile operators are comfortably and steadily beating the recession.
 
Americans' top 10 favorite cell phones
 
Mobile Application Revenues to Reach $25bn by 2014 As Apps Stores Hit Mass Market
Direct and indirect revenues from mobile applications are expected to exceed US$25 billion by 2014, with growth fuelled by a raft of store launches targeting both high-end and mass market handsets, according to a new report from Juniper Research.

Brandz Top 100 Most Valuable Global Grands
Here are the top brands mobile markets: 
Google - 1
Microsoft - 2
Apple - 6
Vodafone - 9 
Nokia - 13
BlackBerry - 16
AT&T - 28
Verizon - 34
NTT Docomo - 39 
T-Mobile - 63
 
Microsoft's TellMe Ups Cool Smartphone Ante
The Microsoft subsidiary TellMe touts new voice recognition features as easier to use than touch.