This week in mobile news we look at a potential relationship between Apple and cable companies, early reviews of Windows 8, and innovative uses for NFC and RFID technology.
News and Insights
- WSJ via MediaPost – According to unnamed sources, Apple is in talks with cable companies over TV partnership
- Los Angeles Times – More than a dozen big name retailers have teamed up to form a mobile-payments network that will compete with Google and Isis
- TIME – Time Magazine’s latest issue is “The Wireless Issue”, with a plethora of interesting mobile-related articles to peruse
- GigaOM – A rundown of Windows RT tablet makers: Dell, Lenovo, Microsoft itself and more
- MobiHealthNews – NYU has opened NYU Wireless, an academic research center focusing on health and wireless technology
- NirAndFar – Video: Designing user habits
- Forbes – A close inspection of the Samsung v. Apple patent trial’s timing
- MediaPost - Travel research and bookings on mobile devices: how are smartphones and tablets being used?
- Business Insider - Early reviews of Microsoft’s Windows 8 are not good
- TabTimes – How Ford dealers are using iPads to get ‘anytime, anywhere’ information and sell more vehicles
- TabTimes – How to securely protect your enterprise using Mobile Application Management
- CIO - Android 4.0 Ultimate Guide: finding your way around Ice Cream Sandwich and making the most of new features
- CIO - NFC not just for mobile payments: 6 future uses, including within enterprise and retail
- RFID Journal – How retailers like Macy’s, JCPenney and Apple are using RFID technology
Research
- Manhattan Research – 65% of doctors report that pharmaceutical reps have used an iPad during sales presentations
- Forrester – The number of U.S. mobile banking users will double in the next five years and reach 108 million by 2017
- Gartner – Despite slowing phone sales worldwide this quarter, Android gained market share with 64.1%
- Chetan Sharma Consulting – The US has reached 50 percent smartphone penetration
- Apple – The top reason consumers purchased an Android over an iPhone? Wireless service providers
- NPD – Tablets are surging in popularity among kids 4-14, even faster than video game consoles
- InsightExpress – A look at showrooming, cross-channel shopping behavior among US consumers
- Gartner – The analyst firm is considering cutting previous forecasts for global 2012 mobile phone sales
