In mobile news this week: Microsoft unveils Office 2013 for PCs and tablets, The New York Times all but confirms a mini iPad, and new research says the world will soon have more phones than humans.
News and Insights
- New York Times – The NYT has all but confirmed that Apple will release a smaller iPad
- cnet – Microsoft unveils Office 2013 and touts its touch capabilities in blog posts
- TabTimes – Mircrosoft releases details on how their app store will work, how developers can make a profit
- CIO - Why Windows 8 Tablets Won’t Threaten the iPad (or Android)
- Reuters – Forrester analyst Ted Schadler discusses Google’s growth strategy in mobile and the enterprise in this video
- Mashable - Ikea’s 2013 catalog will feature augmented reality, which consumers can access using their smartphones
- GigaOm – Lowe’s has announced its smart home service Iris is now for sale online, and will be in stores by August
- TabTimes - Thailand starts shipping the first of 800,000 Android tablets to local students
- .net Magazine - Designing for mobile first by Luke Wroblewski
- Forrester – Analyst Benjamin Ensor argues that mobile banking is the most important innovation in retail banking in years
- TNW - Windows Phone 8 handsets may not be available til late November
- Bloomberg – Retailers like Walgreens are using in-store apps to help shoppers locate items
- New York Times - Google’s Data Advantage Over Apple’s Siri (hint: search)
- Harvard Buisness Review - The Future Isn’t About Mobile; It’s About Mobility
Research
- Nielsen – In the latest Q2 smartphone market share numbers, Android has 51%, Apple with 34%
- eMarketer – Nearly one in four retailers have deployed mobile POS tools
- Xigo Research - One in ten IT professionals say their business have become “fully BYOD”
- World Bank – The world will soon have more phones than humans
- Forrester – 67% of employees choose their work tablets themselves; 47% of all tablets used are iPads
- Business Insider – The iPad is quickly becoming our primary computer, and other surprising tablet survey results
- New York Times – Nokia posted losses in Q2, but sold 4 million Lumia smartphones running Windows
- Gene Munster – According to estimates, the next iPhone is guaranteed to be a blockbuster hit
- Pew Research - More Americans Are Using Mobile Phones While Watching TV
- Niesen – How consumers are using their mobile phones to shop
- Mashable – Infographic: 55% of Smartphone Owners Run Price Comparisons in Stores
