Wednesday, 6 June 2012
Is Apple (iPhone) now targeting the Pay as You GO Users!
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A Radical Change That Could Lead To Loads Of New iPhone Users
Apple Is Making A Radical Change That Could Lead To Loads Of New iPhone Users using PAY AS YOU GO!
Apple is getting serious about trying to dominate the prepaid or Pay as yo GO phone market.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Sprint's Virgin Mobile will start selling a prepaid iPhone on July 1, making it the second carrier in the United States to do so and the first carrier with national reach.
Cricket Communications announced last week that it would start selling prepaid iPhones on June 22.
Apple's partnership with Sprint will likely do much more to expand the iPhone's reach. As the Journal points out, Cricket is a regional network that covers just 60 million people while Virgin Mobile is national and covers 278 million people.
There's no word yet on how much Virgin Mobile will charge for the iPhone and the plan. Cricket charges $399 for an 8 GB iPhone 4 and a set price of $55 each month for unlimited talk, text and data. That price range, combined with Virgin Mobile's reach, could convince many Americans to pick up an iPhone who might otherwise be apprehensive about signing a two-year contract
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A Radical Change That Could Lead To Loads Of New iPhone Users
Apple Is Making A Radical Change That Could Lead To Loads Of New iPhone Users using PAY AS YOU GO!
Apple is getting serious about trying to dominate the prepaid or Pay as yo GO phone market.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Sprint's Virgin Mobile will start selling a prepaid iPhone on July 1, making it the second carrier in the United States to do so and the first carrier with national reach.
Cricket Communications announced last week that it would start selling prepaid iPhones on June 22.
Apple's partnership with Sprint will likely do much more to expand the iPhone's reach. As the Journal points out, Cricket is a regional network that covers just 60 million people while Virgin Mobile is national and covers 278 million people.
There's no word yet on how much Virgin Mobile will charge for the iPhone and the plan. Cricket charges $399 for an 8 GB iPhone 4 and a set price of $55 each month for unlimited talk, text and data. That price range, combined with Virgin Mobile's reach, could convince many Americans to pick up an iPhone who might otherwise be apprehensive about signing a two-year contract
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Is Mobile Media (Smartphone) Right for your business and How you can Make Money
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Is Mobile Media (Smartphone) Right for your business and How you can Make Money
The Impact of Mobile MediaTo give you a sense of just how widespread mobile media is, consider this—out of 6.6 billion people on earth, 5.1 billion of them own a toothbrush. 5.0 billion of them own a cell phone.
STEPS:
Increase your brand loyalty while effectively promoting your brand
Attract new customers to your business
Drive existing customers to frequently come back
Distribute coupons in an inexpensive way
Get customer feedback about a new product or service
Cross-promote one part of your business with another part
of your business
Differentiate your brand from your competitor’s brand and be the bench mark
Mobile Media FactsAccording to a recent report by Burson-Marsteller:
How Businesses Are Using Mobile Media to Connect with Customers
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The Impact of Mobile MediaTo give you a sense of just how widespread mobile media is, consider this—out of 6.6 billion people on earth, 5.1 billion of them own a toothbrush. 5.0 billion of them own a cell phone.
STEPS:
Increase your brand loyalty while effectively promoting your brand
Attract new customers to your business
Drive existing customers to frequently come back
Distribute coupons in an inexpensive way
Get customer feedback about a new product or service
Cross-promote one part of your business with another part
of your business
Differentiate your brand from your competitor’s brand and be the bench mark
Mobile Media FactsAccording to a recent report by Burson-Marsteller:
- The average iPhone user only spends 45% of his or her time making voice calls. The rest is spent browsing the Web or using applications.
- By 2011, 99% of mobile phones will be data-capable.
- In 2012, shipments of smartphones will exceed shipments of PCs.
- 42% of mobile browser use is for social networking and 48% is for conducting searches.
- The growth rate of the iPhone is 10 times faster than the grow rate of AOL.
How Businesses Are Using Mobile Media to Connect with Customers
- Mobile Websites and Smartphone Apps
- Branded Public charging kiosk (chargezone.co.uk)
- SMS and Bluetooth Marketing
- Mobile Ads
- QR Codes
- Smartphone Payment services
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Thursday, 24 May 2012
Yahoo has launched new search software
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Users can swipe through the
visual previews when using touch screen devices
Called Axis, the service is being released as an app for Apple's iPads and iPhones, and as a plug-in for web browsers.
It may help Yahoo combat the declining popularity of its search tools.
However, it will not be a money-spinner at launch since adverts are not included in the results.
Other innovations include:
"By supercharging the browser with a visually rich search experience and seamlessly connecting that experience across all of your devices, we are delivering an experience that will change the game," blogged Yahoo's special products management director Ethan Batraski.
"We decided to remove all the noise so you can focus on what you really want."
The app is initially only available in the US, but will become available to France, the UK and some other markets by the end of the year.
Catching up
Recent data from digital analytics firm comScore suggested that in April, Yahoo sites accounted for just 13.5% of search queries in the US. Two years earlier the figure was 20.4%.
The web portal is also engaged in a tie-up with Microsoft's Bing search service, sharing its AdCenter technology.
But last month Yahoo's former chief executive admitted that the alliance was "not yet delivering" what had been expected.
Early reviews have praised Axis's design and the convenience of the service.
However, other attempts to introduce visual search results have failed to win much traction.
Oolone, Redz and Simploos already offer webpage previews as an alternative to links.
In some cases users can obtain
all the information they need from the preview results
Bing also used to offer a "visual search" feature using its Searchlight technology offering tease image results, rather than webpage previews. However, it ditched the option because it was hardly used.
But one internet analyst told the BBC that Yahoo may have more success thanks to its focus on mobile devices.
"What is neat about this is that their user interface helps reinvent search by allowing people to swipe and flick through results," said Ian Maude from Enders Analysis.
"That takes advantage of the way they typically interact with their tablet and smartphone touch screens.
"I particularly like the visual aspect to it - for instance allowing you to preview the weather forecast without having to click through to the page selected."
Yahoo says it aims to add more features and release the app for other devices "in the coming future".
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Yahoo's Axis offers visual results to search requests
Yahoo has launched new search
software which offers results as a swipeable string of webpage previews rather
than a list of links.
Called Axis, the service is being released as an app for Apple's iPads and iPhones, and as a plug-in for web browsers.
It may help Yahoo combat the declining popularity of its search tools.
However, it will not be a money-spinner at launch since adverts are not included in the results.
Other innovations include:
- A list of trending search topics when the service is activated
- The ability to deduce which page previews are wanted and display them before the full query has been typed in
- Different devices can share bookmarks, partly-completed searches and a customised home page
- Social sharing options via Twitter, Pinterest and email
"By supercharging the browser with a visually rich search experience and seamlessly connecting that experience across all of your devices, we are delivering an experience that will change the game," blogged Yahoo's special products management director Ethan Batraski.
"We decided to remove all the noise so you can focus on what you really want."
The app is initially only available in the US, but will become available to France, the UK and some other markets by the end of the year.
Catching up
Recent data from digital analytics firm comScore suggested that in April, Yahoo sites accounted for just 13.5% of search queries in the US. Two years earlier the figure was 20.4%.
The web portal is also engaged in a tie-up with Microsoft's Bing search service, sharing its AdCenter technology.
But last month Yahoo's former chief executive admitted that the alliance was "not yet delivering" what had been expected.
Early reviews have praised Axis's design and the convenience of the service.
However, other attempts to introduce visual search results have failed to win much traction.
Oolone, Redz and Simploos already offer webpage previews as an alternative to links.
Bing also used to offer a "visual search" feature using its Searchlight technology offering tease image results, rather than webpage previews. However, it ditched the option because it was hardly used.
But one internet analyst told the BBC that Yahoo may have more success thanks to its focus on mobile devices.
"What is neat about this is that their user interface helps reinvent search by allowing people to swipe and flick through results," said Ian Maude from Enders Analysis.
"That takes advantage of the way they typically interact with their tablet and smartphone touch screens.
"I particularly like the visual aspect to it - for instance allowing you to preview the weather forecast without having to click through to the page selected."
Yahoo says it aims to add more features and release the app for other devices "in the coming future".
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