Mobile Future has released a video of the top mobile trends of 2010. Topics covered include app, location-based services, social media, data traffic and wireless call pricing.
- Massive increase in apps downloaded - FIVE BILLION apps downloaded - up from 300 million in 2009
- Whopping expansion of location-based services - FIVE MILLION Foursquare users - up from 200,000 users in 2009.
- Surge in social media mobile platforms -
347 PERCENT growth in Twitter mobile usage. 200 MILLION mobile Facebook
Users. 100 MILLION YouTube videos played on mobile devices every day.
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Ongoing explosion in data traffic - 3,000 PERCENT growth in one
carrier's data traffic since 2008. 3,339 average number of texts sent
per month by U.S. teens.
- Unprecedented competition and choice -
96 PERCENT of mobile users can choose from 3 or more providers. 92
PERCENT of mobile users are satisfied with their provider. 4 CENTS is
average voice rate per minute in the U.S. 77 MILLION number of
smartphones shipped in the fall of 2010.