November started off brisk holiday sales for all carriers, with the top seller the iPhone 5 for all carriers except T-Mobile where the Samsung Galaxy S III was the top seller, according to the latest report from Mike Walkley at Canaccord Genuity research. There's a new Samsung Galaxy device that is reaching the top three and that is the Samsung Galaxy Note II.

The top best smartphones of the fall of 2012 were represented by many manufacturers with Android the most mentioned operating system.

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IBM's Smarter Commerce initiative, the IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark revealed Cyber Monday shopping trends with an increase in mobile shopping especially via the iPad and iPhone.

Cyber Monday 2012 Compared to Cyber Monday 2011:

 On Cyber Monday more than 18 percent of consumers used a mobile device to visit a retailer's site, an increase of more than 70 percent over 2011. Mobile sales reached close to 13 percent, an increase of more than 96 percent over 2011.

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Uh-oh smartphone users are not using safe practices. Telenav commissioned Harris Interactive to examine the habits of smartphone owners in the U.S. Smartphones are used in the "bathroom," on the road and for interpersonal "relationships."

The study found:

60% of iPhone owners are more likely to admit to an embarrassing habit than Android owners at 51%.
65% of smartphone owners use phone in bathroom.
66% drivers use their phone while driving. 30% text and drive simultaneously.

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Dear iSanta, most 6-12 children write, please give me an iPad this year!. Or more accurately according to the latest Nielsen study they'll be asking for iOS gadgets for the next six months in high numbers.

This year the desire for iPads is up to 48% over last year's 44% noted Nielsen research that also found that American kids age 6 to 12 want more iOS gadgets than consumer electronics or gaming devices.

After the iPad, kids(6-12) want a Nintendo Wii U (39%) followed by the iPod Touch ( 36%) and iPad mini (36%), iPhone ( 33%) and computer(31%).

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AT&T sponsored a study of Lynn University students showing that American college students are more likely to vote in November because they follow a presidential candidate on Twitter or Facebook.

Social media is an innate part of student's lives.  President Obama previously offered a Facebook Townhall. He has 20,952,287 Followers  and is following  671,684 Twitterers.

Tonight those who want to support Obama use the hashtag #TeamObama2012 on Twitter. Mitt Romney has1,421,067 Followers and follows 273 .

During the first presidential debate this year users sent 10.3 million Tweets during the 90-minute debates, according to Twitter’s official estimates.

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A new study of teens by Piper Jaffray revealed that they are quickly adopting Apple products including the iPhone and iPad.

In the latest study of teens, 40 percent own an iPhone.

That is almost double the 23 percent of teens who owned an iPhone in Fall 2011 and an increase 6 percent since the spring, the survey.

It does not state if the iPhones were new of "hand-me-down" models from parents.

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Pew Internet and Journalism.org has taken a look at the way people read news on different devices.

Their surveys show an increase of Kindle Fire owners as well as iPad owners who use their tablets to read news, primarily through browsers. Consuming news is the popular use for tablets overage.

The iPad used to be the only tablet in town, now 52%, of tablet owners report owning an iPad, compared with 81% a year ago.   48%, now own an Android tablet; about half of them, 21% own Kindle Fires.

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WiMo Stat Mania is new feature from WiMo News that shows the latest stats and surveys about wireless or mobile usage and trends.

iPhone 5 O-Rama

400 million iOS devices sold through June.
Three days following launch, iPhone 5 users constituted just over 2.5% of all iPhone Web traffic. This comparatively low number  appears to do with map and iOS issues.
If you think it's expensive to buy an unlocked iPhone today, the original iPhone cost $499 and had just 4GB of storage.

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Dialogic reelased some new data about data. There will be massive increases in data traffic due to smartphones and tablet use.

By 2014, smartphones will be 50% of all handsets shipped. By 2020, 4.2 Billion people will be using smartphones.  Smartphone traffic in 2016 will be 50 times greater than it was in 2011.

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WiMo Stat Mania is new feature from WiMo News that shows the latest stats and surveys about wireless or mobile usage and trends.

Pricey Phone Bills Says Harris (for Coupon Cabin)

Nearly half (46 percent) of mobile phone owners surveyed pay $100 or more per month for their mobile phone service.

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Parks Associates offers some interesting insights to the preferences of smartphone buyers. Those with higher incomes are more likely to buy an iPhone 5 and it appears that hardly anyone likes shared data plans while many think 4G LTE is important.

Research shows that people prefer unlimited to limited sharing.  According to Parks and Associates latest study, 40% of those surveyed would prefer to switch carriers then to share data. A series of consumer surveys over the last 12 months—showed that consumers want the unlimited data plan back.

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