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Refine Your App Strategy In Anticipation Of The Second Wave
The Apple App Store and Google Play have recently passed the threshold of 40 billion cumulative apps downloaded. The smartphone boom is driving exploding usage of mobile apps across the globe....

Product Strategists In All Industries Must Contend With The Disruption Caused By Mobile
The European mobile market will continue booming in the next five years. Forrester expects smartphone and mobile Internet penetration rates to reach 67% and 54%, respectively, by the end of 2016. To...

After so many years of unmet expectations, gambling is finally going mobile. Although it's not yet the promised El Dorado, and despite the fact that competition is likely to be fiercer in a complex...
Consumer product strategists designing product experiences for mobile phones and smartphones must decide on their development priorities across the mobile Web and applications. While some believe...
The pace of innovation in mobile payments is accelerating. 2011 is finally the year when Near Field Communication (NFC) will reach the hands of millions of consumers, while initiatives in the digital...

An Empowered Report: An Example Of Mobile Behavior Among UK Online Shoppers
The first step in building or refining a mobile strategy is understanding the mobile behaviors of your target audience. In April 2009, Forrester published its Mobile Technographics analysis, offering...
The Lessons To Learn From Gaming, Mobile's Most Advanced Content Market
The Western European mobile gaming market is set to grow from €764 million at the end of 2010 to €1.46 billion by the end of 2015. Growth will come from a combination of a rise in the...
What To Expect When Defining Your Mobile Consumer Road Map
The application store market is still nascent, but it is evolving quickly. Apple reinvented the distribution of products and services on mobile phones, opening up direct-to-consumer opportunities for...
Mobile Commerce Is Still Nascent And Shows A Small But Growing Market Opportunity
European mobile commerce is still at an early stage. Digital content is still the primary product purchased via mobile devices, but consumers show growing interest in using their mobile phone for all...
A Picture Of European Mobile-Savvy Users
iPhone users, despite being the heaviest users of mobile services, are only a subset of your customer base. Forrester's data shows that they represent just 2% of the European mobile population. A...
For years, telecom operators have bet on mobile marketing and advertising as a way to generate new revenue streams. Neither has fulfilled their initially high revenue expectations yet. Now that this...
Brands and companies are not the only ones that should tap into mobile opportunities. Public authorities can use mobile to improve the quality of life of their citizens and to develop their region's...
Travel is inherently mobile. Now that the promise of location-enhanced services is beginning to be fulfilled on mobile phones, travelers are starting to use their devices as personal travel...
The mobile revolution is only just getting started. Consumers will continue to shift their attitudes toward mobile phones — perceiving them not only as communication tools but also increasingly...
A Glimpse Into The European Mobile Social Web Landscape
Mobile social activity is more than just accessing social networking sites while on the go. Mobile phones have the potential to become the hub of Social Computing activities and to be more than just...
Many firms in the mobile and financial arena in Europe want to replicate the success of Japan's mobile contactless payments. Many of them are focusing on leveraging a standardized technology —...
Location is at the very heart of the mobile value proposition. Thirty percent of European online consumers with mobile phones are interested in using mobile GPS/navigation services, while 52% of...
The success of Apple's iPhone has acted as a marketing catalyst and showcased the potential of the mobile platform. Open mobile Internet browsing and the distribution of widgets and applications via...