Alex Kinch

Yankee Group research reveals that trends within the smartphone ecosystem are profoundly impacting the power dynamics between original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and operators.

A survey by BBC Wales has found that nearly one in four Welsh children under the age of 10 would be allowed to have a mobile.
The research, by Beaufort Omnibus, asked: “At what age should children have their first mobile phone?” 23% of parents said they’d be quite happy with an under 10 having one, [...]

Link: Majority Do Not Want Mobile Phones on Planes – Survey
Following on from news that the Telegraph’s campaign to ban mobiles on flights has reached 4,000 signatories, travel website TripAdvisor has carried out a worldwide survey and come to a very similar conclusion – phones on planes are bad bad bad..
According to a survey of [...]

According to mobile media research firm M:Metrics, text shortcodes are the most effective platform for mobile advertisers in the US.
“In the United States, CSCs represent the only universal way for brands to connect with almost all mobile users,” said Evan Neufeld, vice president and senior analyst at M:Metrics. “In August 2007, 92.5 million, or 43 [...]

This just in from US mobile network AT&T. According to a recent survey, 42% of American small business owners reckon they couldn’t survive without mobile technology.
Four in 10 of small business owners surveyed said they could not survive — or it would be a major challenge to survive — without wireless technology. This trend will [...]

The increasing deployment of multiple mobile payment technologies and liberalisation of remote gambling legislation in key markets is expected to push total annual wagers on mobile phones to nearly $12bn by 2010, according to a new report by Juniper Research.
Mobile lotteries are expected to be the most popular service by the end of the forecast [...]

Had a note in from an SMS Text News reader, who posed an interesting question.
i have a friend who is going to be in tokyo in the next couple of months… she wants to be able to stream back a couple of hours of LIVE video of her walking around tokyo — basically doing live [...]

Link: No mobile means poverty, say children | Technology | The Guardian
Almost half of children in some parts of Britain think that not having a mobile phone means a child is poor, according to a poll commissioned by Dare to Care, a new volunteering campaign aimed at tackling child poverty. Not being able to afford [...]

Link: MediaPost Publications – Study: Mobile-Savvy Boomers The Norm, Not Exception – 09/19/2007
New research carried out in the USA reveals that the older generation aren’t far behind their younger counterparts when it comes to use of mobile features.
InsightExpress surveyed more than 2000 mobile users across the country, separating them into Gen Y (18-24), Gen X [...]

Revenues from mobile dating and chatroom services are expected to pass $1bn by 2010, according to a new report from Juniper Research.
Globally, the number of users of such services is expected to rise from just over 40m in 2007 to 260m in 2012, driven by strong demand in both developed and emerging markets, including more [...]