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  • Gartner Insight: Ten Consumer Mobile Applications to Watch in 2012

    Gartner Insight: Ten Consumer Mobile Applications to Watch in 2012

    1. Location-Based Services
    2. Social Networking
    3. Mobile Search
    4. Mobile Commerce
    5. Mobile Payment
    6. Context-Aware Services
    7. Object Recognition
    8. Mobile Instant Messaging
    9. Mobile E-Mail
    10. Mobile Video

    Source: Gartner

  • Nokia Makes Navigation Free!

    Nokia‘s done it. A strong and aggressive move! Nokia makes walk and drive navigation free on its smartphones, doubling size of mobile navigation market.

    All New Nokia GPS – Enabled smartphones will have new Ovi Maps App pre-loaded on it. It will have the local country map data and walk and drive navigation with access to location-aware Lonely Planet and Michelin travel guides at no extra cost.

    The benefits are immense ! Drivers will receive traffic information, assistance, safety guidance, speed warnings etc. Pedestrians will be guided to safe pedestrian-only zones and quick shortcuts. And this will work offline as well. Beautiful!

    Read the official Nokia Press Release!

  • The Top 10 Consumer Mobile Applications for 2012 by Gartner

    Gartner  has identified the top 10 consumer mobile applications for 2012. Gartner listed applications based on their impact on consumers and industry players, considering revenue, loyalty, business model, consumer value and estimated market penetration.

    Though many of these Apps are in the market, they will all evolve and get refined and become better.

    The Top Apps are:

    1. Mobile Money Transfer
    2. Location-Based Services
    3. Mobile Search
    4. Mobile Browsing
    5. Mobile Health Monitoring
    6. Mobile Payment
    7. Near Field Communication Services
    8. Mobile Advertising
    9. Mobile Instant Messaging
    10. Mobile Music

    M-Pesa is one of the most popular and innovative money transfer concept. Citibank has already conducted trials of NFC in Bangalore in India. Interesting times ahead !

    Ashwin  – Thanks for the Gartner Article!