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2012 Will Be a “Bellwether” Year for 4G
ABI Research has been tracking cities and population coverage for 4G for the past year. At the end of 2009 there were more than 170 802.16e carriers across 65 countries, covering 480 million people. That number is projected to cross the 1 billion mark by 4Q-2012. USB dongles have been an excellent vehicle to prime the market along with CPE and laptops, but mobile handsets will be essential to the success of WiMAX. Yota, Sprint, and Clearwire have already started beefing up their lineups with models from HTC and Samsung.
Shazam Passes 75 Million Users
The ultra popular iPhone/Android App, Shazam, was first made popular when it was featured on Apple’s early commercials for the iPhone. Well it’s grown up quite a bit since then and has revealed that it has grown from 50 million to 75 million users in the last six months and has identified more than one billion songs. This notable milestone demonstrates Shazam’s continued development as one of the world’s leading mobile consumer services and brands. Shazam’s one billionth track was Gettin’ Over by David Guetta featuring Chris Willis.
Consumers Projected to Increase Spending on Electronics Accessories
It looks like you are all planning on increasing your electronic budgets this next year (I know I have too!). A new study by the Consumer Electronics Association found that nearly half of consumers will shop to replace an accessory included with their consumer electronics purchase and that they will base their accessory purchase decisions on functionality rather than price. Accessories Purchasing in the 21st Century shows 61 percent of online U.S. consumers shopped for accessories in the past year and more than half (53 percent) made a purchase.
