Mobile Year in Review 2010 Video

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Massive increase in apps downloaded
* FIVE BILLION apps downloaded — up from 300 million in 2009

Whopping expansion of location-based services
* FIVE MILLION Foursquare users — up from 200,000 users in 2009

Surge in mobile social media platforms
* 347 PERCENT growth in Twitter mobile usage
* 200 MILLION mobile Facebook Users
* 100 MILLION YouTube videos played on mobile devices everyday

Ongoing explosion in data traffic
* 3,000 PERCENT growth in one carrier’s data traffic since 2008
* 3,339: average number of texts sent per month by US teens.


Unprecedented competition and choice
* 96 PERCENT of mobile users can choose from 3 or more providers
* 92 PERCENT of mobile users are satisfied with their provider
* 4 CENTS: average voice rate per minute in the US
* 77 MILLION: number of smartphones shipped in the fall of 2010.