Apple ranks Top 5 in Q3 2010

Based on the updated research from Strategy Analytics, there has been a 13% grow on global handset shipments annually to reach 327 million units within the third quarter of 2010. Apple was the main contributor as it jumped into the top five handset rankings for the first time. Also, Samsung has managed to ship 71.4 million handsets worldwide during Q3 2010, thus managing to rising a slightly above-average 19% from about 60.2 million units the previous year. Later on, they too managed to reach a global marketshare of 22% in Q3 2010 and Samsung persevered ahead of LG by 9% but is still behind Nokia by 34%, but this is the closest it has ever been. However, there is a long list of second-tier competitors rising amongst the top five. They include ZTE, Sony Ericcson, Motorola, Huawei as well as Alcatel are all shipping volumes that are within close proximity of touching the leading group.

Reference: http://www.cellular-news.com/story/46163.php

Do You Know The 3 Types of M-Commerce ?

Our Poll question was on Types of M-Commerce, we asked users and viewers “Do you know the 3 types of M-Commerce”. 80% of our viewers voted “Yes, I know.” And balance 20% voters said “No, I Don’t”, there are no votes for the third option which is “Yes, I Know partially”. According to the analysis we found that most of our voters know well about M-Commerce, they do know the 3 types of Mobile Commerce. For viewers who have no idea of our poll question or don’t know the answer, here are the brief explanations of 3 Types of M-Commerce:
There are 3 type of M-commerce, which is Premium Content, Remote Payment and Point-of-sale. Premium Content is where special or expensive content is offered to the phone subscriber. It depends a lot on the phone technology that is 3G (3rd generation) or 4G (4th generation). 3G phones are available in almost every country however there are only a few countries like Japan and South Korea with 4G technologies enabled. These services include like video, music and stock exchange information. Remote Payment is largely similar to E- Commerce on the web. It basically refers to the online payment of money whereby the one paying is in a different location from the one receiving. This is supported in m-commerce through secure payment connections. The last and third type is point-of-sale this refers to commerce in which the mobile device is used as a point of sale. This is possible if the device can access the online store. These devices are not the typical mobile devices but are capable of accessing higher content. They are usually WAP enabled and can access xml and java components as well.








Reference: http://www.tips.com.my/Article/M-COMMERCE/63

Sterling Commerce Goes M-Commerce and unveils two Mobile Applications for Retailers

These new Sterling Commerce applications enable anytime, anywhere access to capabilities of key Sterling Commerce offerings as part of their strategy to extend its collaborative applications and integration solutions to mobile devices. Its first mobile applications work with Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Suite, the company’s applications suite for orchestrating the entire inquiry-to-cash process, including order capture management, logistics management and supply chain visibility. These Sterling Commerce offers consumers to get the product they want when facing an out of stock situation by finding and reserving available-to-promise inventory and completing the sale from the mobile device, minimizing customer wait time and inconvenience when stock is not immediately available. Sterling Commerce also offers consumers to Shop via their mobile device through a mobile store front, Sterling Mobile Store Channel provides mobile commerce capabilities for retailers to build and deploy a mobile store presence that enables consumers to browse available products, find inventory, select their fulfillment method, and order and pay for products all from their mobile handheld device. This Srerling Commerce would be an advantage for the users of Mobile Commerce.

Reference: http://www.m-commerce-blog.com