The analyst house, Gartner has released a list of mobile applications that it predicts will be most popular in 2012. The list is based on their impact on consumers and industry players, considering revenue, loyalty, business model, consumer value and estimated market penetration.
The top 10 consumer mobile apps in 2012 will include:
- Money Transfer – e.g. iMobile
- Location-Based Services – e.g. Loopt
- Mobile Search – e.g. Taptu
- Mobile Browsing – e.g. Firefox Mobile
- Mobile Health Monitoring – e.g. Main Street Medica
- Mobile Payment- i.e. Charge Anywhere
- Near Field Communication Services – e.g. iCarte
- Mobile Advertising – e.g. AdMob
- Mobile Instant Messaging – e.g. Fring
- Mobile Music – e.g. Spotify
[...] Gartner predicts the Top 10 consumer mobile apps for 2012 [...]
Matthew, Gartner didn’t say Air Sharing is a “Near Field Communication Services.” Which is good because it’s not. They’re talking about something that uses, or replaces RFID.
By the way, when you say “i.e.” I think you mean “e.g.”
Cheers!
Dave Howell, CEO
Avatron Software
(where we make Air Sharing, but don’t know squat about Near Field Communication Services)
Right you are Dave! I have swapped that for the iCarte. Thanks for flagging.
mobile music is great, i love to listen to mp3 while on the move.~,’