Speed Communications Blog » Industry http://www.speedcommunications.com/blogs/speed Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:48:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Gartner predicts the Top 10 consumer mobile apps for 2012 http://www.speedcommunications.com/blogs/speed/2009/11/19/gartner-predicts-the-top-10-consumer-mobile-apps-for-2012/ http://www.speedcommunications.com/blogs/speed/2009/11/19/gartner-predicts-the-top-10-consumer-mobile-apps-for-2012/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:20:35 +0000 Matthew Watson http://www.speedcommunications.com/blogs/speed/?p=2139 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:

  1. Money Transfer – e.g. iMobile
  2. Location-Based Services – e.g. Loopt
  3. Mobile Search – e.g. Taptu
  4. Mobile Browsing – e.g. Firefox Mobile
  5. Mobile Health Monitoring – e.g. Main Street Medica
  6. Mobile Payment- i.e. Charge Anywhere
  7. Near Field Communication Services – e.g.  iCarte
  8. Mobile Advertising – e.g. AdMob
  9. Mobile Instant Messaging – e.g. Fring
  10. Mobile Music – e.g. Spotify

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