Volantis – Partner für Mobile Web-Lösungen – hat eine Studie zur Zukunft des Mobile Web durchführen lassen. Dazu zunächst die Auflistung der Top 8 Mobile Services:
Volantis - Top 8 Mobile Web Services - Februar 2010
und im Anschluss die Ergebnisse aus der Befragung zusammengefasst in der Pressemeldung:
Developers should be focusing on gaming and social networking as the key to persuading consumers to use mobile internet services more regularly.
The forecast highlights that entertainment content, more than functional services such as GPS and email, are becoming priorities for the consumer when it comes to their app consumption. The majority of US consumers aged 18-34 said that provisions for either mobile entertainment and gaming (42%) or for social networking (55%) would motivate them to use the mobile web more regularly. The trend was repeated in the UK where 55 per cent said that social networking would encourage them to use the mobile web more, while 17 per cent were keen to access games on their mobiles.
Volantis Geschäftsführer Mark Watson fügte dem hinzu:
“Recent research from consulting group Chetan Sharma forecasted that the app market is expected to increase to 50bn downloads by 2012 with the advent of HTML5 . We expect developers to see the demand for gaming based web services expand exponentially with the introduction of HTML5 on mobile and the freedom for web-based applications that this creates.”
Zudem erwarte man mit der steigenden Verbreitung von Mobile Web Service geschrieben in HTML5 die Befreiung der Entwickler von ihrer Bindung an Apple oder andere führende Unternehmen im Mobile Sektor:
“The arrival of HTML5 will release developers from the constraints of Flash, making the user experience more varied, and allowing the development of entertainment, lifestyle and business apps which are optimized to provide the same experience across all devices. Freeing developers from having to focus on either ‘Apple’ or ‘Other’ applications will further drive the mobile web market.”
“Mobile internet users want compelling web experiences that will allow them quick and seamless access to the services that matter to them most. With the advancement of HTML5 the limitations of web apps for mobile are declining; inch by inch, function by function, handsets are becoming more web accessible,” concluded Watson.
Die Studie vom Februar 2010 umfasste 2,185 Britische and 2,139 US-Erwachsene über 18 Jahre.
