Amazon gives its mobile commerce a boost

Amazon mobile commerce

Mobile commerce and Amazon go hand and hand According to Bloomberg, Amazon has been trying out a new service that will allow tablet owners to use mobile apps to make item purchases. This is expected to give the online marketplace’s tablet, called the Kindle Fire, a significant place in mobile commerce among its users. ABI Research data has shown that over the next five years, the total revenues from mobile apps – including in-app purchases and pay-per-downloads, as well as in-app advertising and subscriptions – will explode. In fact, they…

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2012 will put the spotlight on Amazon, Nokia and Microsoft for mobile

Mobile Commerce Industry

According to the results of a survey performed by Chetan Sharma Consulting, a Washington-based firm, this year, it is predicted that the leaders in mobile will be taking significant steps forward as they attempt to take the lead from the top mobile operating system, Android. The predictions made from the data collected in the survey, called the “2012 Mobile Industry Predictions Survey”, were derived from the responses of about 150 industry insiders on the worldwide mailing list of the consulting firm. They also forecast that m-commerce and mobile payments will…

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