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According to research carried out by Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, sending a text message is now the most preferred way for UK adults to communicate.

On average, UK mobile phone users now send 50 text messages per week. In total, 150 billion text messages were sent in 2011 compared to 51 billion in 2006 – a five-year difference.

The research also shows that the amount of text messages sent by post-pay subscribers increased in volume by 22 per cent during 2011, compared with almost 12 per cent for pre-pay subscribers. A trend that’s likely due to more people turning to contracts, rather than pay-as-you-go tariffs.

Out of all the text messages sent in 2011, post-pay subscribers sent 55 per cent.

There’s also been a steady rise during the same time period with the number of people signing up for post-pay tariffs. In 2011, just over 49 per cent of all mobile subscribers were on a contract – three million more than in 2010, while pre-pay subscribers fell 2.6 million.

Operators offering bundled minutes, texts and data packages are part of the reason why people are migrating from pay-as-you-go to a contract subscription, as is the high-cost of some pre-pay handsets.

Smartphone user increase

Between 2011 and 2012 smartphone take-up rose from 27 per cent to 39 per cent with UK adults – representing 43 per cent of mobile phone users. It’s no surprise that smartphone take-up is highest among younger age groups, with 66 per cent of 16 to 24 year olds owning a smartphone.

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The comparison between male and female users is close, but men are more likely to own a smartphone than women; 41 per cent and 37 per cent respectively.

And when asked on a scale of 1 to 10 how addicted they are to their mobiles phones, just over 41 per cent users indicated high levels of addiction. This was 37 per cent in 2011.

More information can be found on Ofcom’s Communications Market Report 2012.

What do you think of the findings? Let us know, below.

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It’ll be no surprise to all of you, but the way we access information, play games, or communicate with our friends has changed from just ten short years ago.

Back then, we would go to a library to study something. But now, it’s available for free on the Internet and is only a click away.

It’s thanks to the Internet that we now have everything we want, when we want it. It is without doubt a very useful tool, and that’s probably an understatement.

The rise of the app

As a natural progression, the Internet arrived on our mobile phones in the late 1990s and it enabled us to do much more in many more places. As technology improved, developers started creating little programs to perform certain tasks; we call these apps.

Apps are easy to download and can cost absolutely anything, with developers often creating free apps to lure people into downloading their product.

Then of course, there are the apps that cost a lot of money – that at first glance you’d begin to wonder why would anybody pay that. But people do.

Free apps

Free apps will more than likely have adverts. You’ll load up an app and spend the time trying your very best not to hit the big box in the corner that will instantly take you to a website where you’re offered the best deal on car insurance, or something else totally unrelated to the app.

Alternatively, it might only offer limited functionality and to make full use of the app you will be asked to purchase the full version.

Then there are the apps that you can see that the developer has spent very little time on. No fancy graphics, no fading transitions, sound effects, or sometimes just bad content. What would you expect for free? For free, I guess you can’t complain.

Paid apps

When it comes to paid apps, the level of quality is usually much better than the free ones, as our latest app comparison App vs. app: Encyclopædia Britannica and Wikipedia shows. It’s worth noting that the developer sets the price shown on all apps.

Yes, you have to pay for the app, but you don’t receive adverts continually asking you to CLICK HERE FOR GREAT DEALS! What you do get is an app that a developer has taken their time over; carefully crafted to give you the best experience possible.

Spending money on an app, even if it’s just 0.79p or one dollar, also helps acknowledge to the developer that you’ve appreciated their time and efforts. It allows them to continue making more great apps, for you.

One great example of a paid-for app is Gravity for Symbian smartphones. It costs £8.00 at Nokia Store and by anybody’s standards, that’s an expensive app. However, it’s a great one.

The developer (Jan Ole Suhr) is really engaged with the users of his app and he continually makes updates to it, too. The users of Gravity provide their feedback, he listens and makes improvements and then resubmits to Nokia Store for download once more. It’s a great example of an app ecosystem.

Plus, the app works really well for aggregating all your social networks in one place, which is obviously why it’s popular in the first place.

Check out the new Nokia Lumia 900

All about our biggest, thinnest smartphone.

Soon available worldwide

My opinion

So the question remains, are paid apps better than free ones? Well, my answer is yes. But that’s just my opinion.

I, for one, am not a fan of in-game/app advertising. I like the app to do its job, not moonlight in its spare time – which happens to be my spare time.

I like to know that I’m paying somebody for their time and efforts rather than taking a freebie whenever possible. I wouldn’t browse the shelves in my local supermarket looking for the free price tag that just doesn’t exist.

But also, I wouldn’t expect to pay £8.00 for a fart app, either. I’d expect these types of app to cost an absolute minimum or to be free.

That means that I believe there is a place for free apps, but I don’t expect much of them.

What do you think? Are paid apps better than free ones? I’ve given you my opinion on this subject, now I’d like to hear yours. Use the comments section below.

Image credits: Topgold, antwerpenR, and quaziefoto

According to research carried out by Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, sending a text message is now the most preferred way for UK adults to communicate.

On average, UK mobile phone users now send 50 text messages per week. In total, 150 billion text messages were sent in 2011 compared to 51 billion in 2006 – a five-year difference.

The research also shows that the amount of text messages sent by post-pay subscribers increased in volume by 22 per cent during 2011, compared with almost 12 per cent for pre-pay subscribers. A trend that’s likely due to more people turning to contracts, rather than pay-as-you-go tariffs.

Out of all the text messages sent in 2011, post-pay subscribers sent 55 per cent.

There’s also been a steady rise during the same time period with the number of people signing up for post-pay tariffs. In 2011, just over 49 per cent of all mobile subscribers were on a contract – three million more than in 2010, while pre-pay subscribers fell 2.6 million.

Operators offering bundled minutes, texts and data packages are part of the reason why people are migrating from pay-as-you-go to a contract subscription, as is the high-cost of some pre-pay handsets.

Smartphone user increase

Between 2011 and 2012 smartphone take-up rose from 27 per cent to 39 per cent with UK adults – representing 43 per cent of mobile phone users. It’s no surprise that smartphone take-up is highest among younger age groups, with 66 per cent of 16 to 24 year olds owning a smartphone.

Check out the new Nokia Lumia 900

All about our biggest, thinnest smartphone.

Soon available worldwide

The comparison between male and female users is close, but men are more likely to own a smartphone than women; 41 per cent and 37 per cent respectively.

And when asked on a scale of 1 to 10 how addicted they are to their mobiles phones, just over 41 per cent users indicated high levels of addiction. This was 37 per cent in 2011.

More information can be found on Ofcom’s Communications Market Report 2012.

What do you think of the findings? Let us know, below.

Image credit: kiwanja

Last week we brought you a report from research company Nielsen. It showed that 96 per cent of Lumia 900 owners are extremely satisfied or somewhat satisfied with their new phone, and also some insight into how people use their Lumia 900.

Today, we want to know how you – our readers – use your Nokia Lumia. Not just the 900, but also the other members of the Lumia family.

In the poll directly below, please select each feature that you have used on your Nokia Lumia in the last month. There’s then one more question after that we’d like you to answer, too.

Take Our Poll

Now, in this section, please let us know how often you perform those tasks. Don’t forget to hit the button at the end to confirm your selection.

Thanks for taking the time to answer these, we’ll take a look at these next week and go through the results.

Click here to view the video on YouTube.

The Nokia 808 PureView hosts the best cameraphone in the world, according to the number of awards its received.

Every nine weeks, the Nokia Maps in Berlin team sit down for a weekly workshop to try to think of new ideas; a “think outside of the box” session. It’s here that some of the best ideas emerge, and lots of unusual ones, too.

Julie Grienenberger, a UX Design Intern at Nokia tells us that during one of these workshops they decided to do something fun to show off the amazing PureView technology. They would send a Nokia 808 PureView high into the sky attached to a helium balloon and a 200-meter kite string.

They would need a container for the smartphone, so using an old box, tape and some cable ties, they positioned the Nokia 808 PureView into the box, with the camera facing out of a hole.

The team decided there would be two tasks for this project. The first was to take a series of photos, and the second would be to use the video camera to record Berlin from above.

Museum Island

“The inflated helium-filled balloon wouldn’t fit in the car, so we walked to Museum Island from Nokia House. We got some odd looks.”

After filling the balloon with the helium, they released the Nokia 808 PureView into the sky at the Museum Island in Berlin.

Rooftop of Nokia House

“It was hot and windy. The last thing we wanted was to lose the Nokia 808 PureView on someone’s roof. We had to find a place which is high enough not to crash into the tram cables… and we wanted to have a view of the office from the air.”

Taking the Nokia 808 PureView to the roof of Nokia House in Berlin, the phone was once again lifted to the skies by the balloon. This time, the phone was set to record video at 1080p.

Due to the high winds, the phone experienced a large amount of turbulence. However, there is a small section of the video that shows a great scene of Berlin. Thanks to the high quality of the video, it was possible to get screenshots that are not blur, even with this huge wind… and here is the best picture captured in this video:

Click through for a larger image.

This is a great example of what you can do with commonly available items. A box, a balloon, a helium bottle and a smartphone. Obviously, we wouldn’t recommend doing this yourself, but it’s possible at very little cost.

Have you tried anything like this before? We’d like to hear about it. As usual, use the comments below to join in the conversation.

It’ll be no surprise to all of you, but the way we access information, play games, or communicate with our friends has changed from just ten short years ago.

Back then, we would go to a library to study something. But now, it’s available for free on the Internet and is only a click away.

It’s thanks to the Internet that we now have everything we want, when we want it. It is without doubt a very useful tool, and that’s probably an understatement.

The rise of the app

As a natural progression, the Internet arrived on our mobile phones in the late 1990s and it enabled us to do much more in many more places. As technology improved, developers started creating little programs to perform certain tasks; we call these apps.

Apps are easy to download and can cost absolutely anything, with developers often creating free apps to lure people into downloading their product.

Then of course, there are the apps that cost a lot of money – that at first glance you’d begin to wonder why would anybody pay that. But people do.

Free apps

Free apps will more than likely have adverts. You’ll load up an app and spend the time trying your very best not to hit the big box in the corner that will instantly take you to a website where you’re offered the best deal on car insurance, or something else totally unrelated to the app.

Alternatively, it might only offer limited functionality and to make full use of the app you will be asked to purchase the full version.

Then there are the apps that you can see that the developer has spent very little time on. No fancy graphics, no fading transitions, sound effects, or sometimes just bad content. What would you expect for free? For free, I guess you can’t complain.

Paid apps

When it comes to paid apps, the level of quality is usually much better than the free ones, as our latest app comparison App vs. app: Encyclopædia Britannica and Wikipedia shows. It’s worth noting that the developer sets the price shown on all apps.

Yes, you have to pay for the app, but you don’t receive adverts continually asking you to CLICK HERE FOR GREAT DEALS! What you do get is an app that a developer has taken their time over; carefully crafted to give you the best experience possible.

Spending money on an app, even if it’s just 0.79p or one dollar, also helps acknowledge to the developer that you’ve appreciated their time and efforts. It allows them to continue making more great apps, for you.

One great example of a paid-for app is Gravity for Symbian smartphones. It costs £8.00 at Nokia Store and by anybody’s standards, that’s an expensive app. However, it’s a great one.

The developer (Jan Ole Suhr) is really engaged with the users of his app and he continually makes updates to it, too. The users of Gravity provide their feedback, he listens and makes improvements and then resubmits to Nokia Store for download once more. It’s a great example of an app ecosystem.

Plus, the app works really well for aggregating all your social networks in one place, which is obviously why it’s popular in the first place.

Check out the new Nokia Lumia 900

All about our biggest, thinnest smartphone.

Soon available worldwide

My opinion

So the question remains, are paid apps better than free ones? Well, my answer is yes. But that’s just my opinion.

I, for one, am not a fan of in-game/app advertising. I like the app to do its job, not moonlight in its spare time – which happens to be my spare time.

I like to know that I’m paying somebody for their time and efforts rather than taking a freebie whenever possible. I wouldn’t browse the shelves in my local supermarket looking for the free price tag that just doesn’t exist.

But also, I wouldn’t expect to pay £8.00 for a fart app, either. I’d expect these types of app to cost an absolute minimum or to be free.

That means that I believe there is a place for free apps, but I don’t expect much of them.

What do you think? Are paid apps better than free ones? I’ve given you my opinion on this subject, now I’d like to hear yours. Use the comments section below.

Image credits: Topgold, antwerpenR, and quaziefoto

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