(via wired) Although the battle for Smartphone OS supremacy is between Blackberry, Windows Mobile, Android, and Apple’s iOS, feature phones and Nokia’s Symbian OS-powered phones run the show when it comes to mobile ad click-rates. The mobile-ad service, Smaato, compiled stats for August showing that users of Symbian-powered phones (mostly made by Nokia) were more likely to click on ads, followed by users of lower-end mobile phones (feature or flip-phones) with access to the internet,… Read more »

(via cnet) Over the next four years, the annual growth of the hot Smartphone market may slow down, but analysts at IDC are betting on certain key players that will continue to drive sales and gain market share; Blackberry, Apple, Windows Mobile, Symbian, and Android. According to IDC’s new “Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, Android will conquer second place by 2014, with a 25% market share, exhibiting a 16.3% climb.  Although analysts remain confident that… Read more »

(via mashable) Designing for the mobile web is slowly becoming mainstream. One of the most difficult aspects of designing for the mobile web is site compatibility across various devices. Some sites may render perfectly on Blackberry or Symbian handsets, while rendering distorted on iPhone or Android devices. Below are a few tips and tricks to add compatibility for various devices and for testing: 1. Rather than trying to support every platform, choose a platform that… Read more »