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<title>NPD: Internet-connected TVs not used for Internet browsing</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/12/28/tv.buyers.said.to.be.too.used.to.standard.model.of.watching/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/LGGoogleTV2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Internet-connected HDTVs, despite &lt;a href="http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/10/17/worldwide.smart.tvs.move.into.the.mainstream/"&gt;growing install base&lt;/a&gt;, aren't being used for much more than watching TV. This according to NPD's latest Connected Intelligence Application &amp; Convergence report, which shows that the majority of connected TV owners a...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NPD sees low-cost smartphone shipments doubling every year</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/10/22/from.2010.to.2016.low.cost.smartphones.to.double.yearly/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1010/cricketascendin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The low-end smartphone market will experience phenomenal growth over the next six years, with shipments of models costing under $150 set to double every year between now and 2016. This according to NPD DisplaySearch's new Smartphones: Displays, Designs and Functionality report. The report sees low-cost smartphone shipments doubling every year from 2010 to 2016, with the sector moving 311 million u...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NPD: smart TV shipments up 15 percent in 2012</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/10/17/worldwide.smart.tvs.move.into.the.mainstream/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1350495172_DisplaySearch+Smart+TV+Shipment+Forecast+2011-2016+121016.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The smart TV sector is moving from technological novelty to the mainstream, according to NPD DIsplaySearch. The consumer information company has just published its Quarterly Smart TV Shipment and Forecast Report, finding that smart TV shipments should grow 15 percent worldwide this year. The growth in smart TVs is seen as indicative of a larger trend among consumers, one in which media consumption...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NPD: Average Android celular data usage 870MB in September</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/09/28/survey.shows.age.also.a.factor.in.data.usage/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1348864448_thumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Android smartphone users download an average of 870MB of data per month through mobile networks, a study suggests. A survey by research group &lt;em&gt;NPD&lt;/em&gt; also found that around 2.5GB of data is transferred on Wi-Fi networks, and effectively mirrors the results found in a similar survey performed &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/269252==http://www.electronista.c...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NPD: Streaming video through connected TVs overtakes PCs</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/09/27/survey.results.suggest.reversal.of.user.numbers/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1109/smarttv_apps_gallery.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Televisions are the primary screen for viewing free and paid video streamed from the Internet, according to the &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/269081==https://www.npd.com/" rel='nofollow'&gt;NPD&lt;/a&gt;. A recent survey suggests that 45-percent of Americans primarily use their TVs for online streaming, while 31-percent used personal computers instead. This is the first...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NPD: most smartphone users never exceed 2GB data</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/08/26/almost.no.one.uses.more.than.3gb/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NPD: Most mobile devices hold 12 apps for kids, mostly free</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/05/22/npd.report.finds.kids.spend.five.hours.a.week.on.mobile.devices/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1202/ipad2-tvad6.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[New numbers out from market research company &lt;A href="http://www.npd.com"&gt;NPD Group&lt;/a&gt; suggest the average mobile device holds 12 apps targeted at kids. The payoff from the popularity of kid-friendly apps is uncertain, though, as NPD estimates that nearly nine out of 10 of those apps are acquired for free. In news that could prove troubling for traditional ga...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 19:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NPD quarterly smartphone data questioned</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/05/04/business.insider.does.the.math.doesnt.get.npds.numbers/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1205/Android-vs-iOS-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[&lt;a href="https://www.npd.com/wps/portal/npd/us/home/!ut/p/c5/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3g3b1NTS98QY0N_01AjA08PS3ePIEsDIwNLE30v_aj0nPwkoMpwkF6zeJPgkABTT0tjA3d3L2cDT6MQQ8eQ4GBDCzdziLwBDuBooO_nkZ-bql-QHRxk4aioCAAWAr0i/dl3/d3/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/"&gt;NPD's&lt;/a&gt; quarterly market share report was refreshed on May 2, and it listed Android holding 61 percent of the ma...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 04:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NPD: over 25% of iPad buyers are new to Apple</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Xbox 360 on top at 371K, earns more than PS3, Wii combined</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/12/04/13/npd.data.shows.xbox.360.out.front.again/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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