Top 10 Mobile Trends of 2010

Location, social and mobile commerce are among the top-10 mobile trends of 2010, says comScore. Location-based check-in services like Foursquare, Gowalla and Facebook Places have begun to gain consumer adoption. Other GPS-enabled apps like Google Maps and Garmin have also proved to be among the most popular and widely downloaded.

Social media also has become one of the most prevalent and fastest-growing activities on the mobile phone. In the United States the number of mobile social media users grew 56 percent to lead all content categories, and in the United Kingdom Facebook accounts for 40 percent of all time spent on mobile sites.

Mobile commerce, especially related to “mobile wallet” functions, also is among the top-10 trends.

Top 10 Mobile Trends of 2010: Highlights from comScore’s Mobile Year in Review (comScore Voices)