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Japan's Smartphone Surge: 1 in 4 Mobile Consumers Now Owns a Smartphone
Around a quarter of Japanese mobile phone users now own a smartphone, with Sharp as the leading manufacturer and Android as the top OS, reports comScore.
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Android Expected to Reach Its Peak This Year as Mobile Phone Shipments Slow
The worldwide mobile phone market is forecast to grow slightly more than 4.0% year over year in 2012, the lowest annual growth rate since 2009, due to a sharp decline in the feature phone market and sluggish global economic conditions.
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In Japan, Smartphones Surpass Feature Phones among Newly Acquired Devices for First Time Ever
A survey of over 4,000 Japanese mobile phone subscribers reports that Sharp is country's most popular manufacturer, with a 23.5% market share. Google's Android platform accounted for the majority of smartphone market at 61.4 percent, followed by Apple with 34.2 percent of the market.
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Android Pushes Smartphones Sales Past Feature Phones for First Time
Western European feature phone shipments continued to decline sharply in 2Q11 as consumers increasingly move to smartphones. Feature phone shipments were down 29% to 20.4 million units in 2Q11, while smartphone shipments increased 48% to 21.8 million units from a year ago.
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Sharp Planning Smartphone with 3D Display
Japan's Sharp Corp is planning to launch a smartphone that includes a screen that can display 3D images without the need for special glasses,
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Sharp shows 3-D displays for mobile devices
Sharp shows 3D displays for mobile devices, which require no special glasses
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Handset Manufacturers to Support the Joint Innovation Lab Widgets Standard
The Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) had announced that handset manufacturers, LG Electronics, Research In Motion, Samsung and Sharp will support its widget specification in future mobile handsets from Q1 2010.
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