Articles tagged with: android and Palm Pre

New Mobile Platforms Drive Smartphone Growth Worldwide

­While Symbian devices such as the Nokia N70 and N95 continue to be popular handsets, analysis from mobile advertisign agency, AdMob finds that the iPhone OS, android and webOS have gained marketshare over competing platforms in the last six months.  more

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Verizon Wireless to carry Android, Pre phones

Verizon Wireless will introduce phones based on Google's Android software "in the near future," its chief executive said Thursday. more

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Despite Recession - US Smartphone Market Still Growing

According to The NPD Group, consumer sales of smartphones to U.S. consumers represented 23 percent of all handset sales in the fourth quarter (Q4) 2008 compared to just 12 percent in Q4 2007. Led by the release of Apple's iPhone 3G at $199, the average price for a smartphone fell 23 percent from $216 in Q4 2007 to $167 last year.  more

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