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Articles tagged with: Blackberry and Smartphone
iPhone, Android, and Palm Pre Beat BlackBerry in Customer Satisfaction Study
Smartphones with consumer-oriented functionality score best in a customer satisfaction study released today from CFI Group. A new generation of smartphone, lead by Apple's iPhone and including Google's Android and Palm Pre, is bringing in a new customer audience no longer dominated by business users. The CFI Group Smartphone Satisfaction Study, based on surveys of more than 1,000 smartphone users, also finds little relationship between smartphone satisfaction and satisfaction with the provider. Moreover, exclusivity contracts may have drawbacks for carriers if they invite customers drawn to the device and not the provider. more
Related Tags: apple-iphone, palm-pre
40% of Existing Smartphone Owners Consider Switching to the iPhone
Four out of ten blackberry and other smartphone users would switch to Apple's iPhone, as their next smartphone purchase, according to a recent survey conducted by Crowd Science. On the other hand, only 14% of non-blackberry smartphone users would switch to a blackberry for their next purchase. Meanwhile, a vast majority of iPhone users (82%) are loyal to the iPhone brand. more
Related Tags: apple-iphone, iphone-3g-s
Business meets leisure as small businesses opt for converged devices
The use of social networking and business applications is fuelling a surge in the numbers of small businesses turning to converged devices such as iPhones and blackberry smartphones, according to research conducted by O2 in the UK. more
Related Tags: o2, iphone, twitter, UK
Mobile Handset Market Stays Afloat with 258 Million Shipped in 1Q-2009
Despite tough corporate and unemployment news making the headlines, the mobile handset-buying public did not head to the hills during the first quarter of 2009. Handset vendors had shipped 258 million handsets by the end of the quarter. Although that represents an 11% year-over-year decline, the result significantly exceeded the previous forecast of 253.5 million. "Green shoots are sprouting," is how ABI Research vice president Jake Saunders describes the latest figures. more
Related Tags: abi-research, nokia, 3g, tim, , apple, samsung, iphone, ericsson, iden, lg, rim, touchscreen, sharp
Study Finds Disconnect Between Smartphone Adoption and Ability to Manage Mobile Devices
The mobile device automation vendor, Zenprise has published the findings of an Osterman Research study which found that most enterprise IT departments are not equipped to handle the rapid increase in smartphone adoption. Of those surveyed, only two in five expressed confidence that all elements of their mobile messaging platform are fully protected against downtime. more
Related Tags: , windows-mobile, sim, iphone, mobile-messaging, apple, ict, tim, wind, ovi, iden, apple-iphone, windows, presence
Korean Handset Manufacturers Targetting 50% of US Market in 2009
South Korean mobile phone manufacturers are expected to take a 50% stake in the US handset market this year, according to Taiwanese market sources cited by DigiTimes. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, samsung, smartphones, driving, tim, cdma, gartner, rim, blackberry-storm, storm, USA
Smartphone Market Share Increased Rapidly Worldwide According to AdMob
Mobile advertising agency, AdMob has reported that despite challenging economic conditions, smartphones continued to gain significant market share worldwide over the past six months, rising from 26 percent to 33 percent of hits to its adserver platform in February 2009. more
Related Tags: android, windows-mobile, nokia, iphone, samsung, smartphones, wind, verizon, palm, htc, rim, htc-dream, admob, blackberry-storm, touchscreen, symbian, sprint, operating-system, windows, storm
BlackBerries Arrive in Tunisia
Tunisian mobile network operator, Tunisie Telecom has announced the commercial launch of the blackberry solution in the country - with the system being supplied by Alcatel-Lucent. Based on its distribution agreement with RIM, Alcatel-Lucent will leverage its local presence in the region to provide Tunisie Telecom the end-to-end implementation, launch, and on-going support for delivering the blackberry solution to the Tunisian market. more
Related Tags: smartphones, alcatel-lucent, iden, orascom-telecom, presence, orascom, Tunisia
BlackBerry Phones Arrive in Mongolia
Mongolian mobile network operator, Mobicom has announced the launch of the blackberry range of smartphones in the country. At launch Mobicom will offer customers the blackberry Bold smartphone as well as service plans for blackberry Enterprise Server and blackberry Internet Service. more
Related Tags: roaming, smartphones, alcatel-lucent, mobicom, blackberry-bold, presence, Mongolia
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
Related Tags: android, t-mobile, 3g, iphone, apple, smartphones, verizon-wireless, verizon, palm-pre, palm, htc, blackberry-storm, npd-group, touch-screen, sprint, storm, USA