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Articles tagged with: Ios and Blackberry
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. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors will ship a total of nearly 1.8 billion mobile phones this year, compared to 1.7 billion units shipped in 2011. By the end of 2016, IDC forecasts 2.3 billion mobile phones will be shipped to the channel. more
Related Tags: android, nokia, windows-phone
Android and Apple Smartphones Expand Share of the Market in the First Quarter
Smartphones powered by the Android and ios mobile operating systems accounted for more than eight out of ten smartphones shipped in the first quarter of 2012 (1Q12). According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the mobile operating systems held shares of 59.0% and 23.0% respectively of the 152.3 million smartphones shipped in 1Q12. During the first quarter of 2011, the two operating systems held a combined share of 54.4%. more
Related Tags: android, apple-iphone, windows-phone
North-South Divide in USA Smartphone Preferences
There appears to be a geographic preference in the USA for the popularity of smartphone operating systems based on where the owner lives, according to analysis of mobile advertising traffic by Jumptap. more
Related Tags: jumptap, android, mobile-advertising, usa, usa, USA
Android Interest Dropping as App Developers Worry about Industry Fragmentation
App developer momentum is shifting back toward Apple as fragmentation and tepid interest in current Android tablets chip away at Google's recent gains, according to an IDC survey commissioned by the app software vendor, Appcelerator. more
Related Tags: android, apple, nokia, windows-phone-7, rim, galaxy, appcelerator, xoom, windows-phone
Android to Command Nearly Half of Smartphone OS Market by End 2012
Worldwide smartphone sales will reach 468 million units in 2011, a 57.7 percent increase from 2010, according to Gartner. By the end of 2011, Android will move to become the most popular operating system (OS) worldwide and will build on its strength to account for 49 percent of the smartphone market by 2012. more
Related Tags: android, rim, apple-iphone, windows-phone, qnx
Android overtakes BlackBerry for first time for Mobile Web Usage
Google's Android mobile operating system overtook RIM's BlackBerry globally for the first time on a monthly basis in February according to web analytics company, StatCounter. Its research arm StatCounter Global Stats finds that Android recorded 15.2% of the worldwide market compared to 14.5% for BlackBerry. Nokia's Symbian still leads the global market with 30.7% with Apple ios in second place with 24.6%. more
Related Tags: android, apple-iphone, statcounter, apple-ios
Android Overtakes iPhone in the UK Smartphone Market
The latest market share figures for smartphone operating systems (OS), from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, show that Android has increased its share of smartphone sales in the UK to 37.4% (up from 8.3% a year ago), while Apple's ios has seen its market share reduce to 22% in the same period. The figures have been published today for the 12 weeks ending 20th February 2011. more
Related Tags: android, apple-iphone, smartphone, rim, apps, apple-ios, UK
Android and iPhone Could Get BlackBerry Messenger Service
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Related Tags: blackberry-messenger, rim, apple-iphone, android
BlackBerry Overtakes Apple in US Mobile Web Stats
BlackBerry OS overtook Apple's ios for the first time in the USA in November in terms of mobile internet usage according to web analytics company, StatCounter. The company's research arm, StatCounter Global Stats finds that for the first time in the US BlackBerry OS at 34.3% overtook Apple's ios which recorded 33% in November. more
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