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In the USA, 62% of First-Time Smartphone Owners Buy Android

Nearly half of USA feature phone subscribers who acquired a device during April 2012 switched to a smartphone, an increase of 9.5 percentage points from the previous year, as smartphone adoption continues its upward climb in the USA.  more

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Smartphone Market Hits All-Time High Due To Seasonal Strength and Wider Variety of Offerings

­The worldwide smartphone market grew 54.7% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2011 (4Q11), as Apple unleashed its iPhone 4S on an eager marketplace.  more

Related Tags: samsung, nokia, htc, research-in-motion, blackberry, lumia, lumia-710, galaxy-nexus


Apple Takes Second Place Among US Smartphone Platforms

­The latest comScore study surveyed more than 30,000 USA mobile subscribers and has again found Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 24.5 percent market share. Google Android led among smartphone platforms with 36.4 percent market share.  more

Related Tags: samsung, nokia, android, motorola, google, usa, USA


Google and Apple Gain Ground in USA Smartphone Market

­Samsung has retained its top spot in the USA mobile phone market during the first quarter of this year, with 24.5 percent market share. Google Android led among smartphone platforms with 34.7 percent market share.  more

Related Tags: samsung, android, smartphone, usa, USA


Verizon Boosts Apple to the 3rd-Largest Mobile Phone Brand in the USA

Apple's mobile phone sales reached 14 percent of the USA market in the first quarter of this year, according to the NPD Group. ­Apple outranked HTC, Motorola and rim as the third-largest handset brand in the USA, behind Samsung at 23 percent and LG at 18 percent.  more

Related Tags: htc, motorola, samsung, usa, ios, apple-ios, USA


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, ios, blackberry, windows-phone, qnx


Android Explodes in Western Europe - Becomes the Biggest Smartphone OS in 4Q10

The Western European mobile phone market grew 3.2% year-on-year to 58.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to IDC's European Mobile Phone Tracker. ­Shipments of smartphones increased to 25.6 million units, 99.4% higher than in 4Q09, to represent 44% of total shipments. Feature phone shipments declined to 33.1 million units 24.8% down compared with the previous year.  more

Related Tags: android, sony-ericsson, motorola, nokia, europe, galaxy, ios, windows-phone, feature-phones


Google Android Captures Top Position in USA Smartphone Market

­According to a study of more than 30,000 US mobile subscribers Samsung is the top handset manufacturer overall with 24.9 percent market share. The comScore survey also found that the Google Android took the lead among smartphone platforms with 31.2 percent market share, after two short months in second place.  more

Related Tags: android, smartphone, blackberry, USA


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, smartphone, blackberry, apps, ios, apple-ios, UK


Android and iPhone Could Get BlackBerry Messenger Service

­Research in Motion (rim) is expected to release its own in-house messaging platform,  BlackBerry Messenger service on both Apple iPhones and iPads, along with the Android smartphone. Citing sources close to the matter, BGR said that the software could be offered free to users, with either a one-time or yearly fee to access the Messenger Service via a 3rd-party platform.  more

Related Tags: blackberry-messenger, blackberry, android, ios


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