According to a report by digital analyst firm Comscore, Android has come out as the market leader for cell phones in the United States overtaking Apple’s iOS. The report also reveals that Google’s Android is dominating the smartphone OS segment grabbing a market share with 36.4%. Apple’s iOS also saw a marginal increase of 0.8%. [...]
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IDC’s Report Shows Collapse Of Nokia In Western European Market
A new data from IDC shows that during the first three months of 2011, Nokia was the pushed to the second spot by Samsung with the latter emerging as the biggest vendor of mobile phones in Western Europe. IDC figures shows that overall sales of Nokia in Western Europe slipped by 10% on year-on-year basis. [...]
Microsoft’s Alliance With Nokia To Help Windows Phone OS, Says IDC
When Nokia joined hands with Microsoft to launch phones equipped Windows Phone OS, many experts questioned about the utility of the move. According to a report from research firm IDC, Microsoft’s alliance with Nokia will aid the former to overtake RIM’s Blackberry and Apple’s iPhone in a few year’s time. In the latest Mobile Phone [...]
A14 Leo Launched By Altek
The smartphone market in the world is on a rise and so are phones equipped with Google’s Android mobile OS. In a bid to capture the growing smartphone market of the world, Altek Corp has unveiled a new smartphone, A14 Leo which boasts of Google’s Android OS along with high-quality camera components.
Smartphones Dominate Western European Mobile Phone Market
According to IDC’s latest European Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphones continue to strengthen their position and dominate the Western European mobile phone market. The fourth quarter of 2010 shows growth in total mobile phone market by 3.2% with shipments of smartphones growing to 25.6 million units, which is nearly 99.4% higher than the shipments during the [...]
Huawei Devices Launches Android Smartphone Ideos In India
The Android landscape in the country is changing thick and fast. After several smartphone vendors rolling out phones running on Android platform, Huawei Devices has launched Ideos in the country. The company is the subsidiary of telecom equipment manufacturer Huawei. Features Of Ideos Ideos is equipped with a 2.8 inches QVGA screen and has a [...]
Nokia Joins Hands With Microsoft To Roll Out Smartphones With Windows Phones 7 OS
In a bid to capture the foothold on the growing smartphone market, Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia announced on Friday that it will form a strategic partnership with software giant Microsoft and will use its Windows Phone OS as platform for its smart phones. The tie-up announced in London by Nokia CEO Stephen Elop and [...]
Xperia Play To Be Unveiled On Feb 13
A TV commercial during Super Bowl On Sunday showed glimpses of a highly anticipated smartphone from Sony Ericsson named Xperia Play. The handset has been designed for playing video games and will be running on Android mobile OS. On its page in social networking site Facebook, Sony Ericsson says that the phone will be officially [...]
Samsung Galaxy S 4G Android To Be Sold By T-Mobile
One of USA’s largest cellular telecommunications providers T-Mobile has unveiled Samsung Galaxy S 4G smartphone. Samsung Galaxy S 4G will be using Google Android 2.2 mobile OS platform and will sport a Super AMOLED touch-screen. Speaking to the press, CEO of T-Mobile Phillip Humm said that Samsung Galaxy S 4G will be the fastest smartphone [...]
Sales Of Windows Phone 7 Not Up To The Mark
When Windows Phone 7 was launched in the year 2010, it was expected that the phone will challenge Android and iOS mobile handsets available in the market. But the sales of Windows Phone 7 has not enjoyed the success of some of the other products of Microsoft. The software giant has a dominant presence in [...]
