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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Gartner Report Shows Increase In Sales Of Mobile Phones
According to a report by market research firm Gartner, mobile phone sales during the first quarter of 2011 stood at 427.8 million units as compared to 359.6 million during the same period last year. According to the report, smartphones accounted for 23.6% sales of mobile phones during Q1 2011 which is 85% more as compared [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Nokia’s Windows Phone To Hit Markets In 2012
Nokia and Windows Phone OS lovers have a reason to rejoice. Chairman of Nokia board chairman Jorma Ollila in an interview with YLE said that the company will be coming out with phones equipped with the Windows Phone OS from 2012. It is to be noted that earlier the Finnish mobile phone manufacturer had tied [...]
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 [...]
