Android shoots past iPhone OS in market share

ZDNet UK - David Meyer - 19 May, 2011
Android's share of the smartphone market has almost quadrupled over the last year, and now stands at more than double that of Apple's iOS, according to Gartner. Android's market share has ...

Gartner: Android leads, Windows Phone lags in Q1

CNET - Don Reisinger - 19 May, 2011
Market researcher Gartner said in a report released today that over 100 million smartphones were sold worldwide during the first quarter of 2011. Google's Android OS secured 36 percent of the market, with more than 36.2 million units ...

Nokia's market share back at 1997 levels

Financial Times (blog) - Maija Palmer - 19 May, 2011
Yet another instalment of the story of Nokia's long slow decline came on Thursday with the new global mobile phone handset figures. Nokia is still the world's leading handset maker but its market share is now down to 25 per cent, a level last seen in ...

Microsoft sells 1.6 million Windows Phone 7 devices in Q1

ZDNet (blog) - Larry Dignan - 19 May, 2011
Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 devices sold 1.6 million units to end users in the first quarter, according to Gartner. That tally isn't nearly enough to blunt Android's momentum. Larry Dignan is Editor in Chief ...

Report warns Windows Phone 7 suffers from the "Your-dad-uses-it" syndrome

Computerworld (blog) - 19 May, 2011
There are plenty of reasons why Windows Phone 7 has failed to gain popularity. But a new report from Gartner offers a unique reason: the perception that it's something your dad uses at work. That conclusion was drawn by a Gartner report released today ...

Microsoft fails to turn punters on to WinPho 7

Register - Tony Smith - 19 May, 2011
Microsoft and its hardware partners shifted a mere 1.6m Windows Phone 7 handsets during the first three months of 2011. So says market watcher Gartner, which also noted that a total of just under 101m ...

Android vaults to smartphone lead as Nokia faces 'ugly' future

The Guardian (blog) - 19 May, 2011
Nokia's share of the overall mobile market fell to its lowest since 1997 - and worse may lie ahead. Photograph: Luke MacGregor/Reuters New figures for the mobile phone business show encouraging news for Google's Android and Apple's iPhone but reinforce ...

Gartner: Android and Apple win big globally in Q1

Computerworld - 19 May, 2011
By Mikael Ricknäs IDG News Service - Android became the most popular smartphone operating system worldwide in the first quarter of 2011, while Apple saw its share of the market grow, according to a report Gartner issued Thursday on sales of mobile ...

Nokia's mobile market share slips to 25%: Gartner

Economic Times - 19 May, 2011
HELSINKI: Nokia's share of the mobile phone market dropped to 25 per cent in the first quarter of 2011, the lowest for 14 years, down from 30.6 per cent at the same time last year, technology research group Gartner said on Thursday. ...

Mobile Handset Sales Up 19% In First Quarter Says Gartner

Wall Street Journal - Sven Grundberg - 19 May, 2011
STOCKHOLM (Dow Jones)--Research firm Gartner Thursday said sales of mobile handsets totaled 427.8 million units in the first quarter of 2011, up 19% year-on-year, with smartphones accounting for 23.6% of sales. Sales of smartphones increased by 85% in ...

428 million mobile devices have been sold this year

Inquirer - Dave Neal - 19 May, 2011
THE BEAN COUNTERS at Gartner have reported an increase in mobile communication device shipments in the first three months of this year, an increase of just under 20 per cent. Presumably to a chorus of abacus clicks Gartner announced that ...

Windows Phone Sold 1.6 Million Units in First Quarter: Gartner

eWeek - Nicholas Kolakowski - 19 May, 2011
Microsoft's Windows Phone sold 1.6 million units in the first quarter of 2011, according to a new research note from Gartner. Microsoft's Windows Phone sold 1.6 million units in the first quarter, according to new data from research firm Gartner. ...

Gartner: 428 Million Mobile Communication Devices Sold Worldwide in First ...

Zawya - 19 May, 2011
Dubai, UAE, 19 May 2011 -- Worldwide mobile communication device sales to end users totaled 427.8 million units in the first quarter of 2011, an increase of 19 percent from the first quarter of 2010, according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphones continued to ...

Android's Q12011 global sales hit 36 million, analyst reports

Android Central - Phil Nickinson - 19 May, 2011
Another day, another chart showing Android's spectacular growth. What you see above is Gartner's numbers for the first quarter of 2011. And in those three months, some 36.2 million Android devices were sold ...

Report: 1.6 million Windows P...

Neowin - 19 May, 2011
Microsoft has a long way to go before it will catch up to the rest of the wireless phone industry in terms of sales of its Windows Phone 7 devices. According to a new report from Gartner, only 1.6 million wireless phones with the Windows Phone 7 ...

Major Russian mobile phone chain expect to sell Nokia Windows Phone 7 handsets ...

WMPoweruser.com - 19 May, 2011
While we all know Nokia is aiming to release their first Windows Phone 7 handset before the end of the year, according to unwiredview.com Nokia may be a lot more confident with suppliers and distributors behind closed doors. ...

Gartner: Android Leads Smartphone OSs Worldwide in Q1'11, Could See Even ...

Phandroid.com - Quentyn Kennemer - 19 May, 2011
Yep, it's still number season, folks. Gartner's back at it again with some smartphone sales figures from quarter one of 2011. Android, as you might have imagined, is rocking the charts leading every ...

Gartner: Android captured 36% market share in Q1 2011

MobileSyrup.com - Ian Hardy - 19 May, 2011
The latest Gartner Research report reveals that in Q1 2011 there was a total of 427.8 million mobile devices sold worldwide in First Quarter 2011, this represents a 19% increase over Q1 2010. ...

Windows Phone 7 Sales: 1.6 million In Q1 2011

OnlyGizmos - 19 May, 2011
Microsoft has aggressive plans for Windows Phone 7. They are busy integrating with Nokia and at the same time cooking some fruity updates. But how well has WP7 done since its new avatar released last year? Gartner puts the number at 1.6 million for ...

Russian mobile retail boss: "We expect first Nokia Windows Phone this year"

Unwired View - 19 May, 2011
By Staska on 19 May 11 We all know that Nokia really wants to have it's first Windows Phone to be ready before the end of this year. We've heard it from Nokia execs almost every time they are asked when the first Nokia WP device will ship. ...

Nokia mobile market share slips to its lowest in 14 years

TechEye - Andrea Petrou - 19 May, 2011
According to the latest report from Gartner, end users worldwide bought a total of 427.8 million phones in the first quarter of 2011, an increase of 19 percent from the same time last year. Smartphones dominate over the rest of the market, ...

STATS: Global mobile market share data for Q1 2011

EuroDroid - 19 May, 2011
There's so much data in the latest Gartner global mobile phone data it's hard to know where to begin. It shows that Nokia still leads the overall handset sales league, although it's lost 5% of its market share over the last 12 months. ...

Gartner: Nokia market share dips to lowest level in 14 years

Helsingin Sanomat - 19 May, 2011
The information technology research and advisory company Gartner estimates that Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia's share of global handset sales was at 25.1% in the period from January to March this year. According to Gartner, Nokia's market ...

What are Microsoft up to with Nokia, Skype and the mobile landscape?

All About Symbian - Ewan Spence - 19 May, 2011
Kevin Fury, over on his blog, has some interesting thoughts on what Microsoft are up to in the mobile space. Building blocks such as the Windows Phone OS, Nokia's hardware and manufacturing expertise, the voice and IM handling of Skype, ...

Gartner: iOS and Android winning, Apple after LG's #3 handset maker crown

9 to 5 Mac - 19 May, 2011
Gartner is out with their first quarter 2011 mobile phone market survey. The results bode well for both Apple and Google as both tech giants grew their respective share of the smartphone market estimated at 100.8 million quarterly units, almost double ...

Nokia market share slips to lowest in 14 years

Mobile News - Paul Withers - 19 May, 2011
Nokia's global market share slipped to 25.1 per cent in Q1 2011 â€" it's lowest since 1997 â€" according to new figures released by research house Gartner. Despite selling 107.6 million units in the period, down from 110.1 million it sold in the same ...

1.6m Windows Phone handsets sold in Q1, says Gartner

TechRadar UK - Kate Solomon - 19 May, 2011
Analyst house Gartner has released smartphone sales figures for Q1 2011, which show that only 1.6 million Windows Phone handsets were sold over the three month period. 1.6 million might sound like a lot, but that's 1.6 million out of ...

Nokia and Android dominate worldwide phone sales

V3.co.uk - Khidr Suleman - 19 May, 2011
Worldwide mobile phone sales peaked at 427.8 million during the first quarter of 2011 and smartphone uptake is predicted to soar as mid-tier products continue to enter the market, according to figures from Gartner. ...

Euronews: Nokia's Market Share Shrinking

Light Reading - 19 May, 2011
Nokia's share of the worldwide handset market continues to decline, according to figures from Gartner Inc. The Finnish vendor sold 107.6 million mobile devices in the first quarter of 2011, which translated to a 5 percent slump in market share ...

Gartner Says 428 Million Mobile Communication Devices Sold Worldwide in First ...

Media Newswire (press release) - 19 May, 2011
Worldwide mobile communication device sales to end users totaled 427.8 million units in the first quarter of 2011, an increase of 19 percent from the first quarter of 2010, according to Gartner, Inc. (Media-Newswire.com) - Worldwide mobile ...

 

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