Nokia picks ST-Ericsson chips for 12 Windows Phone devicesInquirer - Lawrence Latif - 20 May, 2011FLOUNDERING SMARTPHONE VENDOR Nokia will use chips made by ST-Ericsson in its upcoming Windows Phone devices. As the world still tries to grapple with Nokia's decision to opt for Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system on its ... |
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Gartner: Microsoft sold "modest" 1.6M Windows PhonesThe Seattle Times - Sharon Chan - 20 May, 2011Research firm Gartner said Microsoft sold a "modest" 1.6 million Windows Phones in the first quarter of this year. Microsoft began selling its mobile operating system in October. The company last released sales figures four months ago in January, ... |
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Is the Microsoft brand helping or hurting Windows Phone 7?ZDNet (blog) - Matthew Miller - 20 May, 2011Windows Phone 7 is a modern and functional operating system, but adoption seems to be rather slow. What can Microsoft do to engage consumers? Matthew Miller started using a Pilot 1000 in 1997 and has been ... |
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Microsoft Sells Only 1.6million Phones in Q1Wall Street Journal (blog) - Ben Rooney - 20 May, 2011Gartner's latest report on mobile sales must make for pretty gloomy reading in Redmond. According to the research company Microsoft sold only 1.6 million phones in 2011Q1. By contrast Android, so Google claims, is activating 400000 ... |
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Nokia picks Qualcomm for Windows phone, seeks othersReuters - Bob Strong, Tarmo Virki - 20 May, 2011HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia said on Friday it was negotiating with several chipset suppliers for its future Windows Phone models after deciding to use Qualcomm in its first smartphones using Microsoft's software. Nokia announced in February it would use ... |
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Mobile apps create smartphone loyalty, says GartnerThe Guardian (blog) - 20 May, 2011Analyst firm Gartner released its latest mobile handset sales data yesterday, including a chart ranking Android, Symbian, iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Phone by smartphone sales to end users in the first quarter of 2011. The "sales" part of that is ... |
Gartner: Smartphones remain key to mobile growthZDNet Asia - Kevin Kwang - 20 May, 2011Global smartphone sales in first quarter of 2011 grew 85 percent year-on-year, outpacing overall mobile device sales and becoming main driver for industry growth, new report states. ... |
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Android leads marketAsia Times Online - Martin J Young - 20 May, 2011HUA HIN, Thailand - Smartphone sales surged 85% in the first quarter compared with a year earlier, according to market researcher Gartner. Total mobile handset sales rose 19% to 427.8 million units, with smart-phones accounting for ... |
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Nokia To Use ST-Ericsson Chips For Windows Phone 8 HandsetsForbes (blog) - Elizabeth Woyke - 20 May, 2011When Nokia debuts its hotly-anticipated new smartphones running on Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system, at least some of the devices will be powered by silicon from ST-Ericsson, said Carlo Bozotti, the Chief Executive of ... |
428 million mobile devices sold worldwide in Q1 2011: GartnerThe Independent - 20 May, 2011In the first quarter of 2011, 428 million mobile communication devices were sold, said market research firm Gartner, Inc. in a May 19 report on the global mobile phone market, an increase of 19 percent from Q1 2010. Led by ferocious consumer demand, ... |
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Apple, Google Rise In Q1 Mobile Sales, Says GartnerBarron's (blog) - Tiernan Ray - May 19, 2011Research firm Gartner this afternoon offers its latest update on the global mobile device market, citing an 19% rise in everything from the lowest-end phones to the smartphone. Smartphones made up 23.6% of the market in Q1, says analyst ... |
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Gartner: Android Dominates Smartphone Sales WorldwidePCWorld - Jared Newman - May 19, 2011Gartner's first-quarter numbers say Android leads in worldwide smartphone market share, accounting for 36 percent of sales. Nokia slipped to second place with 27.4 percent market share, followed by Apple's ... |
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Windows Phone At Bottom Of Global Smartphone RankingsInformationWeek - Eric Zeman - May 19, 2011Google's Android and Apple's iOS continue to dominate the smartphone space, says Gartner, as competitors Symbian, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone jockey for the leftovers. By Eric Zeman InformationWeek Microsoft has made little headway in reclaiming its ... |
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Android, iOS Dominate, Windows Phone TrailsPC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - May 19, 2011Consumers were eager to snap up phones running the Android and Apple iOS mobile operating systems in the first quarter, but Windows Phone 7 was still weak, according to Thursday data from Gartner. Samsung, meanwhile, had its ... |
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Android shoots past iPhone OS in market shareZDNet UK - David Meyer - May 19, 2011Android'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 ... |
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Gartner: Android leads, Windows Phone lags in Q1CNET - Don Reisinger - May 19, 2011Market 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 levelsFinancial Times (blog) - Maija Palmer - May 19, 2011Yet 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 ... |
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Microsoft sells 1.6 million Windows Phone 7 devices in Q1ZDNet (blog) - Larry Dignan - May 19, 2011Microsoft'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 ... |
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428 Million Mobile Devices Were Sold Last QuarterThe Atlantic - Alexis Madrigal - May 19, 2011Years after it began, the scale of the shift to cellphones can still boggle the mind. The analyst group Gartner reported today that 428 million phones were sold last quarter and that they expect 1.79 billion phones to be sold for all ... |
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Report warns Windows Phone 7 suffers from the "Your-dad-uses-it" syndromeComputerworld (blog) - May 19, 2011There 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 ... |
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Microsoft fails to turn punters on to WinPho 7Register - Tony Smith - May 19, 2011Microsoft 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 ... |
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Android vaults to smartphone lead as Nokia faces 'ugly' futureThe Guardian (blog) - May 19, 2011Nokia'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 ... |
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Full-Year Handset Sales May Be Lower Than Expected, Gartner SaysSan Francisco Chronicle - May 19, 2011May 19 (Bloomberg) -- Full-year sales of mobile handsets may fall below 1.8 billion units and miss earlier expectations, Gartner Inc. said in a report. "The 13.3 million-unit growth in channel inventory, along with some softness in demand from users in ... |
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Inventories to cap cellphone market growth: GartnerTimes of India - May 19, 2011PARIS: Rising inventories of unsold cellphones and slower demand growth in emerging countries will cap cellphone market growth in 2011, research firm Gartner said. Gartner lowered its 2011 cellphone market view by 10-15 million phones as retailers ... |
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Gartner: Android and Apple win big globally in Q1Computerworld - May 19, 2011By 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 ... |
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Mobile Handset Sales Up 19% In First Quarter Says GartnerWall Street Journal - Sven Grundberg - May 19, 2011STOCKHOLM (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 ... |
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Android and Apple top smartphone sales, Windows Phone 7 lagsInquirer - Dave Neal - May 19, 2011THE BEAN COUNTERS at Gartner have reported an increase in mobile communication device shipments in the first three months of this year, along with the fact that Android has overtaken Apple's IOS. Presumably to a chorus of abacus clicks, ... |
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Nokia's mobile market share slips to 25%: GartnerAFP - May 19, 2011HELSINKI â€" Nokia's share of the mobile phone market dropped to 25 percent in the first quarter of 2011, the lowest for 14 years, down from 30.6 percent at the same time last year, technology research group Gartner said on Thursday. ... |
Full-Year Handset Sales May Miss Forecast, Gartner ReportsBloomberg - Diana ben-Aaron - May 19, 2011Full-year sales of mobile handsets may be less than 1.8 billion units, missing earlier estimates, Gartner Inc. (IT) said. “The 13.3 million-unit growth in channel inventory, along with some softness in ... |
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Inventories to cap phone market growth: GartnerReuters - Bob Strong, Tarmo Virki - May 19, 2011A customer talks with a sales representative at the Nokia flagship store in Helsinki September 29, 2010. By Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent PARIS (Reuters) - Rising inventories of unsold cellphones and slower demand growth in emerging ... |
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