Android is smartphone king globally; tough fight on for No. 2 spot

Release Date ‎Sep 8, 2011‎ in Computerworld

 
   

Smartphone share in 2015 - IDC's picks

National Business Review - Chris Keall - 9 Sep, 2011
Market tracker IDC has just released a survey prediction market share, by percent, for smartphone sales worldwide (above). Like other research outfits, IDC sees Google Android-based handsets extending their lead. RIM maker BlackBerry is seen relatively ...

Smartphones take lead in European mobile phone market

The Guardian - 9 Sep, 2011
An smartphone made by HTC and running Google's Android operating system. A new report predicts a bright future for Android as shipments of smartphones outstrip those of basic mobile phones in Europe for the first time. Photograph: Truth Leem/Reuters ...

Nokia suffers as Europeans turn to smartphones: IDC

Reuters Canada - Tarmo Virki - ‎Sep 8, 2011‎
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Booming demand for Apple's iPhone and phones using Google's Android software lifted second-quarter smartphone sales in Western Europe by 48 percent year on year, while former market leader Nokia fell further behind. ...

Android is smartphone king globally; tough fight on for No. 2 spot

Computerworld - Matt Hamblen - ‎Sep 8, 2011‎
Computerworld - The smartphone war seems to have been won definitively by Android, according to the latest data on Android's share of smartphones brought to global market over the past year. Behind that truth, however, the war continues ...

Samsung Galaxy Range Leads as Google Android Market Dominance Grows

IBTimes - Alastair Stevenson - 9 Sep, 2011
A new report from the IDC has shown a marked uptake in the number of European smartphone users, with Google's Android operating system accounting for nearly half the region's shipments. ...

iPhone 5 Release: The Next Generation

International Business Times - Palash R. Ghosh - 9 Sep, 2011
The hysteria over Apple Inc.'s (Nasdaq: AAPL) upcoming iPhone 5 product seems to have reached a crescendo as rumors about its appearance, features and release date proliferate through the internet and ...

Smartphones take top position in European mobile phone market

theEword (blog) - 9 Sep, 2011
The simple feature phone is becoming hidden in the shadows of the increasingly popular smartphone. A report undertaken by the IDC has found that smartphone shipments are up by 48 per cent in comparison to the same period in 2010. ...

Nokia smartphone sales in Western Europe decline 60%

Computer Business Review - 9 Sep, 2011
International Data Corporation (IDC) has said that while smartphone shipments in Western Europe increased 48%, Nokia smartphone sales were hit, registering a decline of 60% in the second quarter of 2011. According to the latest European Mobile Phone ...

IDC: Q2 Is The First Time Smartphones Outstripped Feature Phone Shipments

paidContent.org - Ingrid Lunden - 9 Sep, 2011
Looks like another tipping point in mobile progress was reached in Q2 this year: IDC says that shipments of smartphones outstripped those of feature phones for the first time in Western Europe. But that's not the whole story… Sales of feature phones in ...

Nokia suffers as Europeans turn to smartphones -IDC

Reuters - Tarmo Virki - 9 Sep, 2011
HELSINKI, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Booming demand for Apple's (AAPL.O) iPhone and phones using Google's (GOOG.O) Android software lifted second-quarter smartphone sales in Western Europe by 48 percent year on year, while former market leader Nokia (NOK1V. ...

 

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