Google is certainly doing its very own product, the Chrome browser a huge favour by displaying a banner that advises users to download and install it on the main search page. This might prove to be a crucial factor in the browser wars and the strategy seems to be working, since Chrome already has a 4.4% browser market share, after 15 months of existence. Chrome...
Last we’ve seen the statistics and data regarding the well performing iPhone, the handset was outselling Windows Mobile devices and had a greater online presence. Now, we learn that the phone was also more used in October, when compared to the Microsoft devices, according to a recent study. The survey regarding mobile OS market share was performed...
A recent study has shown that the iPhone is the most popular handset model in the US in 2009, with 4% of all mobile device subscribers in the country. The handset managed to surpass RIM’s BlackBerry 8300 series, that led the pack till now and it’s left behind with a mere 3.7%. The data comes from a Nielsen study, measuring the top 10 mobile...
While AT&T is holding its grip over the Apple iPhone the US, in order to earn more and more cash, in Europe things are starting to look up, as far as sales are concerned, mostly due to the end of exclusivities. It’s pretty logical, considering that more carriers selling a phone means a higher profit. We’re talking about the UK and France,...
Recent sales figures have shown a 6.5 decrease in shipments of handsets in Q3 2009, when compared to the same time period in 2008. However, experts like Jake Saunders, ABI Research’s Forecasting VP claim that things will look better in Q4, with an estimated contraction of 4-5%. Q3 was all about recovery, thanks to the sales in Asia-Pacific and...
Symbian hasn’t been doing so well lately, mostly because Apple and the Android Alliance have taken away quite a lot of its market share. For example, in Q2 Symbian held 51% of the global smartphone OS market share, an impressive feat, but not as impressive as the 57% of last year’s second quarter. However, there are people interested in...
Reuters informs us that Nokia made some changes to its leadership structure and phone business, following the announcement of its first quarterly loss in many years. Thus, the company will split its phone business into three sections: Mobile Phones (cheaper models), Smartphones (handsets running Symbian) and Mobile Computers (high end devices running...
Sony’s famous Walkman player (the new versions) has finally managed to beat Apple iPod’s sales in Japan, by reaching a 43% market share, when compared to the Cupertino-based product, with 42.1%. This is a performance that comes after 4 years of iPod domination in Japan, but Apple is keen on reminding everyone that they’re facing the...
Gartner’s just published the results for Q2′s mobile phone sales, so we found out that the global sales went down 6%, while the smartphone sales grew 27%. 286.1 million units were sold in Q2, 6.1% less than in the same quarter of 2008, while smartphone sales went past 40 million units. Mid-range QWERTY and touchscreen smartphones sold like...
The latest rumours concerning famous Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC are surely bad news for Microsoft, since the company seems to be planning a shift towards the Android OS. It turns out that in 2010, half of the HTC’s devices will be running Android, impossible as it may seem now. Right now, HTC lists 28 handsets on its European website and...
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