Motorola Milestone Sold Out, a Hit in Europe

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

Motorola Droid sold very well in the US, via Verizon, with speculations claiming that it managed to move 1 million units in the month since its launch. Now, we learn that Droid's European version, Milestone also sold pretty well in the UK, where the exclusive retailer eXpansys sold out the ...

Smartphones to Outnumber Average Handsets in 2015

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Telecom Trends International has just released a report claiming that smartphones will overtake regular handsets by 2015. Said study mentions that the sales of smartphones will greatly increase by the year mentioned before and they'll constitute two thirds of total mobile handset sales by 2016. It would be interesting to see ...

Apple Surpasses Nokia Profit-Wise in Last Quarter

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Believe it or not, Samsung and Nokia have got nothing on Apple, at least in the last quarter. Reuters is reporting that Apple surpassed Nokia as far as the total operating profit is concerned in the September quarter. Big ouch for the Symbian worshipper, right? The last time that Nokia took ...

Motorola Droid Sells Like Hot Cakes, 100,000 Units on the First Weekend

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Motorola Inc. seems to be recovering from its last years of trouble thanks to the freshly-launched Droid handset, that sold 100,000 units on its first weekend. Verizon Wireless was the carrier handling the sales of the device and last we heard, there 200,000 Droid phones ready for the market. It's also ...

Droid Does… Sell Poorly

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

Last night was all about the launch of Verizon's Droid, which proved to be a disappointment, as far as the public interest was concerned. The Engadget editors visited San Francisco and Albany and discovered very short lines in front of the stores selling Motorola Droid. Some even claim that lines were ...

Apple Reports Stunning Profits for Q4; No Depression for Cupertino

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Apple has recently reported a 47% increase in profit for Q4, an amazing feat even for the most experienced brains on Wall Street. Meanwhile, Nokia reported its first quarterly loss ever, since 1996, when they started reporting and Sony Ericsson is not doing that well, either. Of course, Apple capitalized greatly ...

Samsung S5230 Star Sells 5 Million Units in 3 Months

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Samsung S5320 managed to sell over 5 million units since its May release, proving once again that affordable touchscreen phones are all the rage now. Also, we're learned that Samsung claims that the number might reach 10 million by November. Meanwhile, competition performed pretty well, too, LG Cookie also reaching the ...

HTC Focuses on Mid-Range Smartphones, According to CEO

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

HTC CEO Peter Chou has just announced that the Taiwanese company will focus on mid-range smartphones from now on, this segment reaching 50-60% of the brand's total handset shitpments in the second half of 2009. This info burst out, just as HTC and Chunghwa Telecom were launching HTC Hero in Taiwan, ...

Why Nokia Doesn’t Make it Big(ger) in the US

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

An excellent Wired.com article reveals why Nokia handsets get no love in the US, providing 7 reasons for their lack of popularity in the States. We're dealing with a country where Nokia's market share is declining, down to 8% in 2008, from 15%, 2 years ago. Among these reasons there's the ...

NEC and Panasonic Eyeing Overseas Markets, Leaving Japan?

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Right now Japan is the world's second largest economy and the third biggest Internet population, so it's only logical that all new technologies are spawned there and immediately adopted. However, the mobile phone industry seems to be slowing down lately, making important manufacturers want to expand to other markets. Unit sales ...