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 handset in just hours after its launch. The official...
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 what we will call...
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 a blow like this was back in Q3 2007 and we have to mention...
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 important to note that Motorola will probably...
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 bigger for BlackBerry Storm, not to mention...
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 on its hot iPhone, new iPods, the MacBooks...
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 5 million performance in...
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, on August 11, during a special HTC Party. Turns...
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 fact that Nokia is a weak brand in the US,...
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 have decreased...
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