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Apple won last year’s smartphone wars, according to data released today by Gartner.
Other reports have pointed to Samsung as the leading vendor in 2011, but the research firm placed Apple on top with a 19 percent market share overall.
Driven by the iPhone 4S, the fourth quarter was especially strong for Apple with a 23.8 percent share amid sales of 37 million iPhones. And many of those sales (more…)
The iCADE 8-Bitty controller will work with most Android and iOS devices.
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Remember the iCade? It’s the iPad gaming cabinet that started out as an April Fool’s joke, but then evolved into a real product.
Neat, but at $99.99, it’s not exactly an impulse buy–and it leaves Android, iPhone , and iPod Touch gamers out of the fun.
Enter ThinkGeek’s latest retro-gaming accessorry, (more…)
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Apple has been crowned the victor in last quarter’s smartphone wars by yet another research firm.
Among the top five global manufacturers, Apple grabbed the top spot with a market share of 23.5 percent, according to IDC. That proved a healthy gain over the 15.9 percent share from a year ago.
The iPhone maker also shipped the greatest number of phones last quarter at 37 million, compared with (more…)
Research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) revealed in a report earlier today that smartphone vendors shipped 157.8 million units in 4Q 2011 compared to 102.0 million units in the fourth quarter of 2010.
Not surprisingly, Apple took the top position with 37 million iPhones shipped in the 4Q 2011, accounting for 23.5% of the market share in the quarter.
was high, even though it disappointed some users who were expecting a redesigned iPhone (more…)
Apple was named the best-selling U.S. handset brand during the fourth quarter, according to a new report from the NPD Group.
However, the findings suggest that while iOS has won this battle, Android is really winning the war.
Take a look at the graph below:
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Not only do 48 percent of all smartphone buyers own Android smartphones (versus a close 43 percent on iOS), there (more…)
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Apple won the smartphone wars last quarter, but Samsung was close behind in second place, according to Juniper Research.
Buoyed by the iPhone 4S, Apple sold 37 million iPhones during the December quarter, giving the company a 25 percent share of the market.
Though Samsung lost its top perch, the Korean handset maker still managed to carve out a 21.7 percent share thanks to healthy demand (more…)
Holiday earnings reports are being posted, and Verizon’s indicates that more than half of its smartphone sales were iPhones.
This resulted in a revenue surge for its wireless division, but because of heavy subsidies, an overall decline in profits.
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Verizon’s Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo said in a report by CNNMoney the loss is OK in Verizon’s eyes, noting that Verizon’s (more…)
AT&T has just announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2011. AT&T reports that it sold a record 9.4 million smartphones in the last quarter, of which not surprisingly 7.6 million were
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AT&T delivered its best-ever smartphone sales quarter — up nearly 60 percent from the year-ago period. (
Smartphones are devices with voice and data capabilities and an advanced operating system to better manage data and Internet access.)
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Couple of days back, Google briefly experimented with an interesting login system that allowed users to log into their Google account from a public terminal using a smartphone.
This meant that users didn’t have to enter the password on the public terminal, which can be compromised. It could also be used when you’re on a public or non-trusted Wi-Fi network.
on the computer.
You are presented with a QR code.
Launch a QR code scanning app such (more…)
Apple ‘s co-founder Steve Wozniak in an interview with Dan Lyons (aka Fake Steve Jobs) compared Google’s Android with Apple ‘s iPhone . He also spoke about the issue with Siri and
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Woz thinks Apple ’s iPhone is the best overall smartphone, but he says there are ways in which Android has leapt ahead of Apple . “My primary phone is the iPhone ,” Woz says. “I love the beauty of it. But I wish it did all the things my Android does, I really do.”
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