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U.S. smartphones: Inching toward 1 million per week
Unless something changes fast, they're all going to be Androids and iPhones
ComScore issued its January snapshot of the U.S. mobile phone market Tuesday -- with accompanying pie chart here -- but if you want to understand what the numbers mean you should check out Horace Dediu's Wednesday morning report on Asymco.com.
Dediu seems to be the only analyst who tracks these monthly reports over time. Graphing two years of comScore data MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Mar 7, 2012 8:26 AM ETPosted in: Android, Apple, Asymco, BlackBerry, comScore, Google, Horace Dediu, iPhone, Microsoft, Mobile, Research in Motion, smartphone -
Where are the smartphones of yesteryear?
The Samsung Moment? The Motorola Cliq? The HTC Magic? The BlackBerry Tour?
Maybe I don't spend enough time shopping for Google (GOOG) Android phones, but I always get a kick out of the Top 20 Mobile Phone lists -- measured by ad impressions -- that Millennial Media posts each year.
In the 2011 report issued Thursday there weren't many surprises at the top of the list.
Apple's (AAPL) iPhone, the No. 1 best MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 24, 2012 10:24 AM ET -
Look who's switching to iPhones and iPads
Roustabouts, weatherpeople and Air Force pilots
As if to underscore Apple (AAPL) CFO Peter Oppenheimer's claim that "nearly all" Fortune 500 companies "approve and support" iPhones on their networks, three major purchase orders came to light this week:
Halliburton announced that over the next year the oil services company will be "transitioning" from Research in Motion's (RIMM) BlackBerry platform to "smartphone technology via the iPhone." A spokesperson told AppleInsider that about MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 10, 2012 3:40 PM ETPosted in: Air Force, Apple, BlackBerry, Halliburton, iPad, iPhone, NOAA, Peter Oppenheimer, Research in Motion, Tablets -
IDC: The iPhone is once again the world's No. 1 smartphone
Regained the spot that it took from Nokia in June and gave up to Samsung in September
It will come as no surprise to Apple (AAPL) watchers that the company sold 37 million iPhones last quarter. Tim Cook reported that number two weeks ago.
Getting comparable figures from Apple's competitors is a different matter, and that's where companies like IDC come in. Samsung, for example, used to report only the number of mobile MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 7, 2012 4:53 AM ETPosted in: Apple, BlackBerry, International Data Corporation, iPhone 4S, Mobile, Nokia, RIM, Samsung, Windows Phone -
ChangeWave survey finds 'explosive momentum' for Apple and Samsung
Interest in the Galaxy Nexus is high, but the iPhone still leads in customer satisfaction
The next few months should be very good for Apple (AAPL) and Samsung -- and not so good for HTC and Research in Motion (RIMM) -- according to the results of a survey of 4,000 North American early adopters posted Monday by ChangeWave Research.
More than half of the respondents who plan to buy a smartphone in MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jan 9, 2012 7:07 AM ETPosted in: Apple, BlackBerry, ChangeWave, Google, iPhone, Mobile, Nokia, Research in Motion, Samsung -
Today in Tech: Zynga goes public
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* Zynga (ZNGA) raised around $1 billion in its initial public offering (IPO), giving the social gaming champ a $7 billion valuation. Check out colleague Dan Primack's list of the biggest winners to come out of this, including CEO Mark Pincus, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, and Institutional Venture Partners. MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Dec 16, 2011 3:00 AM ETPosted in: BlackBerry, Dell, Facebook, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Mark Pincus, Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson, Zynga -
Today in Tech: Research in Motion's troubles continue
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* The real story behind former Windows Mobile head Andy Lees' removal from his role. According to The Verge, Lees' lofty, public estimates for Windows Phone 7's success -- and the hard reality that it hasn't made much of a dent in the market -- created a rift. (The MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Dec 15, 2011 3:30 AM ETPosted in: BlackBerry, Flipboard, Google, IBM, Intel, ReadWriteWeb, Research in Motion, SAY Media, SurveyMonkey, Xbox -
ChangeWave poll finds 96% of users satisfied with iPhone 4S
Up from 93% with iPhone 4. What they like most: Siri. Least: Too short battery life.
Despite widely publicized reports of unexplained battery drainage, the satisfaction ratings on Apple's (AAPL) latest iPhone continue to hover in what ChangeWave research director Paul Carton calls "nosebleed territory."
In a survey of 215 new iPhone 4S owners, 77% declared themselves "very satisfied" and 19% "somewhat satisfied" with their new phones. Only 2% were "disappointed."
Given the margin MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 1, 2011 7:00 AM ETPosted in: Android, Apple, AT&T, BlackBerry, ChangeWave, Google, iPhone, Microsoft, Mobile, RIM, Satisfaction, Sprint, Verizon -
iPhone tops BlackBerry among mobile workers in iPass survey
In a rapidly growing market, Apple's share jumped in a year from 31% to 45%
Apple (AAPL) made significant inroads in the enterprise over the past year according a survey of 2,300 mobile workers in 1,100 enterprises conducted in September and October by iPass, a California-based provider of Wi-Fi networks.
Among the findings released Wednesday:
95% of mobile workers surveyed now have smartphones, up from 85% in 2010
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 16, 2011 7:10 PM ET
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Today in Tech: Salman Rushdie takes on Facebook
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* Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, told CNBC that his company spent about $10.7 billion this year to buy 64 million IBM (IBM) shares, acquiring a bold 5.5% stake in the company. (Fortune)
* Author Salman Rushdie raised a ruckus on Twitter yesterday after Facebook deactivated his account, then later MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Nov 15, 2011 3:30 AM ET
