Android Holds the Future of Smartphonesmsnbc.com - Kurt Bakke - Mar 5, 2011The battle for smartphone market share isn't just a battle for market share. It's a battle of demographics and the opportunity to build a loyal customer base for the future. Android appears to be pulling ahead in this ... |
|
Tech Notebook: Android vs. iPhone: Is Google the smartphone leader? Is Apple?San Jose Mercury News - Frank Michael Russell, Mike Swift - Mar 5, 2011Is Google the smartphone leader? Is Apple? How about BlackBerry maker Research In Motion? According to a report this week from industry researcher Nielsen, they all are! Nielsen tallied the number of US consumers ... |
|
Should BBM break free of the BlackBerry?Financial Post - Mar 4, 2011Rumour has it that Canada's smartphone maker is planning to bring its signature BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) platform to the open smartphone market. In a widely replicated story posted to the Boy Genius Report blog Thursday morning, “multiple trusted ... |
|
Android is No. 1 OS, but Apple, RIM rule devicesCNET (blog) - Lance Whitney - Mar 4, 2011Google, Apple, and RIM are all vying for the top spot among the smartphones. But which one is dominant depends on whether you look at operating systems or devices, according to new data from Nielsen. Among mobile operating systems, ... |
|
 |
Android top mobile OS; geezers prefer iPhonesAtlanta Journal Constitution (blog) - George Mathis - Mar 4, 2011Most everyone has a smartphone these days. My vintage Google G1 phone battery lasts about as long as a newsroom doughnut, but it's hanging in there. With all the iPhone/Verizon hype, you'd expect Apple to be dominating the mobile OS market. ... |
More US consumers buying Android phones than iPhones, BlackBerrysCNN - Amy Gahran - Mar 4, 2011Currently Android has 29% of the US smartphone market; while the iPhone and BlackBerry hold 27% each. Editor's note: Amy Gahran writes about mobile tech for CNN.com. She is a San Francisco Bay Area writer and media ... |
|
RIM ties with Apple for US smartphone market shareInquirer - Lawrence Latif - Mar 4, 2011REPORTS of Apple's runaway success in the smartphone market have been greatly exaggerated, according to figures published by the industry watching firm Nielsen. In its quarterly report of US smartphone share for the quarter ending ... |
|
Android Edges RIM, Apple as Most Popular Smartphone OSPCWorld - Ian Paul - Mar 4, 2011Google's Android is the most popular smartphone operating system in the United States -- but just barely, according to new numbers from the Nielsen Company. The metrics firm found that Android has captured 29 ... |
|
BlackBerry Messenger due for iOS, AndroidTechtree.com - Samir Makwana - Mar 4, 2011BlackBerry Messenger has brought massive popularity to the platform apart from its encrypted email services. Boy Genius Report has learned from multiple sources that Research in Motion plans to release a cross-platform version of BlackBerry Messenger ... |
|
 |
Bits: Android Pulls Ahead in Smartphone RaceNew York Times (blog) - Nick Bilton - Mar 3, 2011The smartphone race is still raging, but who is winning might look different depending which question you ask. Is Google's Android platform beating Apple's iOS? Yes, and no. A new report released Thursday by Nielsen, a market research ... |
Nielsen: Consumers Prefer AndroidPC Magazine - Mark Hachman - Mar 3, 2011What's the most popular mobile OS out there? Android, by a nose, Nielsen reported in a report Thursday. In a study of 14701 Americans, The Nielsen Company reported that 29 percent of those postpaid mobile subscribers surveyed owned an ... |
|
Apple, Google, RIM in smartphone dead heatRegister - Mar 3, 2011Although Android-based smartphones now have a larger US market share that do handsets from Apple or RIM, the three-way battle remains a tight one. "When it comes to consumer marketshare by operating system, Android (29%) appears to be pulling ahead of ... |
|
Report: Blackberry Messenger Due for Android, iOSPC Magazine - Mark Hachman - Mar 3, 2011Research in Motion is planning on porting its Blackberry Messenger Service to both the Android OS and eventually the Apple iOS platform as well, a report claimed Thursday. Citing multiple sources within RIM, Boy Genius Report claimed ... |
|
Report: BlackBerry Messenger coming to iOS and Androidmsnbc.com - Rosa Golijan - Mar 3, 2011Amazing news for folks with BlackBerry-obsessed friends: Research In Motion, the company behind those addicting devices, might be bringing its popular BlackBerry Messenger app over to Apple iOS and Android devices. ... |
|
BlackBerry Messenger App May Be Coming To Apple, Android DevicesHuffington Post - Catharine Smith - Mar 3, 2011Research In Motion (RIM) plans to develop its BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) app for Google's Android platform and perhaps even for Apple's iOS devices, according "multiple trusted sources" who dished to Boy Genius Report. At the Mobile World Congress last ... |
|
RIMM May Bring BBM Software To iPhone, Android: BoyGeniusBarron's (blog) - Tiernan Ray - Mar 3, 2011Jonathan Geller with Boy Genius Report this morning writes that Research in Motion (RIMM) will provide the BlackBerry Messenger, or “BBM,” as it's known, a popular instant-message style communications program widely used on its ... |
|
BlackBerry Messenger May Find Its Way to Android and iPhoneTIME - Doug Aamoth - Mar 3, 2011BlackBerry's instant messaging service"fittingly called BlackBerry Messenger"may someday be available as a standalone application for iPhones and Android handsets, according to BGR.com. In its current form, ... |
|
 |
BlackBerry Messenger app for Android, iOS?TechDay.co.nz - Gavin Ogden - Mar 6, 2011Rumour has it that Research In Motion is developing an Android and iPhone version of its instant messenger app. BlackBerry Messenger is a proprietary instant messenger app that ships on all BlackBerry devices. ... |
Android Just Overtook Apple iOS and BlackBerryTom's Guide - Marcus Yam - Mar 6, 2011Google's Android mobile operating system has more than just caught up to the head starts that Apple and RIM had " it's taken the lead. According to the latest statistics published by Nielsen, in November 2010 to January 2011, Android commanded 29 ... |
|
 |
Blackberry's tourniquet: BB messenger defects to iPhone, AndroidThe Express Tribune - Omair Zeeshan - Mar 6, 2011RIM might introduce its BlackBerry messenger - likely its most valuable service - to its competitors' phones. PHOTO: AFP Blackberry (BB) has been losing out market share to competitors for a while now and may be making a desperate move ... |
Blackberry Messenger could go multi-platformBlackberry News - Mar 6, 2011According to inside sources at RIM, the Canadian manufacturer is planning to make Blackberry Messenger multi-platform compatible, and will soon be bring it to Android and iOS devices. Blackberry Messenger may be one of the selling points of RIM's ... |
|
BBM For iOS and BBM For Android Apps Coming Soon?TNerd.com - Mar 5, 2011One of the most loved features of the BlackBerry phones is the BlackBerry Messenger, also known as BBM " a unique instant messaging tool that is exclusively available only on RIM’s BlackBerry smartphones, and a feature that differentiates the ... |
|
 |
Android and iPhone battle it out in the smartphone marketPersonal Finance Bulletin (press release) - Philip Nix - Mar 5, 2011Consumer report company Nielsen have just released the results of their annual survey of the most popular mobile operating systems on smartphones. It is important to note that just because someone has a particular os on their smartphone it is not ... |
RIM Finally Sees The Light. Unfortunately, It's An Onrushing Train " Or Is It?TechCrunch - Mar 5, 2011Strange things are afoot in my hometown of Waterloo, Canada, which doubles as Research In Motion's headquarters. ShopSavvy says that someone there has been running their Android app " on BlackBerry devices. Separately, Bloomberg has reported that RIM's ... |
|
Apple, Google, RIM in neck to neck race to expand smart-phonedomain-B - Mar 5, 2011According to a Nielsen survey, Apple, Google, Research In Motion (RIM) are neck and neck in rapidly expanding smart phone market in the US. While Apple and Google have their own individual operating systems to power their own smartphones, ... |
|
Top tech stories this week: iPad 2 unveiled, BlackBerry Messenger to Android ...ElectricPig.co.uk - Stephen Ebert - Mar 5, 2011It's been an exciting week as usual here on Electricpig and in gadget land. Topping the bill for many was the official unveiling of the Apple iPad 2. That isn't all that happened. We've got word of BlackBerry Messenger heading to ... |
|
Android Operating System For Smartphones Leads In Us Nielsen SaysPortfolio.com (blog) - Teresa Novellino - Mar 4, 2011When it comes to app-developer jobs and smartphones, the Android operating system developed by Google now has a slight edge over rival operating systems used in the iPhone or in BlackBerry devices. The Android OS commands 29 percent ... |
|
Android takes the lead in smartphone market shareV3.co.uk - Mar 4, 2011Google's Android has become the top smartphone operating system in the US, claiming a larger share than both Apple and Research in motion (RIM.) A recent report by research firm Nielsen Company showed that the Google platform now controls 29 per cent ... |
|
BlackBerry Messenger to Debut on iOS and Android: ReportThe Epoch Times - Helena Zhu - Mar 4, 2011A visitor speaking on a mobile phone walks past the Blackberry stand at the CeBIT technology trade fair on March 1, 2011 in Hanover, Germany. CeBIT 2011 will be open to the public from March 1-5. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) BlackBerry ... |
|
Android Pulls Ahead In Smartphone MarketRedOrbit - Mar 4, 2011According to the latest Nielsen Co. survey, Google's Android smartphones beat out Apple's iPhone and Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry for the first time in the US market. The report said that Android devices were used by 29 percent of the US ... |
|
Subscribe to RSS
Twitter
- HP's New Slate May Disappoint Consumers Seeking for Touch Screen Sans Windows
- Palm users get an update 1.4.5
- Access and Emblaze Mobile reveal Else Intuition
- pdanet Offers Android Tethering
- Forrester: Smartphone Market Share Hits 17 Percent in the US
- Web OS 2.0 Update For Palm Pixi Plus & Pre Plus Coming Soon?
- Palm's webOS 1.4 Could Debut Next Week Bringing Adobe Flash Support
- Garnet VM Working on the Nokia N900
- Palm OS Garnet apps runs on Nokia N900
- Palm Pre and Pixi Getting webOS 1.3.5 Today
- Android continues its lead over Apple's iOS, reports Nielsen
- HP to decide fate of webOS within two weeks
- Apple still No. 1 manufacturer in growing US smartphone market
- BlackBerry PlayBook Root achieved, Hulu what's good so far
- Apple still No. 1 manufacturer in growing US smartphone market
- BlackBerry PlayBook Root achieved, Hulu what's good so far
- RIM Gets An Upgrade: It's 'Too Cheap To Be True' (RIMM)
- Are you using one of the 25 worst passwords?
- The iPhone's influence is alive and well
- Facebook building its own phone?