Mobile Future: Want Apple Way or Google Wild Ride?InformationWeek - Fritz Nelson - 8 Jun, 2011This Spring has been unrelenting for mobile innovation. Apple Worldwide Developer Conference followed Google I/O, which followed BlackBerry World, each offering a glimpse at the next several months of product direction. ... |
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Ten best new apps for smartphonesMontreal Gazette - Marc Saltzman - 8 Jun, 2011With hundreds of thousands of downloadable apps (applications) available, consumers can truly customize their smartphones to meet their needs. Smartphones are only as good as the software that ... |
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Keep phone lines openThe Age - Adam Turner - 8 Jun, 2011APPLE'S iPhone gets all the attention but a challenger has arisen in the form of Google's Android platform. The latest-generation touchscreen smartphones running Android stand toe-to-toe with Apple's wundergadget in terms of looks, features, ... |
Q&A: Choosing a Backup Option for an Android PhoneNew York Times (blog) - J.D. Biersdorfer - 8 Jun, 2011How do you back up everything on an Android phone? There doesn't seem to be any desktop software like there is for the BlackBerry. Phones running the Android operating system are made by several hardware manufacturers and are ... |
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Google widens smartphone lead over iPhone, BlackBerryNational Business Review - 8 Jun, 2011Click to zoom (Palm is now owned by HP; Symbian is Nokia's smartphone OS ... or at least it is until a new partnership with Microsoft produces new Nokia models based on the Windows Phone OS). The rising adoption of smartphones in the US has created a ... |
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Android Could Capture Half of Smartphone Market in 2011infoSync World - Sindre Lia - Jun 7, 2011Android adoption is steadily growing and the OS could capture almost half of the US smartphone market in 2011. The choices for those who are considering a cheap, yet powerful, smartphone have never been better. ... |
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RIM Looks Like An Also-Ran But Stock Still Has Good ValueForbes (blog) - Jun 7, 2011Research in Motion has consistently lost market share in the US smartphone market for the last few months. According to a recent report from Comscore, RIM's US market share declined from around 30% in January 2011 to 26% in April 2011. ... |
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Is it time to switch your mobile OS?CNET (blog) - Nicole Lee - Jun 6, 2011If you were waiting for today's iOS 5 announcement to decide on whether you should make the jump to the iPhone, you might still be waiting. While the improvements are welcome--we're keen on the Camera app shortcuts, for example--many of ... |
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Android grows in top US smartphone spot, with iPhone secondComputerworld - Matt Hamblen - Jun 6, 2011Computerworld - Google's Android continued as the top smartphone operating system in the US in comScore's latest ranking, while Apple's iPhone displaced the BlackBerry for second place. Android and iPhone devices both gained in ... |
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Google Android, a Summer BlockbusterTheStreet.com - Scott Moritz - 8 Jun, 2011NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Summer should be a scorcher for Google's(GOOG) Android phones as Apple(AAPL) and Research In Motion(RIMM) delay new models until fall. Androids like LG's Revolution, HTC's Sensation, ... |
HTC, Samsung Android Smartphones to Steal Market Share from Apple, Nokia, RIM ...StreetInsider.com (subscription) - 8 Jun, 2011With Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), Nokia (NYSE: NOK), and Research in Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) not coming out with any new models in the third quarter, Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) Android-based smartphone vendors, which include HTC and Samsung Electronics, ... |
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Have games, will travel: Hot summer games for on-the-go smartphone ownersCanada.com - Marc Saltzman - 8 Jun, 2011With tens of thousands of games now available for all the major smartphones - including iPhone, Android and BlackBerry - you can bet your bitmaps there's no shortage of digital diversions for all tastes ... |
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Explaining RIM BlackBerry decline: falling behind in appsProduct Reviews - Marlon Votta - 8 Jun, 2011With Apple and Android phones updating new features recently has this amounted to a decline in RIM BlackBerry and is it falling behind in apps. In an article on Mashable, Sarah Kessler reports that it seems to be apps and not Apple are killing ... |
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Apple's Going To Start Releasing New iPhones And iPads Every 6 Months To ...Business Insider - 8 Jun, 2011Apple is going to accelerate its iPhone and iPad release schedule to 2 upgrades a year to better compete with the onslaught of competitors, says Adnaan Ahmad of Berenberg Bank. Ahmad also thinks Apple will soon release a "cheap" iPhone priced in the ... |
Android phones set to grab more share in 3Q11 as no new models from Apple ...Digitimes - Daniel Shen, Steve Shen - 8 Jun, 2011Android-based smartphone vendors including HTC and Samsung Electronics apparently will draw a great opportunity to boost their market share globally in the third quarter in the absence of new models from Apple, Nokia and RIM (Research in Motion), ... |
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Why Apps, Not Apple, Are Killing BlackBerryMashable - Sarah Kessler - 8 Jun, 2011Apple just announced free cloud storage and a slew of cool new features for iOS 5. Google announced a tap and pay system for Android phones earlier this week. And what has RIM, the third major smartphone player, done for us lately? ... |
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Trend: comScore MobiLens Results UnveiledTreoCentral - Annie Latham - 8 Jun, 2011On Friday, comScore, a global leader in measuring the digital world and preferred source of digital business analytics, released data from their comScore MobiLens service, which covers key trends in the US mobile phone industry. ... |
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Can an iPhone user switch to Android for a month? Part 2: The Little DifferencesHydrapinion - Alex Kidman - 8 Jun, 2011So, I'm into my second week of replacing my iPhone 3GS with a Samsung Galaxy S II Android smartphone. If you're not sure why, read last week's column first. I'll still be here once you're done. All good? Sitting comfortably? ... |
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BlackBerry's Mobile Market Share Is Well Below Google, Apple: ComscoreTMC Net - Ed Silverstein - 8 Jun, 2011BlackBerry is definitely in third place â€" behind Google and Apple (News - Alert) â€" for mobile market share of operating systems, according to media reports. Based on data provided by Comscore, Google's Android OS ... |
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ComScore Reveals US Mobile Subscriber Market Share for April 2011TMC Net - Sujata Garud - Jun 7, 2011A global leader in measuring the digital world and preferred source of digital business analytics, comScore Inc, reported key trends in the US mobile phone industry for the three month period ending April 2011. More than 30000 US mobile ... |
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BlackBerry drops to 3rd in mobile market shareInman.com - Jun 7, 2011By Inman News, Tuesday, June 7, 2011. For the first time, Research in Motion's BlackBerry platform has dropped to third in market share among smartphone users, behind Google's Android and Apple's iPhone platforms, according to a report by metrics ... |
Android US Smartphone Growth ContinuesClickZ News - Jun 7, 2011The number of US smartphones running on Googles's Android operating system continued to grow in the three months ending April 2011, and outpaced the number installed with Apple's iOS platform. According to data from comScore, 74.6 million people in the ... |
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Smartphone Market: iPhone Now Beating BlackBerryInternational Business Times - James Lee Phillips - Jun 7, 2011In the United States smartphone market, the medals have been shuffled: the iPhone is now silver, the BlackBerry booted to bronze, and the Android stays golden. The leading reports on the smartphone ... |
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Cyber Attacks Targeting Google Android SmartphonesThe BQB (press release) - Jun 7, 2011Competition is expected in any market and with smartphones increasing in popularity, Google and Apple are being criticized for pushing their products out, regardless of the cyber attacks looming on their security systems. ... |
ChrisD.ca Launches New Mobile-Friendly WebsiteChrisD.ca (blog) - Jun 7, 2011Type ChrisD.ca into your mobile browser. Your smartphone will automatically bring up the mobile version of our website. Today ChrisD.ca officially launched a revamped version of our mobile website for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and Windows smartphone ... |
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Among The Apple Announcements, No Move Toward 4G24/7 Wall St. (blog) - Jun 7, 2011Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced its new iCloud multimedia storage system and a new version of its OS called Lion. Nothing was said about updated versions of the iPad or iPhone at Apple's World Wide Developer Conference 2011. ... |
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Samsung assumes top spot in US among handset manufacturersComputer Business Review - Jun 6, 2011Samsung has become the top handset manufacturer overall with 24.5% market share in the US, while Google Android led among smartphone platforms with 36.4% market share, according to a comScore report showing key trends during the three month average ... |
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IPhone 4 Dethrones BlackBerry for Top SpotMobiledia - Peter Ferenczi - Jun 6, 2011Carriers worldwide sold more iPhone 4s in the first quarter than any other smartphone, suggesting Apple may benefit from holding off on the iPhone 5. Strategy Analytics said the iPhone 4 knocked BlackBerry ... |
yARN: Android and iOS are galaxies apartARNnet - Jun 6, 2011Mobile phone operating systems are like sporting teams for geeks. You pick a side, invest in the paraphernalia that announces your allegiances and spend your free time shouting at the referee (or online forums, as it were). At the moment, the entire ... |
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Apple iOS5 = RIP BlackBerry?The Smoking Section - Jun 6, 2011As jaw-dropping as the iPhone was upon its original release, the competition quickly caught up, exploiting things like Apple's rigid no flash media policies. In all the commotion, Android quietly crept up as the leading antiPhone, capitalizing on ... |
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