Market research firm Canalys today named Apple the leading worldwide client PC vendor in Q4 2011. Apple owes its success to its iPad tablets which Canalysis includes in the client PC category (desktops, netbooks, notebooks, and tablets or pads as Canalys calls them). Apple shipped some 20 million PCs (15 million iPads and five million Macs), giving it a 17% […]
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Apple regains smartphone crown in Q4 2011
With shipments of over 37 million iPhones in its last quarter, it should not come as any surprise that Apple has regained the smartphone lead in Q4 2011. The Strategy Analytics report found that 155 million smartphones were shipped in the last quarter with Apple taking a 24% market share. According to its findings, Apple shipped 37 million smartphones (good […]
Nokia owns 45% of second generation Windows Phone device market?
Using data provided by Occasional Gamer, WMPowerUser has determined the relative market share of different Windows Phone manufacturers. It not only looks at the overall Windows Phone market but also focuses on how manufacturers are faring with second generation devices. Assuming that these numbers are reflective of the overall market, it appears that Nokia is quickly establishing itself as the […]
U.S. tablet and eReader ownership almost doubles over holidays
Tablets and eReaders were popular gifts this holiday season. According to the Pew Research Center, both types of devices saw U.S. ownership jump from 10% to 19% between mid-December and early January. These findings are striking because they come after a period from mid-2011 into the autumn in which there was not much change in the ownership of tablets and […]
Infographic: Mr. Android in 2011
Google’s Android mobile operating system had a banner year in 2011. But who are all these people who chose this operating system for their mobile devices? BlueStacks, the company behind an app that lets you run Android apps fullscreen on a PC or Windows tablet, built a profile together based on some of its over 145,000 Facebook fans. Data was […]
6.8 million iOS and Android devices activated on Christmas Day
More than a few found either an Android or an iOS device under the Christmas tree this year according to Flurry Analytics. They found that 6.8 million Android and iOS devices were activated on Christmas Day alone. In comparison, activations on Christmas Day 2010, the previous single-day record, had reached 2.8 million. Google was quick to announce a new record […]
Apple and Android continue to gain U.S. smartphone market share
The latest comScore report shows that Apple’s iOS and Android continued to gain smartphone market share in the United States between August and November 2011. Between the two of them, they owned over 71% of the overall marketshare in November 2011. comScore found that 91.4 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones in this three month period (an 8% increase […]
Smartphone adoption rate in Canada reaches 40%
According to the latest Comscore report, more and more Canadians are using smartphones. In September 2011, some 20.1 million Canadians ages 13 and older used mobile devices. Of those, 8 million owned smartphones, representing 40 percent of the mobile market in Canada and a 7% gain in the last six months alone. The top smartphone platform in Canada was RIM […]