HTC could vault past Apple to become the top US smartphone vendor thanks to strong sales of its Android-based smartphones on all four major US carriers. HTC is also getting some help from some of its competitors as Apple’s next iPhone has yet to be announced and RIM is also rumoured to be delaying the launch of next generation products. […]
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LTE subscriptions to grow 3400% by 2015
As more carriers deploy their LTE networks, In-Stat, a research firm, expects that LTE subscriptions will explode over the next few years. It predicts that they will grow by 3,400% between now and 2015. “Although there are regional variations in the adoption of cellular services, due in part to current available technology, LTE will clearly be the 4G service of […]
Windows Phone 7 sales disappoint AT&T
In an interview with Ina Fried during the D9 conference, AT&T CEO Ralph De La Vega revealed that Windows Phone 7 devices are not selling as well as it and Microsoft had hoped. “We actually like that software very, very much,” De La Vega said. “It hasn’t sold as well as Microsoft or us would want it to.” At the […]
Android and iOS continue US growth at expense of others
The latest US mobile subscriber market share report from comScore shows that Google Android and Apple iOS continued to grow in the three month average period ending April 2011. That growth came at the expense of RIM, Microsoft, Palm which all saw their market share drop over the same period. Here are the latest results: Jan-11 Apr-11 Point change […]
RIM BlackBerry PlayBook sales top 250,000 units?
While RIM has yet to provide any official sales figures for the just-launched BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, RBC analyst Mike Abramsky (who estimated first day sales at about 50,000 units) now estimates that the company has sold about 250,000 units. Sales are described as “steady” and could top 500,000 tablets in its debut quarter. Abramsky also found that PlayBook returns are […]
Smartphone shipments just under 100 million in Q1 2011
IDC reported today that worldwide smartphone shipments grew 79.7 percent year over year in Q1 2011. 99.6 million smartphones were shipped compared to a ‘mere’ 55.4 million in Q1 2010. “Conditions in the smartphone market are creating a perfect storm for sustained smartphone growth,” says Ramon Llamas, senior research analyst with IDC’s Mobile Phone Technology and Trends team. “First, vendors […]
Android and Windows Phone top mobile operating systems in 2015?
A new IDC report predicts that Google Android and Microsoft Windows Mobile will be the dominant mobile operating systems by 2015. Android is expected to take the top spot this year while Nokia’s partnership with Microsoft is expected to have “significant implications for the smartphone market going forward.” RIM and Apple are expected to continue to battle it out for […]
HTC to ship 10 million 4G smartphones in 2011?
Digitimes reports that HTC could ship over 10 million 4G (both LTE and WiMAX) smartphones in 2011, accounting for up to 20 percent of its overall smartphone shipments. Aside from Verizon and Sprint, HTC could also ship devices to customers in Europe and Japan. In 2010, HTC shipped about 3 million 4G smartphones, namely the HTC EVO 4G. Digitimes also […]