HP CEO Meg Whitman today reiterated that the beleaguered manufacturer will not launch any smartphones in 2013 but intends to reenter the market at a future point. While being interviewed during the Gartner Symposium IT Expo, she explained that HP will eventually need to offer “a full range of devices” spanning everything “from the workstation to desktops to laptops, to […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Smartphone market to be a tough nut to crack for PC makers?
Market research firm expects that many personal computer (PC) vendors will jump into the smartphone arena over the next few years (or already have). With computer sales not growing as they used to, PC vendors will need to look at new opportunities for continued growth. The smartphone market shows a lot promise. In 2009 alone, it grew by 29 percent […]
Rogers to rebrand smartphones as Webphones?
Rogers Wireless appears set to rebrand its smartphones as Webphones. The move will begin with the introduction of new phones and reduced pricing (with eligible three-year data plans) on existing ones: The Android-powered LG Eve (3-inch touchscreen, GPS, Wi-Fi, 5MP camera) for CA$49.99 The BlackBerry Bold 9000 in white and the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 will be offered for CA$99.99 […]