Market research firm IDC has published the latest edition of its Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. The report indicates that smartphone shipments show no sign of slowing down. Shipments will reach 472 million in 2011 (up 55% from 2010 when 305 million shipped) and will nearly double by 2015 to 982 million by 2015. Among the factors cited supporting this […]
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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 […]
Microsoft buys Nokia’s phone division for US$19 billion?
Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin is hinting via Twitter that Microsoft has agreed to buy Nokia’s mobile phone division for US$19 billion. One small software company decided last week that they could spent 19 bln USD to buy a part of small phone vendor. Thats it. A few weeks ago, Murtazin first revealed that the two companies had begun negotiations over […]
Nokia more confident first Windows Phone to be released in 2011
Nokia today lowered its second-quarter and full-year guidance for the 2011 calendar year, causing its stock to plummet. It cited competitive pressures, cheaper devices with lower margins, and “pricing tactics” as the reasons that Devices & Services net sales would be “substantially below its previously expected range of EUR 6.1 billion to EUR 6.6 billion for the second quarter 2011.” […]
HTC working on 12-MP camera Windows Phone smartphone?
Rumours have been swirling for a while that HTC is working on a Windows Phone device with a high megapixel count camera. Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin yesterday tweeted pictures of such a device. They show a device looks very much like the HTC Trophy but comes with a 12MP camera capable of shooting RAW.
HTC remains committed to Windows Phone 7
Microsoft confirmed yesterday that HTC will be one of the manufacturers to release new devices powered by the Mango version of Windows Phone later this year. HTC CEO Peter Chou later confirmed to Reuters that the company is already hard at work on those devices. “We have some Windows Mango phones. We are very committed to Windows phone products,” Chou […]
Windows Phone Mango device partner lineup
In addition to unveiling the upcoming Windows Phone Mango update at today’s event, Microsoft also announced which manufacturers would offer devices running the OS. Samsung, HTC, and LG are all back (where is Dell?), promising new devices including some 4G ones. Joining them will be Acer, Fujitsu, Nokia (courtesy of its new partnership) and ZTE. These new devices will all […]