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Android Hits 51% Smartphone Use, Says comScore
Explore techweekeurope.co.uk (May 2 2012) Marketing , Mobility
Worrying news for Microsoft after figures revealed iOS and Android continued to grow their smartphone marketshare Android Hits ......market, ranking third with 14 percent of mobile subscribers (up 1.6 percentage points), followed by Motorola with 12.8 percent and HTC with 6 percent. More than 106 million people in the United States owned s...
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Google Driving into the Enterprise
Explore No Jitter (Apr 25 2012)
...the problem was already being addressed by several providers including DropBox, Box, SugarSync, and Microsoft's SkyDrive. All of these, including Google now, follow a freemium model with some unique twists, bu......purchased in the Google Play store, and additional phones and tablets are expected (likely from the Motorola acquisition). The key attraction is that the phone is pure Google--no carrier-added software and no... (Read Full Article)
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Analysts debate whether carriers will cut Apple's iPhone subsidies
Explore FierceWireless (Apr 24 2012)
...n and Sprint * Analysts debate whether carriers will cut Apple's iPhone subsidies * Google turns to Motorola's Webtop to battle Apple, Microsoft * Huawei's 2011 profit drops 53% despite jump in revenue * Huawei's Plummer: Our products are secur... (Read Full Article)
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Google planning to brand and sell Android tablets
Explore Channel Register (Mar 30 2012) Marketing
...-2012. According to the report, Google will start producing tablets once the $12.5bn acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings is cleared by the Chinese authorities - the deal has been approved in the US sand......per cent market share worldwide and Apple's iOS had 64 per cent with others - including HP, RIM and Microsoft - constituting the remainder, Canalys revealed. Tim Coulling, analyst at Canalys, described the eco... (Read Full Article)
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Gartner Says Worldwide Smartphone Sales Soared in Fourth Quarter of 2011 With
Explore gartner.com (Feb 14 2012) Marketing
...her at the top of the market as their brands and new products clearly stood out. LG, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and Research In Motion (RIM) again recorded disappointing results as they struggled to improve volu......e Lumia 710 and 800, made their debut, but, as expected, sales were not enough to prevent a fall in Microsoft's smartphone market share. Table 3 Worldwide Smartphone Sales to End Users by Operating ... (Read Full Article)
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Motorola 'demands' 2.25% of all iPhone, iPad sales
Explore FierceWireless (Feb 7 2012)
...ompanies licensing Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android platform, including HTC, LG and Samsung. However, Microsoft hasn't inked a deal with Motorola, which Google is in the process of acquiring. Companies instigate patent battles in order to gene... (Read Full Article)
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Study: Tablet Market To Hit 125 Million Units
Explore techweekeurope.co.uk (Feb 7 2012) Marketing
...sales of Apple and Android tablets will continue to boost the market this year, with some help from Microsoft's Windows 8 Study: Tablet Market To Hit 125 Million Units Analysts predict that strong sales of A......re initially price too high compared to the iPad, which started at $500 (£317) for the Wi-Fi model. Motorola Mobility sold its Xoom Android “Honeycomb” tablet for $699 on contract a year ago ...
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Microsoft to Pay AT&T Employees to Sell Windows Devices
Explore IP Carrier (Jan 26 2012) Marketing
Microsoft apparently plans to pay AT&T staff $10 to $15 for each Windows Phone handset sold as a direct resul......ions are clear enough. If you like high-end Android devices, do not buy them from Verizon. Both the Motorola Droid RAZR and the just released Google-branded Samsung Galaxy Nexus are $299 with a two year Veriz...
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Clearwire doubles Q4 revenue, adds 900K wholesale subs
Explore FierceWireless (Jan 24 2012)
...rops, but carriers, competitors aren't cashing in * Year in review 2011: Nokia forges alliance with Microsoft as Android dominates * Year in review 2011: Google buys Motorola amid raging patent wars * The 3 things that RIM's new CEO needs to execute on: devices, carriers, ...
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Will the mobile industry take over the digital living room?
Explore FierceWireless (Jan 11 2012) Mobility
...s Show here is the growing role of the wireless industry in the living room. Companies ranging from Motorola Mobility (NYSE:MMI) to Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) to Broadcom to Intel to Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) are playi......nd its Android business likely will be further integrated into Google TV in the future. Separately, Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Xbox is rapidly staking out a position beyond console gaming by being able to ...
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Apple vs. Samsung and the reality of the Android ecosystem
...na's ZTE and Huawei aiming for the lower end of the business, is there is room for HTC, LG, Sony or Motorola? Apple vs. Samsung and the reality of the Android ecosystem By Om Malik Jan. 10, 2012, 5:22am PT 1 ...... day have the spine to state it publicly but all of which have now come up with their “plan B”), 2. Microsoft extracting licensing fees from these ...
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Nicoll: LTE, VoLTE and HSPA+42 will highlight 2012
Explore FierceWireless (Jan 3 2012) Business Models , Marketing , Mobility
...rops, but carriers, competitors aren't cashing in * Year in review 2011: Nokia forges alliance with Microsoft as Android dominates * Year in review 2011: Google buys Motorola amid raging patent wars * Year in review 2011: Sprint, Clearwire pick LTE, focus shifts to network ... (Read Full Article)
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Report: RIM prepares to name new chairman amid investor pressure
Explore FierceWireless (Jan 3 2012)
...rops, but carriers, competitors aren't cashing in * Year in review 2011: Nokia forges alliance with Microsoft as Android dominates * Year in review 2011: Google buys Motorola amid raging patent wars * Year in review 2011: Sprint, Clearwire pick LTE, focus shifts to network ... (Read Full Article)
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Verizon hit with third LTE outage in December
Explore FierceWireless (Dec 29 2011) Mobility
...rops, but carriers, competitors aren't cashing in * Year in review 2011: Nokia forges alliance with Microsoft as Android dominates * Year in review 2011: Google buys Motorola amid raging patent wars * Year in review 2011: Sprint, Clearwire pick LTE, focus shifts to network ...
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Is Windows Phone's consumer focus killing it?
Explore Ars Technica (Dec 28 2011)
Charlie Kindel, a 21-year Microsoft veteran who left the company in September 2011 to start his own company, described on Monday his vi......a move would be a logical way forward—Apple builds its own hardware, and Google will do so once the Motorola purchase is finalized—it's not something that can be rushed into. It will anger the current hardwar...
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A look back at mobile predictions for 2011
... Nexus from overseas: It removes the carrier control from my handset and gives it to me instead. * “Motorola Mobility will have a solid first year due to Android phones and tablets, but won’t see huge growth ......ined sales of Android tablets will be close behind at the end of 2011. Consumers will still pass up Microsoft Windows 7 tablets.” — The iPad still dominates tablet sales and by most measures ...
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IPTV vs. Cable - What's the difference?
Explore TELEPHONY Online (Dec 26 2011) Applications
...of multiple Webcasts, I think what Verizon announced with its second generation of FiOS TV and what Microsoft added to its IPTV platform with the integration of Xbox 360 and Xbox Live elevates IPTV above the o......'t have yet. That's not to imply telcos have a serious competitive advantage over the entire field. Motorola is also delivering new set-top boxes to Comcast that will enable place-shifting of music ...
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It’s Still A Feature Phone World: Global Smartphone Penetration At 27%
Explore TechCrunch (Nov 28 2011) Mobility
...o move from Symbian to Windows Phone allowed other Android players an edge, including Samsung, HTC, Motorola, LG, Sony-Ericsson as well as newcomers like Huawei, ZTE, Acer, Dell and Asus. Despite the numero......dows Phone, the jury’s still out on whether or not there’s even room for a third player and whether Microsoft, with Nokia’s help, can move into position number three. Although the report doesn’t ...
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Android Powers 45% of U.S. Smartphones: ComScore
Explore The Cable Industry Book (Nov 4 2011) Mobility
...largest handset supplier in the U.S. with 25.3% of U.S. mobile subscribers, followed by LG (20.6%), Motorola (13.8%), Apple (10.2%) and RIM (7.1%). Overall, about 234 million Americans aged 13 and older used ......m grew from 26.6% to 27.4% in the September figures. RIM ranked third with 18.9% share, followed by Microsoft (5.6%) and Symbian (1.8%). Read more ... (Read Full Article)
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HTC’s meteoric rise is starting to fizzle
Explore GigaOM (Oct 31 2011) Marketing
...wded There’s little doubt that HTC’s recent rise is due to the company transitioning away from Microsoft’s old Windows Mobile platform and then embracing Google Android early. The company has seen huge ju...... as of September. Samsung isn’t the only Android competitor that HTC is facing. LG, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, ZTE and Huawei are just a few of those also using Google’s platform.
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Microsoft collects license fees on 50% of Android devices, tells Google to "wake up"
Explore Ars Technica (Oct 23 2011)
...ed into 1,133 agreements to license its patents to other companies. Regarding Android specifically, Microsoft has sued vendors that haven’t paid up, including Motorola, whose mobile division is in the process of being purchased by Google. You are probably wondering w...
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Report: Android tablet market share grows from 2.3% to 26.9% in 12 months
Explore FierceWireless (Oct 21 2011) Marketing
...ket, up from 2.3 percent in the year-ago period, reflecting growth from entrants including HTC, LG, Motorola Mobility (NYSE:MMI) and Samsung as well as smaller players like Acer and Dell. In January, Motorola unveiled its Xoom tablet, the first gadget running Android 3.0, or Honeycomb, which was designed sp......ndroid 3.0, or Honeycomb, which was designed specifically for tablets.
Meanwhile, tablets running Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT ...
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Google+ Grows to 40M Users, Revenue Nears $10bn
Explore da.feedsportal.com (Oct 14 2011)
...look very different in five years’ time.” Google in Q3 also announced its intention to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, a play to gain over 17,000 patents to shore up its defences against App......ility for $12.5 billion, a play to gain over 17,000 patents to shore up its defences against Apple, Microsoft and other erstwhile litigants looking to sue the company to halt the ...
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Google's Schmidt: We won't 'screw up' Android with Motorola deal
Explore FierceWireless (Oct 3 2011) Marketing
...aid. "That's been the pattern in all other industries, and I'd expect something similar in ours." Microsoft last week struck a wide-ranging patent agreement with Samsung in which Samsung will pay Microsoft a royalty for every Android smartphone and tablet it sells. Microsoft also has a similar deal with HTC, and in making the Samsung announcement Microsoft lawyers specifically noted that Motorola, which Microsoft sued for infringement before ... (Read Full Article)
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