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Samsung, Apple continue smartphone market share tug-of-war
Explore Ars Technica (May 1 2012) Marketing , Mobility
As Nokia continues to give up market share, Samsung and Apple are persisting in their tug-of-war to lay claim as the world's top smartphone vendor. And...
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Samsung Takes Global Lead in Mobile Phone Share
Explore IP Carrier (May 1 2012) Marketing , Mobility
Samsung displaced longtime mobile device market share leader Nokia as the world's top mobile phone vendor. According to International Data Corporation, vendors shippe... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Samsung Nokia International Data Corporation
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MetroPCS targets fall for cheaper LTE smartphones, VoLTE
Explore FierceWireless (Apr 26 2012) Marketing
...of these network improvements are included in that amount. MetroPCS COO Tom Keys said Huawei, LG, Samsung and ZTE are providing low-cost LTE Android smartphones that MetroPCS hopes to retail in the $99 to ......ghest paid executives in wireless in 2011 * Wireless in the first quarter of 2012 * Sound Off: Will Nokia's Lumia 900 from AT&T be a hit? * Will today's next-generation MVNOs shake up the U ... (Read Full Article)
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Google to sell unlocked HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus for $399
Explore FierceWireless (Apr 24 2012) Marketing , Mobility
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) said it will sell an unlocked, HSPA+ version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone via its Google Play store for $399, marking a return to direct Android smar......ghest paid executives in wireless in 2011 * Wireless in the first quarter of 2012 * Sound Off: Will Nokia's Lumia 900 from AT&T be a hit? * Will today's next-generation MVNOs shake up the U.S.
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Microsoft Smart Phone Market Share Keeps Falling
Explore IP Carrier (Apr 23 2012) Marketing
Apple is the clear winner in the smart phone business so far, though Samsung has made important strides. And though nobody should count them out, Microsoft, Research in Motion ...... made important strides. And though nobody should count them out, Microsoft, Research in Motion and Nokia are struggling. But it is in the area of smart phone profits that Apple is unusual. Profitabili... (Read Full Article)
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Nokia's Q1 sales plunge as company posts $1.2B loss
Explore FierceWireless (Apr 19 2012) Marketing
Nokia (NYSE:NOK), struggling to gain traction in its planned smartphone turnaround using Microsoft's (NAS......wake of Moody's downgradeNokia must take radical steps to stop its continued declineNokia succumbs: Samsung likely to be world's largest handset maker in Q1Nokia sold 2M Lumia smartphones in Q1, but cuts out... (Read Full Article)
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Sprint targets 2014 to use 800 MHz for LTE
Explore FierceWireless (Apr 12 2012) Mobility
...014 to use 800 MHz for LTE * Jefferies: Q1 could be 'weakest in years' for U.S. wireless carriers * Nokia succumbs: Samsung likely to be world's largest handset maker in Q1 * Sony CEO plans to use smartphones to revive aili... (Read Full Article)
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Joyn is SMS version 2.0, but will it help carriers stem the OTT tide?
Explore FierceWireless (Mar 29 2012) Marketing , Mobility
...matically work across any phone with the proper software.
According to the GSMA, HTC, Huawei, LG, Nokia (NYSE:NOK), Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM), Samsung, Sony and ZTE are all in various stages of putting the software into their phones. On the operator ...
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Comment Mentions: Telefonica Vodafone KPN
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In U.S. Market, Samsung is Top Device, Android Top OS
Explore IP Carrier (Mar 6 2012) Marketing , Mobility
Samsung was the top handset manufacturer in the U.S. market in the fourth quarter of 2011, with 25.4 percen......rld’s largest and most valuable consumer electronics markets, Strategy Analytics says. In contrast, Nokia’s smart phone market share was cut in half from 2011 to 2011, dropping from 33 percent in 2010 to 1... (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
...4Q11 (Thousands of Units) Company 4Q11 Units 4Q11 Market Share (%) 4Q10 Units 4Q10 Market Share (%) Nokia 111,699.4 23.4 122,278.1 27.1 Samsung 92,682.3 19.4 79,168.7 17.5 Apple 35,456.0 7.4 16,011.1 3.5 ZTE 18,915.1 4.0 9,033.9 2.0 LG Electro... (Read Full Article)
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Top 3 U.S. Smart Phones are Apple, Apple, Apple
Explore IP Carrier (Feb 6 2012) Marketing
... estimate by Strategy Analytics of market share in the global handset business. Globally, Apple and Samsung have, over the last 12 months, surged to the top of the charts in terms of smart phone sales volume......rld’s largest and most valuable consumer electronics markets, Strategy Analytics says. In contrast, Nokia’s smart phone market share was cut in half from 2011 to 2011, dropping from 33 percent in 2010 ... (Read Full Article)
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Smart Phone Shipments Exceed PCs for First Time
Explore IP Carrier (Feb 3 2012) Marketing
... new record for the most smart phones shipped globally by any single vendor in one quarter, beating Nokia’s previous record of 28.3 million shipped in the fourth quarter of 2010. Moreover, Apple’s perf......s. Apple shipped 93.1 million iPhones in 2011, representing growth of 96 percent over 2010. Samsung shipped 35.3 million Samsung-branded smart phones in the fourth quarter of 2011, for a total ... (Read Full Article)
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Apple now third largest mobile phone vendor as feature phones fade
Explore Ars Technica (Feb 2 2012) Marketing , Mobility
... pushed the company into third place among all mobile phone vendors, up from fifth place last year. Samsung's strong smartphone sales kept it in second place, but edged it closer in marketshare to the declin......pt it in second place, but edged it closer in marketshare to the declining long-time market leader, Nokia.
The overall mobile market grew just 6.1 percent year-over-year for the fourth quarter, less tha...
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Profitability Now Drives Smartphone Business
Explore tmcnet.com (Jan 27 2012) Marketing
...rategy Analytics (News - Alert) of market share in the global handset business. Globally, Apple and Samsung have, over the last 12 months, surged to the top of the charts in terms of smartphone sales volume.......rld’s largest and most valuable consumer electronics markets, Strategy Analytics says. In contrast, Nokia’s smart phone market share was cut in half from 2010 to 2011, dropping from 33 percent in 2010 to ...
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Apple, Samsung Earn 81% of All Mobile Phone Profits
Explore IP Carrier (Jan 27 2012) Marketing
... estimate by Strategy Analytics of market share in the global handset business. Globally, Apple and Samsung have, over the last 12 months, surged to the top of the charts in terms of smart phone sales volume......rld’s largest and most valuable consumer electronics markets, Strategy Analytics says. In contrast, Nokia’s smart phone market share was cut in half from 2011 to 2011, dropping from 33 percent in 2010 ...
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RIM brings in new CEO but will it be enough?
...censing its technology to other technology players. The latest rumor involved RIM trying to sell to Samsung, which promptly denied any interest. The company is being left behind in the smartphone race by Goo......is in danger of being passed by a resurgent Microsoft, which is looking to use its partnership with Nokia to turn its Windows Phone platform into a viable third player in the market. In the latest ...
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Consumerization of IT: Is It More than Just Bring-Your-Own (Mobile) Device?
Explore No Jitter (Jan 19 2012)
...vides a "TV Phone" connection over any television set with connectivity to tablets and smartphones. Samsung announced their vision for providing connectivity across their entire catalog of TVs, mobile phones...... Gmail but has no interface with business platforms such as GoToMeeting, Webex or AT&T Connect. The Nokia Lumia with Windows Phone debuted with only a future promise of a Skype client, despite Microsoft's ... (Read Full Article)
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2011 in Review, Reviewed: Telco 2.0 News Review
Explore STL Partners (Jan 3 2012) Business Models
... done that for years in the enterprise, but never before in consumer. Oddly, no mention of Skype or Nokia in there. Telecoms.com has predictions for 2012 in networks - they're expecting heavy investment......d that Google Wallet is in fact present in the devices Verizon asked Google to omit it from. And Samsung - which had a banner year selling Android devices by the sack all over the world - lines ... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Qualcomm IMS Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Is Windows Phone's consumer focus killing it?
Explore Ars Technica (Dec 28 2011)
...nd one that's willing to promote Windows Phone above all others—something that couldn't be said for Samsung, HTC, et al. The Nokia partnership goes a long way toward satisfying one of stakeholder problems that Kindel described, pu...
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Nokia says we are Fed up With iPhones
Explore blog.tmcnet.com (Dec 13 2011) Marketing
...nd PCs for many many years.
Disclosure: I own Apple shares.
Tags: apple, ios, mango, microsoft, nokia, samsung, siri, windows phone 7
Related tags: music players, apple, different, phone, iphone, market
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Comment Mentions: Microsoft Samsung Communications and Technology Blog
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FTC asked to investigate Carrier IQ practices
Explore TELEPHONY Online (Dec 6 2011)
...acy rights and two class-action suits being filed against Carrier IQ, HTC, and in one instance also Samsung. Carrier IQ is a company and a software that's installed on mobile phones to provide performance fe...... Reuters, Research In Motion has said that it doesn't install or authorize the Carrier IQ software, Nokia said that its phones don't use it either, and Apple acknowledged that iPhones running iOS ...
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Comment Mentions: Rich Karpinski Samsung AT&T
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It’s Still A Feature Phone World: Global Smartphone Penetration At 27%
Explore TechCrunch (Nov 28 2011) Mobility
...s slow to react to the iPhone’s coming, and steadily lost ground in the high-end smartphone market. Nokia’s decision to 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. Despi...
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Over Half Of Smartphone Sales Are Android: Gartner
Explore da.feedsportal.com (Nov 16 2011) Marketing
...tphone pie from Q3 2010, took share from all of its rivals. Symbian beaten down The platform bested Nokia’s Symbian platform at 17 percent, down from 36 percent a year ago; Apple iOS, which dipped to 15 pe......llion units in the third quarter, as smartphone sales made up 26 percent of all mobile phone sales. Samsung was the biggest beneficiary on the Android front, tripling sales to reach ...
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With 4S Now Tops Among Big 3, Apple Grabs 52% Of Industry Profits; Doles Out Huge Bonuses
Explore TechCrunch (Nov 5 2011)
...the top eight vendors is impressive in spite of the relatively small percentage of iPhones shipped, Samsung’s meteoric rise is certainly worthy of note. According to Walkley, Samsung gained 11 points of value share thanks largely in part to the Android Galaxy S II, while RIM and Nokia continued to slip. Of course, while most groan over RIM’s future, at least Nokia is making a play at Windows ...
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