Some 129.4 million Americans owned smartphones during the three-month period ending this January, up 7% since October for a market penetration of 55%, according to comScore’s latest MobiLens report. Apple topped the ranks of smartphone OEMs as its U.S. market share increased 3.5% to 37.8%...Learn More

Global smartphone shipments totaled a record high 700 million in 2012, a 43% year-over-year increase, according to the latest data from Strategy Analytics. Samsung’s star outshone that of other handset manufacturers, in capturing a 30% share of the worldwide market and widening its lead over...Learn More

Smartphone owners use their devices in ways that are both similar to and different from the way they use their personal computers, according to an online survey recently conducted by The Harris Poll of 2,383 adults, 991 of whom own and use a smartphone. At...Learn More

The telecom industry is accustomed to conflict. Recent battles have been fought over network platforms, apps, and the electromagnetic spectrum. And the next set of transformational battle lines are already drawn in areas such as home automation and connected cars. As with past industry transformations,...Learn More

Smartphone shipments will reach 567 million in 2012, and double by 2016, according to the latest research from NPD DisplaySearch. The fast pace of new model introductions, such as the much-anticipated iPhone 5, will continue, fueling the increase. Nonetheless, the actual volume of new smartphone...Learn More

Smartphone shipments will meet and exceed those of older feature phones a full two years sooner than previously anticipated, according to a new report from IHS iSuppli. Growing demand in developed markets and unexpectedly high demand from emerging markets will drive smartphone shipments to account...Learn More

Offering further evidence of just how strongly smartphone users have become attached to their mobile devices, more than 2/3 of respondents to an Online Publishers Association (OPA) survey said they “cannot live without them.” The population of smartphone users continues to grow rapidly: an estimated...Learn More

Smartphones using either Apple’s iOS or Google’s Android mobile operating systems (OS) continue to dominate the global market. Taken together, 85% of all smartphones shipped in 2Q were equipped with one or the other, a new combined high, according to the latest data from IDC....Learn More

NBC Universal is making a huge effort not only to cover and distribute more Olympic Games coverage than ever before, but also, is undertaking a major research effort into the results of its coverage; using multiple outside research providers to crunch the data.  While we...Learn More

Totaling 24 million units, U.S. smartphone shipments dropped 5% annually in 2Q, according to the latest results from Strategy Analytics’ research. “Smartphone shipments fell 5 percent annually to reach 23.8 million units in the United States in Q2 2012, commented Associate Director Alex Spektor in...Learn More

Some 36 million mobile apps will be downloaded worldwide via smartphones in 2012– which works out to an average of nearly 37 native apps for the average smartphone subscriber over the course of the year, according to a new forecast from ABI Research. The number...Learn More

Google’s Android continued to gain market share, capturing 50.9% of the U.S. smartphone market between March and May, according to ComScore’s MobiLens service.  Samsung maintained its leading position as the top manufacturer of mobile handsets with a 25.7% market share. Some 234 million Americans ages...Learn More