Global market shares for Android and iOS smartphones edged even higher in both 4Q and all of 2014, moving Google and Apple closer to complete market domination, according to new market research from IDC. Taken together, Android and iOS smartphones…
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IDC: Global Smartphone Shipments to Grow 12% Yearly Through 2018
Just how long can smartphone shipments continue to grow at annual double-digit rates? At least until 2018, according to a new market research report from IDC. The Massachusetts-based market research provider forecasts worldwide smartphone shipments will grow at a compound…


comScore: U.S. Smartphone Ownership Rose 4% in One Quarter
Google sites collectively continued to reign as the top mobile media property in the U.S. in October, with Apple ranking at the top of the ranks of smartphone manufacturers and Android the market leading smartphone platform, according to the latest…


Report: 4G Enabled Phones Generate Only 30% of Mobile Web Traffic
Previous-generation, or non-4G, smartphones still generate 70% of smartphone web traffic across North America, according to new research results from online advertising network provider Chitika. 4G smartphones account for about 30% of total traffic from all North American smartphones, Chitika…


ABI: The Market for Mobile Apps Will Reach $27 Billion This Year
Mobile apps’ role in winning mobile operating system (OS) market share continues to grow, according to a new report from ABI Research. The global market for mobile apps will reach $27 billion in 2013, ABI forecasts, “as mobile apps continue…


ComScore: Smartphones Now 57% of Mobile Device Market
Apple topped the ranks of U.S. smartphone manufacturers and Google the ranks of smartphone platform providers in the three-month period through the end of February, according to comScore’s latest MobiLens smartphone research service. There were 133.7 million smartphone owners in…


Report: U.S. Smartphone Penetration Reaches 55%
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…


BlackBerry Intros New Smartphone Platform
Jan 30, 2013 –Waterloo, ON – BlackBerry® (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today launched BlackBerry® 10, the re-designed, re-engineered, and re-invented BlackBerry platform that creates a new and unique mobile computing experience. Available on two new LTE-enabled smartphones, the BlackBerry® Z10…


Smartphones: One Billion and Counting
Smartphones are a relatively new phenomenon. Nokia and RIM’s BlackBerry were the early pioneers in smartphones, but it was the iconic iPhone that pushed the smartphone into the mainstream. Google responded to the iPhone with the Android OS, and the…


Report: Smartphone Shipments to Double by 2016
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…


Report: Smartphones to Outsell Other Cellphones by Next Year
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…


Report: 24% of Smartphone Users Have Purchased Content
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…