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IDC: Android surges to 59% world market share

IDC: Android surges to 59% world market share

We wondered a few months ago is Android had reached a saturation point when it was running on 50% of the smartphones on the planet. We were… wrong. According to the IDC’s latest numbers, Android is now up to 59% of the worldwide smartphone market, with just under 90 million devices shipped in the first …

Gartner: Samsung makes up 40% of Android smartphone sales

Gartner: Samsung makes up 40% of Android smartphone sales

For the moment, Samsung and Joss Whedon have something in common: they’re both on top of the world. After shipping more smartphones than any other company last quarter, a new report from Gartner says that four out of every ten Android smartphones comes from Samsung. Considering that Android is indisputably the top smartphone OS on the planet, …

IDC: Samsung beating Apple in smartphones too

IDC: Samsung beating Apple in smartphones too

For mobile smartphone dominance, there’s only two horses fighting for first: Apple and Samsung. After iSuppli estimated that Samsung now ships more total phones than the previous leader Nokia, IDC now claims that the South Korean company has ousted Apple from its perch atop smartphone shipments as well. They estimate that Samsung shipped 42.2 million …

ComScore: Android passes 50% market share in the US

ComScore: Android passes 50% market share in the US

04 April 2012 by Discuss (0)

Surprisingly, the US doesn’t have the highest per-capita Android ownership out there – at last count that goes to the UK, where one out of every four men, women and children owns an Android smartphone. But the US is catching up quickly. ComScore reports that Android accounted fora staggering 50.1% of smartphone owners in the United …

Android most popular among first-time buyers in Q4, says NPD

Android most popular among first-time buyers in Q4, says NPD

06 February 2012 by Discuss (0)

Despite a strong 4th quarter showing for Apple thanks to the launch of the iPhone 4S, Android continues to kick digital butt all over the world. Contradicting earlier numbers, analytics firm NPD reports that Android is even more popular among first-time smartphone buyers. Among US buyers from October through December, 57% chose Android, 34% chose …

ComScore: Android still dominates US, BlackBerry and Windows fall further behind

ComScore: Android still dominates US, BlackBerry and Windows fall further behind

03 February 2012 by Discuss (3)

Remember those reports from last month that showed Apple beating out Android in the latter half of 2011? The ones that half the internet jumped on as proof that Android was “falling behind”? Yeah, not so much. Despite a massive rise in iPhone sales in the fourth quarter, Android is still way out in front …

Android tablets gain ground with 10.5 million sales in Q4 2011

Android tablets gain ground with 10.5 million sales in Q4 2011

26 January 2012 by Discuss (3)

Apple sells a lot of iPads – their recent financial disclosing leave no doubt about it. But looming behind the Cupertino giant is the specter of Android, ready to take over the tablet world as it already has the smartphone one. While Apple shipped more than 15 million iPads worldwide in the last three months …

US Android users prefer Samsung, says new study

US Android users prefer Samsung, says new study

23 January 2012 by Discuss (2)

Samsung’s almost literally on top of the world when it comes to mobile phone sales, and apparently that’s with good reason. Researcher iGR stated in its latest news release that among US Android buyers, Samsung was the most proffered brand, followed by Motorola and HTC. Among the top three, Samsung is the only brand with a positive outcome from the last …

US tablet ownership almost doubles over the holidays

US tablet ownership almost doubles over the holidays

23 January 2012 by Discuss (0)

Tablets were the hot ticket item during the holiday season in the United States, and according to the Pew Research Center, the demand drove adoption to impressive new heights. The respected firm said today that US ownership of tablets jumped to 19% after Christmas, almost doubling the pre-December figure of 10%. The numbers  reflect adults only, …

Android adoption slows in Q4 2011, thanks to iPhone 4S

Android adoption slows in Q4 2011, thanks to iPhone 4S

18 January 2012 by Discuss (1)

While Android’s rise to the top of the smartphone world has been nothing short of meteoric, it looks like the gravy train slowed somewhat at the tail end of 2011. Despite high-profile phone releases like the Motorola DROID RAZR and the Galaxy Nexus, not to mention a wider and wider selection of Android devices across all price …

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