In the first 3 months of the year, Android has taken a massive 74.4% of the smartphone market. Analyst firm Gartner has published figures today which shows that in Q1 of 2013 phones running Android software made up for almost 3 out of 4 smartphone sales, with a massive 156 million units sold. In second place came our beloved iOS, which only managed to…
Last year in Q3 and Q4, Apple slipped into the number 6 spot in China’s smartphone market. However, with the launch of the iPhone 5 and different pricing models for previous iPhone versions, Apple was able to bounce back to the number 5 spot where it had been before. China is and has been one of, if not the largest market for mobile devices. Samsung, one of…
In a report by Canalys, a research firm that just released some marketshare numbers, it looks like Apple lost some marketshare to Android this last quarter. 59.5% of the share went to Android, while 19.3% went to iOS, if you are looking at the numbers by operating system. This report includes devices such as notebooks alongside the usual smartphone and…
Despite the fact that Android devices sell in bucket loads, when it comes to usage, it’s been shown on various occasions that iPhone and iPad users are far more engaged with their products than any other platform. We could speculate as to why that is, but I needn’t. For now. The latest research done by Piper Jaffray shows that iOS devices make up well…
A new study MobiLens study from research firm comScore has revealed that there are now 136.7 million iPhone users living in the U.S., bringing Apple’s U.S. smartphone marketshare to 39%. This number has jumped 2.7 percent from 36.3 percent last quarter. What’s surprising is that the only other company among the top 5 OEMs to show a growth in brand…
We all know the iPad sells well (well other than BlackBerry’s CEO). But how well? According to a report coming out of IDC, the iPad maker’s shipments have dropped below 40% of the total tablet shipments. However, it was still at least doubling the second place manufacturer, which was without much surprise, Samsung. This however has shown that over the past…
AT&T’s Digital Life home automation and security system, which was tested last year, is being rolled out in 15 markets today. The rollout hits Atlanta, Austin, Texas, Boulder, Colorado, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, Riverside, California, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis and certain areas of the New York and New…
Wells Fargo Securities analyst Maynard Um has today suggested that the current slowdown of iPhone sales may not be confined to Apple, arguing that it is instead a trend visible in the smartphone market as a whole. Recent Verizon figures show that its iPhone activations were up 25 percent year on year, whilst its other device were only up by 3…
For the last three years, Apple’s iPad has revolutionized the way we access data on the web. Due to the combination of a large touchscreen and portability, the iPad has grown into a wildly popular device. Apple dominated the market for a while, but with the release of numerous Android and Amazon tablets, many people have begun to believe that Apple’s…
Griffin Technology has some cool products, but this “Light Marker” that it partnered with Crayola to make look awesome, however it is mostly a children-targeted product. This product, when I first watched the above video, made me think of Samsung’s S-Pen, which can be used while hovering above the screen, and not actually touching it. I can see why this…
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