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Android and iOS are stealing mobile market share at a shocking rate, new data from research firm IDC has revealed. Android and iOS shipments hit 36.7 million units and 18.6 million units, respectively, during the first quarter of 2011.
May 24, 2012 at 16:12 | Source: CNET News
There’s no doubt that when it comes to smartphone platforms, it’s currently a two-horse race between Google‘s Android operating system and Apple‘s iOS platform. Microsoft‘s Windows Phone platform is unquestionably the underdog, and to ...
May 25, 2012 at 11:17 | Source: Forbes
NEW YORK, NY — Semiconductor stocks have posted some impressive gains as the demand for mobile devices is rapidly growing. The Industry has shifted from one focused on personal computers to one dominated by smartphones. Companies who have ...
May 25, 2012 at 12:14 | Source: msnbc.com
... IDC's latest smartphone OS numbers show that Google's Android OS and Apple's iOS now own 81 percent of the global smartphone market, a dramatic change from last year. No other OS has more than a 7 percent share. I've been following the smartphone ...
May 24, 2012 at 15:29 | Source: PC Magazine
Today, Gartner put to end weeks of cellular handset debate. Apple apologists disputed Samsung's smartphone success over iPhone -- the presumption that the South Korean electronics giant benefits from greater shipments vs actual sales. Make no ...
May 15, 2012 at 23:54 | Source: Beta News
What a difference a year makes in the booming smartphone market. A year ago, the world's leading smartphone operating systems, Android and iOS, owned a little over half the market. Now they own more than 80 percent of it. Of the 152.3 million smartphones ...
May 24, 2012 at 20:01 | Source: PC World
The smartphone market is often described in terms of Apple versus Samsung versus the also-rans. The big two have been feasting on healthy profits, while the rest of the field has to battle for the leftovers. However, indications suggest that China’s high ...
May 28, 2012 at 09:26 | Source: Forbes
Smartphones running Apple’s iOS platform and Google’s Android operating system are outshining the rest of the smartphone market, says a new report from market researcher IDC. Both Android and iOS have seen their share of the smartphone ...
May 26, 2012 at 12:49 | Source: Hindustan Times
Google sees its mobile OS skyrocketing in usage every year, but so does Apple. The latest IDC study reveals that it is a two horse race when it comes to the mobile OS market. In the first quarter of the year, Android accounted for 59 per cent ...
May 25, 2012 at 14:52 | Source: Itproportal
Over the past year or two, the tech and finance world have seen a massive debate over the future of the smartphone landscape. Some think the flexibility of Google's (GOOG) Android OS will allow it to increase its already large market share. Others think ...
May 28, 2012 at 10:52 | Source: Seekingalpha.com