Apple's iPhone passes RIM's BlackBerry for second place in US smartphone market

Los Angeles Times - 4 Jun, 2011
Research in Motion's BlackBerry line fell to the third spot in the US smartphone market in April as Apple's iPhone moved into the No. 2 position behind Google's Android phones, according to a new report. BlackBerry phones have been the ...

No Stopping Android Juggernaut, Says comScore

PCWorld - Jeff Bertolucci - 4 Jun, 2011
More good news for Google's Android mobile operating system: New data from market research firm comScore shows Android is pulling away from the rest of the smartphone pack in the US In fact, ...

Sorry RIM, Smartphones Users Snap Up iPhones, Android Devices

PC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - 4 Jun, 2011
The continued popularity of the iPhone and Android-based devices helped Apple and Google maintain their lead over RIM in the first three months of the year, with Android smartphones snapping up 36.4 percent of the US market. ...

RIM loses more US market share to Apple, Google

Reuters - Alastair Sharp, Siddharth Cavale - 4 Jun, 2011
TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion has given up more ground to Apple and Google in the hypercompetitive US smartphone market, a report shows, while two brokerages cut their price targets for the BlackBerry maker on concerns it can no longer keep ...

Android Gains Momentum As RIM Crumbles, Apple Prepares Counterattack

Forbes (blog) - Brian Caulfield - 4 Jun, 2011
Google's share of the US smartphone software market climbed to 36.4% for the three months ending in April, up from 31.2% during the prior three-month period, market tracker ComScore reported Friday. Apple's share of the market ...

Google Jumps, RIM Drops In April Smartphone Numbers

Barron's (blog) - Tiernan Ray - 4 Jun, 2011
In case you missed it, Comscore this morning reported April's mobile device and software platform market share statistics for the US phone market. The data come from a survey performed that month of 30000 US cellphone subscribers, ...

Apple, Android grab more market share in US

CNET (blog) - Lance Whitney - 4 Jun, 2011
Google's Android retained the top spot of the US smartphone operating system market over the three months ending in April, gaining 5.2 percentage points to capture 36.4 percent of all smartphone users, said ComScore today. ...

Analysts down on RIM: How do you like them Apples?

Globe and Mail - 4 Jun, 2011
These are stories Report on Business is following Friday, June 3. Get the top business stories through the day on BlackBerry or iPhone by bookmarking our mobile-friendly webpage. Research In Motion Ltd. RIM-T shares sank today, falling below $40 (US) ...

Samsung US Handset Market Share Dips; Android Widens Lead -Comscore

Wall Street Journal - Matt Jarzemsky - 4 Jun, 2011
Samsung Electronics Co. (SSNHY, 005930.SE), the No. 1 handset manufacturer by US market share, saw its share dip in the three months ending in April, according to market researcher comScore Inc., while Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Android widened its lead on ...

Working-class iPhone would disrupt Android, others

CNET - Larry Dignan - ‎Jun 2, 2011‎
Apple may be plotting a low-cost iPhone--most likely the 3GS--in a move to tackle emerging markets, prepaid plans, and midmarket customers. If this working-class iPhone hits the market it will be disruptive to Android as well as ...

A working class Apple iPhone would disrupt Android, RIM, Nokia

ZDNet (blog) - Larry Dignan - ‎Jun 2, 2011‎
Apple may be plotting a low-cost iPhoneâ€"most likely the 3GSâ€"in a move to tackle emerging markets, prepaid plans and midmarket customers. This working class iPhone would disrupt Android, RIM and Nokia. ...

Android users download the most data

CNET (blog) - Lance Whitney - ‎Jun 1, 2011‎
Users of Apple's iPhone typically do a bit more with their phones, but Android owners are grabbing the largest amount of data each month, according to a study released yesterday by Nielsen. Analzying almost 65000 cell phone bills in ...

Nokia fails to answer its consumers' calls

Belfast Telegraph - ‎Jun 1, 2011‎
Oh how fickle the consumer can be. A Nokia was once the be-all and end-all of mobile phones that any self-respecting executive wouldn't be seen without. Now the company's had to report a slump in sales and a gloomy outlook for the summer. ...

Android smartphones soar; Nokia, BlackBerry sink

Times of India - ‎May 31, 2011‎
NEW YORK/TORONTO: Google's Android devices have become most popular smart phones in the US, said a Nielsen survey, a day when Nokia shares tanked more than 15 per cent on weaker quarterly outlook. Nielsen said that its April survey of 65000 users ...

Google Android leads smartphone market share, data use, report says

Los Angeles Times - ‎May 31, 2011‎
Google's Android smartphones are top of the heap for popularity and data usage, according to a new report from Nielsen. In April, 37% of mobile consumers owned a smartphone, according to the study. Of those, 36% have an Android device, while 26% have ...

Study: Android Users Consume the Most Data

PC Magazine - Mark Hachman - ‎May 31, 2011‎
Android phones are the most popular among US consumers, Nielsen reported Tuesday. But they may be less popular among carriers, if the cost of data is concerned: Android users consume an average of 582 Mbytes per month, compared to 492 ...

Has Android's Lead over Apple Stopped Growing?

TIME - Chris Gayomali - ‎May 31, 2011‎
In Smartphone War Land, it appears that Android's lead over Apple's iOS has, at least for now, slowed down, as pointed out in some newly sliced-up Nielsen data from our friends at CNN money. ...

US Government Embraces Consumerization of IT

PCWorld - Tony Bradley - ‎May 31, 2011‎
The agencies of the United States government, under the guidance of CIO Vivek Kundra, are adapting to the consumerization of IT and letting users make their own technology decisions. Unfortunately for RIM, it seems that users ...

RIM: WashPo Describes Gov't Switch To iPads, GMail

Barron's (blog) - Tiernan Ray - ‎May 31, 2011‎
The Washington Post's Michael Rosenwald this morning pens an interesting piece about how the federal government, under CIO Vivek Kundra, is letting more and more government workers choose their own gadgets of choice, rather than impose ...

Apple, Android and BlackBerry in US smartphone stalemate

Telegraph.co.uk - Matt Warman - ‎May 31, 2011‎
New research from Nielsen suggests that Android's explosive growth may be plateauing in America as smartphone share stabilises. By Matt Warman, Consumer Technology Editor The rival operating systems for smartphones may finally be reaching a stalemate ...

Federal government loosens its grip on the BlackBerry

Washington Post - ‎May 30, 2011‎
Ricky Carioti/ WASHINGTON POST - ATF section chief Paul Vanderplow connects an iPad to a monitor and watches an arrest video at the ATF National Headquarters in Washington, DC. And the Department of Veterans Affairs is getting ready to allow its ...

iOS Surpasses Blackberry Platform In Popularity Reveals comScore

ITProPortal - Ravi Mandalia - 4 Jun, 2011
Apple's iOS has surpassed RIM's Blackberry platform as the second most popular Smartphone platform in the US behind Google's Android. According to new market metrics released by comScore, in the month of April, Apple became the number 2 Smartphone ...

Reports sink RIM shares

New York Post - 4 Jun, 2011
Research In Motion shares dropped to their lowest level in two years as two brokerage firms cut their price targets for the BlackBerry maker and a report showed it has given up more ground to Apple and Google in the hypercompetitive US smartphone ...

In the SmartPhone Wars, RIM and Microsoft are in Death Spirals

Gerson Lehrman Group - 4 Jun, 2011
Further market share evidence that the lack of an ecosystem of customers, apps, and developers means losing what little share Microsoft and RIM had to begin with. - Google's Android had 36.4% of the smartphone subscriber share for the average of the ...

comScore: despite Verizon iPhone, Android rises sharply

Examiner.com - 4 Jun, 2011
A few days after Nielsen said that Android's market share increases had stalled, comScore begs to differ. Instead of a stagnant market share as Nielsen showed, the latest report from comScore shows Android's market share average for the three months ...

Comscore says the iPhone now tops RIM in US subscribers

tuaw.com - Mel Martin - 4 Jun, 2011
It's probably not a gigantic surprise that Apple has slipped past the RIM BlackBerry phones, but it's a benchmark that should be noted. There may even be a few toasts in Cupertino. Comscore keeps an eye on mobile ...

Android Is Top Smartphone Operating System

Broadcasting & Cable - George Winslow - 4 Jun, 2011
By George Winslow -- Broadcasting & Cable, 6/3/2011 6:40:56 PM In another sign of the growing popularity of the Google's Android operating system that has made it increasingly important for app developers, ComScore is reporting that Android grew its ...

Android Ranked No.1, Apple Moves to Second, RIM Plunges

International Business Times - 4 Jun, 2011
According to the latest figures, Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM) has been pushed down to third place from second in the US smartphone platform market share ranking according to a comScore report. RIM's share has dropped more than 40 per cent ...

Apple Grabs Second Spot in Smartphone Market

IGN - Justin Rubio - 4 Jun, 2011
The fight to grab a bigger hold of the smartphone market rages on and Apple has indeed grabbed a little more piece of the pie, while RIM dropped a spot in the ranking. comScore has just released their lastest industry report, ...

RIM's share of US smartphone market continues to dwindle

ITworld.com - Chris Nerney - 4 Jun, 2011
June 03, 2011, 4:58 PM â€" There now are more active users of Apple's iPhone in the US than users of Research in Motion's BlackBerry smartphones, according to market researcher comScore. While the iPhone has outsold the ...

 

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