Analysis: BlackBerry under attack in corporate cradle

Release Date ‎Jul 1, 2011‎ in Chicago Tribune

 
   

Analysis: BlackBerry under attack in corporate cradle

Reuters Canada - Roy Strom - ‎Jul 1, 2011‎
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The BlackBerry, once ubiquitous in business, faces deep challenges in that market as more companies allow employees to pick their own smartphones and add third-party security applications. One of the BlackBerry's main ...

Smart phone sales now outpace feature phones', thanks to Android, iPhone

Christian Science Monitor - Jeff Ward-Bailey - ‎Jul 1, 2011‎
For the first time, smart phone sales have pulled ahead of feature phone sales. Android's still on top of the heap, but Apple's iPhone is going strong. Android share of recent acquirers flattened in 2011, according to Neilsen. ...

Playing the smartphone market

CBC.ca - ‎Jul 1, 2011‎
Beginning of Story Content Blink and you might find the smartphone market just changed in an instant. With the number of smartphones shipped worldwide expected to hit one billion by mid-decade as more and more people swap out their old feature phones ...

The iPhone is too expensive

National Post (registration) - ‎Jul 1, 2011‎
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs may decide to go for market share instead of profit. Farhad Manjoo, Slate.com · Jun. 29, 2011 | Last Updated: Jul. 1, 2011 9:01 AM ET The iPhone is at a crossroads. It's been four years since Apple first released its ...

Review: iPhone 4

NDTV.com - Sahil Mohan Gupta - ‎Jul 1, 2011‎
The iPhone 4 is, quite simply, the most sought after smartphone in the market even though it's a year old. It will be interesting to see how the iPhone 4 performs considering the iPhone 5 will not be out before September and the market is being flooded ...

Boot up: why spam's falling, Android v Apple in the US, RIM's peanut butter ...

The Guardian (blog) - ‎Jul 1, 2011‎
A Spam outside catering van. This has nothing to do with the word we use for unsolicited commercial email. But it's visual. Exactly the same experience. Except it's Facebook lists. If you missed out on a Google+ invite so far, this will give you the ...

Smartphones now top sellers in US

Telegraph.co.uk - Emma Barnett - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
Smarthphones account for the majority of all new mobile phone purchases in the US, according to new data. By Emma Barnett, Digital Media Editor Thirty-eight per cent of all US mobile phone owners now have a smartphone, with Apple's iPhone having shown ...

Smartphones Now Outsell Traditional Phones: Nielsen

Huffington Post - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
According to a recent Nielsen survey, smartphones now constitute the lion's share of new phone purchases. 55 percent of those who purchased a new handset in the past three months reported buying a smartphone instead of a feature phone, ...

Smartphones: A Majority of the Phones Sold in the United States

PCWorld - Ed Oswald - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
If you're ready to buy a cell phone, chances are its going to be a "smart" one, according to Nielsen. According to its latest study of recent cell phone purchases, 55 percent of those sold in the three months ...

Remembering my first iPhone

CNET (blog) - Scott Stein - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
Four years ago, the iPhone debuted. It seems like longer. My first HDTV, my Wii, and my PlayStation 3 all existed before the first iPhone. Yet, in 2007, BlackBerrys were all the rage. The Motorola Q was an eye-catching phone. ...

Smartphones Outsell Feature Phones For First Time

InformationWeek - Eric Zeman - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
From March to May, 55% of people who purchased new mobile phones in the US bought a smartphone, according to Nielsen. By Eric Zeman InformationWeek Android and iOS have helped propel smartphones from the corner office to the four corners of the Earth ...

Verizon iPhone Attracts BlackBerry Users

infoSync World - Sindre Lia - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
New market research by Nielsen indicates that the new Verizon iPhone is rapidly turning BlackBerry users into iOS users. The world's most hyped phone, the Verizon iPhone, has now been in stores for approximately ...

US Consumers Snapping Up (Android) Smartphones

PC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
More and more Americans are ditching feature phones for smartphones, with 38 percent of wireless subscribers now using the more advanced devices, according to Thursday data from Nielsen. Among people who purchased a new handset in ...

Apple iOS Share Growth Accelerated In May, Says Nielsen

Barron's (blog) - Tiernan Ray - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
Nielsen this morning reports that among people in the US who bought cellular phones in the three months through May, 55% bought a smartphone, up from 34% a year earlier. The data come from a survey of about 25000 mobile consumers, ...

Survey: Smartphone purchases on the rise

USA Today - Brett Molina - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
From March through May of this year, 55% of consumers who participated in the survey say they bought a smartphone. That's up from 34% in 2010. Android remains the dominant operating system, finds Nielsen, with a 38% share. ...

Will Apple Drop iPhone 3GS Price to Zero?

PC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
The news cycle might slow a bit in the summer, but there are always iPhone rumors. An iPhone 5 in September? Well, actually, maybe that should be 2012. How about a baby iPhone? Aww. We'll likely just have to wait until Apple makes ...

Finally: Americans Now Buy More Smartphones than Feature Phones

TIME - Graeme McMillan - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
It's been a surprisingly long time coming, but the majority of cellphone purchases in the US are smartphone purchases. A new Nielsen study shows that smartphones have finally overtaken feature phones for American ...

Smartphone sales continue to surpass those of feature phones, Nielsen says

Los Angeles Times - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
From March to May, 55% of new cellphones purchased were smartphones, pushing about 38% of all US cellphone users to app-running, email-sending devices, Nielsen said in a blog post on the growing popularity of smartphones. Over the same three-month ...

Apple to offer iPhone 3GS for free, says analyst

CNET - Lance Whitney - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
Apple will offer the iPhone 3GS for free and the iPhone 4 for $99 timed with the release of the iPhone 5, says an analyst from RBC Capital Market. In an investor's note issued yesterday, analyst Mike Abramsky said that in line with the ...

Nielsen: Smartphones now tops among new buyers

CNET (blog) - Lance Whitney - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
Smartphone demand continues to surge as more than half of all recent cell phone buyers opted for one, Nielsen said today. Specifically, 55 percent of consumers who bought a new mobile phone from March through May picked a smartphone ...

Android's growth curve levels off

Fortune - Philip Elmer-DeWitt - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
The effect of the long-awaited launch of an iPhone for Verizon, or a bump from the iPad 2? During the rapid ascent of Google (GOOG) Android phones in 2010 it was never clear how much their popularity was ...

RIM's uphill battle ahead of BlackBerry 9900 release

Product Reviews - Daniel Chubb - ‎Jul 2, 2011‎
Earlier today we looked at the unavoidable option for a Sprint iPhone 5, one that must happen for this network to grow in our opinion. This led us to question the future of Research In Motion (RIMM) considering the bad week it had that started on June ...

Apple's iPhone sales surge as Android slows

Albuquerque Express - ‎Jul 2, 2011‎
Follow this company 's Android mobile phones. However, the new numbers from Neilsen show that Google's Android operating system is still No. 1 among US smartphone activations. Apple's iPhone has won the title of the fastest growing in market share. ...

Unavoidable Sprint iPhone 5: Slow death after Verizon test

Product Reviews - Daniel Chubb - ‎Jul 2, 2011‎
Sprint had its dedicated Android phones a long time ago, but with Verizon getting the iPhone 4 and the increasing popularity of Apple's phone means the iPhone 5 is likely to be more in demand than any iPhone before it, this has put Sprint in a very ...

Apple's iPhone sales surge as Android slows

Bizjournals.com - Cromwell Schubarth - ‎Jul 2, 2011‎
Apple Inc.'s iPhone and Google Inc.'s Android phones still sit atop the smartphone market, according to a new report. Apple Inc. 's iPhone sales growth is outpacing that of its chief rival, Google Inc. 's Android mobile phones. However, the new numbers ...

US Smartphone Sales Rising, Says Nielsen

RedOrbit - ‎Jul 2, 2011‎
More than half of all mobile devices purchased over the past three months are smartphones, according to the results of a May Nielsen survey. According to a June 30 blog post by the research organization, 38-percent of all American mobile customers now ...

iPhone 5 Sales Potential Upon Release: Devices That May Impact

Online Social Media - Debbie Turner - ‎Jul 2, 2011‎
If you haven't heard at least some of the rumors and speculation about the forthcoming Apple iPhone, the iPhone 5, then you must have been leading a very sheltered life. The smartphone that so many are waiting for seems to be the main talking point in ...

iPhone sales in the US up while others stagnate

GSMArena.com - ‎Jul 1, 2011‎
According to the latest survey by Nielsen, 38% of mobile phone users in the US now own a smartphone. Also, out of all the people who purchased phones in the last three months, 55% purchased a smartphone, up from 34% last year. ...

Top 5 Hyun-screen Smartphones to beat iPhone 4 [PHOTOS+VIDEOS]

IBTimes Hong Kong - ‎Jul 1, 2011‎
By IBTimes HK Staff Reporter Nowadays, the material and technology that go behind making a smartphone screen have become the focus in smartphone battles waged by mobile phone manufacturers who strive towards constant improvement of the core hardware ...

Verizon iPhone will become the leader in American phone market

Nzweek - ‎Jul 1, 2011‎
(NZweek) â€" It is learned from Market Research Company Nelson that Apple has been the major power to promote the development of American smart phone market. Though Android has a fascinating increasing speed in the past, with the appearance of Verizon ...

 

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