BlackBerry nicks iPhone's UK smartphone crown

Release Date ‎Nov 2, 2011‎ in Register

IDC: Samsung Passes Apple to Top Global Smartphone Market PC Magazine - 4 Nov, 2011 Samsung has taken over the top spot in the global smartphone market while Apple slipped to second place after a brief stint in the No. 1 position, a leading industry research firm says. The overall smartphone market grew 42.6 percent ...
Samsung Tops Apple to Become World's No. 1 Smartphone Maker San Francisco Chronicle - 4 Nov, 2011 Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Samsung Electronics Co. became the world's biggest smartphone maker last quarter, pushing Apple Inc. into second place, as its phone shipments more than tripled, according to the market research firm IDC. ...
Samsung confirmed as smartphone chief as growth continues, says IDC The Guardian - 4 Nov, 2011 Samsung was confirmed as the largest player in the smartphone market, which grew by 42.6% in the three months to the end of September to reach 118.1m units - almost 25% bigger than the PC market worldwide, according to the research company IDC. ...
Samsung, Apple, Keep Smartphone Race Hot: IDC InformationWeek (blog) - 4 Nov, 2011 Nokia, HTC, and RIM round out the top five smartphone makers worldwide in the third quarter, IDC says. And Q4 will be a doozy. By Eric Zeman InformationWeek The mix of smartphone manufacturers making up the top five OEMs in the world has been changing ...
Samsung hits top smartphone vendor spot globally in Q3 Computerworld - 4 Nov, 2011 Computerworld - Samsung boosted its global smartphone shipments by 223% in the third quarter, taking the top spot for the first time among smartphone vendors, with Apple in second, IDC said Thursday. Samsung took 20% market share with ...
	Samsung Passes Apple to Become No. 1 Smartphone Maker as Shipments Triple Bloomberg - 4 Nov, 2011 A Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy S II White smartphone, right, and Galaxy S II Black smartphones are arranged for a photograph at the company's Galaxy Zone showroom in Seoul. A Samsung Electronics Co. ...
Samsung Takes Top Spot as Smartphone Market Grows 42.6% in the Third Quarter ... MarketWatch (press release) - 4 Nov, 2011 FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Nov 03, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The worldwide smartphone market grew 42.6% year over year in the third quarter of 2011 (3Q11), despite a slowdown within key mature markets. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) ...
LG seeks cash to save its smartphone biz Register - 4 Nov, 2011 By Brid-Aine Parnell • Get more from this author LG Electronics is planning to raise 1.0621 trillion won (£588m) in a shares issue so it can pour funds into core businesses like smartphones and take on new staff, its board said today. ...
'LG rights issue won't help it win smartphone wars' Times of India - 4 Nov, 2011 LG Electronics' plan to raise $945 million from shareholders looks like a risky attempt to vault back into the smartphone game. HONG KONG: LG Electronics' plan to raise $945 million from shareholders looks like a risky attempt to vault back into the ...
	Smart-phone market set to grow Prague Post - 4 Nov, 2011 Samsung unveiled its new smart phone using Google's Android "Ice Cream Sandwich" operating system in Hong Kong Oct. 19. The competition between the Google Android and Apple smart-phone ...
HTC beats Samsung in American smartphone market with 24% Share Economic Times - ‎Nov 2, 2011‎ TAIPEI \| TORONTO: HTC edged out Samsung Electronics to become the largest smartphone vendor in the US, capitalising on the Android platform's popularity and a lull in demand for iPhones to overtake Apple and Research In Motion. ...
Samsung, LG Cited for Best TVs in US The Chosun Ilbo - ‎Nov 2, 2011‎ A number of TVs made by Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics have been selected as the Best Products of the Year by US magazine Consumer Reports. In its November issue, it chose LG's 47-inch LCD TV as the best model among 46- to 47-inch TVs. ...
	HTC Overtakes Samsung, Apple in US The Chosun Ilbo - ‎Nov 2, 2011‎ Taiwanese phone maker HTC took the top spot in the US smartphone market, the largest in the world, overtaking Samsung Electronics and Apple in the third quarter. Quoting statistics from research firm Canalys, Bloomberg on Tuesday said HTC had a 24 ...
	Ep. 71: No Galaxy Nexus for Black Friday CNET - ‎Nov 2, 2011‎ To play this video, you need Javascript enabled and the latest version of Flash installed. Install Flash now Video description: Jason Howell from TWiT TV joins us live as we get hands on with the Galaxy Nexus. We also take a look at a new nook, ...
Apple Could Knock Samsung From Smartphone Perch With iPhone 4S Forbes - ‎Nov 2, 2011‎ Last week, Strategy Analytics came out with a report showing that as of Q3 2011 Samsung had overtaken Apple in the global smartphone market. [1] This was not surprising considering that Apple had a comparatively weaker last quarter when it could only ...
BlackBerry nicks iPhone's UK smartphone crown Register - ‎Nov 2, 2011‎ Smartphone sales went backwards in the UK during Q3 as customers abandoned Nokia and Apple. The figures don't look good when compared to last year's storming sales, and it's clear shoppers held off buying new ...
Iphone 4S fails to make top spot Inquirer - ‎Nov 2, 2011‎ By Kate O'Flaherty CAPPUCCINO COMPANY Apple's Iphone 4S has failed to make the top spot as Samsung's Galaxy S II has maintained its lead, according to Uswitch data. According to Uswitch's October mobile tracker, the Galaxy S II is the most popular ...
HTC tops smartphone sales in US Times of India - ‎Nov 2, 2011‎ TAIPEI: HTC Corp edged out Samsung Electronics Co to become the largest smartphone vendor in the US, capitalizing on the Android platform's popularity and a lull in demand for iPhones to overtake Apple Inc and Research In Motion Ltd. A 10 ...
HTC Takes Lead in US Smartphone Market as Apple, RIM Decline BusinessWeek - ‎Nov 1, 2011‎ Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- HTC Corp. edged out Samsung Electronics Co. to become the largest smartphone vendor in the US, capitalizing on the Android platform's popularity and a lull in demand for iPhones to overtake Apple Inc. ...
	Nearly half of Britons own smartphones, with Android ahead Telegraph.co.uk - ‎Nov 1, 2011‎ More than two thirds of all mobile phone purchases are now smartphones and 43.8 per cent of Britons owns one. Google's Android operating system powers most of those phones (49.9 per cent), ...
Google Blasts Past Apple: Android Now 50% of Market Forbes - ‎Nov 1, 2011‎ This isn'ta bad performance it has to be said. Google has blasted past Apple in the UK smartphone market and now has a shade under 50% of it. That's really not bad from a standing start only 18 months ago. Smartphones now account for some 50% of the ...
With iPhone 4S, Apple reclaims the smartphone crown Computerworld (blog) - ‎Nov 1, 2011‎ Reports that Apple [AAPL] has lost its biggest-selling handset position to Samsung and HTC may be over-exaggerated, as the release of the iPhone 4S drove iOS usage up an impressive 61 percent in October. The latest data from Canalys, ...
One in four Britons own an Android phone ZDNet (blog) - ‎Nov 1, 2011‎ Summary: With half of all Britons now owning a smartphone, Android now powers half of those sold. Where does it leave the other big-name mobile operating systems? New figures show that just under half of ...
Top 10 smartphones of 2011 (Holiday Gift Guide) ZDNet (blog) - ‎Nov 1, 2011‎ Summary: Apple's iOS and Google Android are the two clear leaders in the smartphone market here in the US so it was easy to pick the top two devices from these platforms. The next eight were not as easy ...
	Why Samsung outsold Apple Stuff.co.nz - ‎Oct 31, 2011‎ For the first time, Samsung shipped more smartphones in the latest quarter than tech industry darling Apple. On the surface, this may look like a big upset in a world that affords the iPhone maker adulation and outsized expectations. ...
Original Android Phone Resembled Blackberry, Not iPhone PC Magazine - ‎Oct 31, 2011‎ A major point of contention between Android and iPhone owners, not to mention corporate lawyers, is which company had the original idea for the look and feel of the smartphones. An old photo of an Android prototype appears to throw that ...
How Android swallowed the UK smartphone market in 18 months The Guardian - ‎Oct 31, 2011‎ Figures from Kantar ComTech show how dramatically Android has risen to prominence - but what does that mean for rival contenders such as Nokia, Apple and RIM? This article was published on guardian.co.uk at 18.19 GMT on Monday 31 October 2011 . ...
	Half of UK population owns a smartphone The Guardian - ‎Oct 31, 2011‎ Google's Android is the most popular smartphone OS in the UK. Photograph: Robert Galbraith/Reuters Just under half of the UK population now owns a smartphone, and Google's mobile operating system Android is powering half of those those being sold ...
	IDC: Samsung Grabs Smartphone Lead in Q3 Mediapost.com - 4 Nov, 2011 Confirming earlier reports, market research firm IDC said Thursday that Samsung had overtaken Apple in the third quarter as the world's largest smartphone maker on the strength of growing Android device sales. ...
	Samsung takes smartphone vendor crown from Apple V3.co.uk - 4 Nov, 2011 Global smartphone sales grew by some 42.6 per cent over the last quarter as emerging markets have continued to expand, according to data from research firm IDC. The company said in its quarterly mobile tracker report that while ...