Nokia continues lead in global handset market

Business Standard - 15 Nov, 2011
Even as worldwide smartphone sales touched 115 million units in the third quarter, a rise of 42 per cent compared to the year-ago period, the growth in sales dropped to seven per cent compared to the second quarter, says research firm Gartner. ...

Android doubles smartphone market share: Gartner

AFP - 15 Nov, 2011
WASHINGTON â€" More than half of the smartphones sold worldwide in the third quarter of the year were powered by Google's Android software, technology research firm Gartner said Tuesday. A total of 60.5 million Android-powered smartphones were sold in ...

Samsung overtakes Nokia and Android rules smartphones (Gartner quarterly report)

ZDNet (blog) - 15 Nov, 2011
Summary: It is clear that Android is becoming the OS platform of choice for smartphone buyers and with Samsung overtaking Nokia for all mobile phones they look to be the top choice for consumers. ...

Apple's smartphone share dropped to 15% in weak Q3

Fortune - 15 Nov, 2011
The slowdown in iPhone sales in advance of the October release of iPhone 4S is reflected in the report on mobile phone shipments for the third quarter of 2011 issued Tuesday by Gartner, ...

Google Android passes 50% of smartphone sales: Gartner

Financial Post - 15 Nov, 2011
Google Inc.'s Android software ran on more than half of all smartphones sold in the third quarter as consumers snapped up handsets made by Samsung Electronics Co., said researcher Gartner Inc. The Google system accounted for 52.5 ...

Samsung's Bada outshipped WinPho 7 in Q3

Register - 15 Nov, 2011
So the latest figures from market watcher Gartner reveal. In Q3, just under 2.5m Bada smartphones shipped around the globe, it said today. But only fractionally more than 1.7m handsets with a Microsoft OS ...

Windows Phone 7 sales drop precipitously, says Gartner

Computerworld (blog) - 15 Nov, 2011
At a time when Android phone sales have nearly tripled from a year ago, iPhone sales continue to climb, and overall smartphone sales jumped 42%, Windows Phone 7 has done the seemingly impossible --- sold fewer phones in this quarter ...

Smartphone sales to end users up 42%, Gartner says

Taipei Times - 15 Nov, 2011
Global smartphone sales to end users increased 42 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier, outpacing 5.6 percent growth in worldwide mobile handset sales over the same period, market researcher Gartner Inc said ...

Android smartphone share more than triples iOS in Q3

CNET - 15 Nov, 2011
During the three-month period ended September 30, 60.5 million Android-based smartphones shipped worldwide, helping the mobile operating system secure 52.5 percent of the space, research firm Gartner ...

Android smartphones capture more than half of market

Toronto Star - 15 Nov, 2011
Smartphones using the Android operating system have leapt forward in popularity, capturing slightly more than half of the market in the year's third quarter. Meanwhile, Apple saw its smartphone sales drop from 16.6 per ...

Bye-bye PC, hello smartphone

BBC News - 15 Nov, 2011
Here are two views of the world. The technology industry is tumbling into an abyss, as a global economic anxiety attack makes consumers ever more reluctant to spend. Or, despite the gloom, gadget hounds refuse to stop buying the latest devices as the ...

Android Captures 52 Percent of Global Smartphone Market Share

PC Magazine - 15 Nov, 2011
Google's Android operating system captured 52.5 percent of the global smartphone market during the third quarter, more than doubling its share from the same time period last year, according to data from Gartner. ...

Cellphone market growth dives in third quarter: Gartner

Reuters UK - 15 Nov, 2011
A Samsung S II (R) and Samsung Ace (C) smartphones are seen next to an Apple iPhone 4 in Houten in this August 24, 2011 photo illustration. By Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent (Reuters) - Cellphone market growth slumped in the third ...

Android runs 52% of smartphones sold

The Guardian - 15 Nov, 2011
The smartphone market grew by 42% year-on-year in the third quarter to reach 115.2m units, with Google's Android operating system running more than half those sold, according to data from the research company Gartner. The overall mobile market grew by ...

Cellphone market growth dives in third quarter: Gartner

Reuters Canada - 15 Nov, 2011
(Reuters) - Cellphone market growth slumped in the third quarter, with the grim economic climate prompting consumers to cut back or delay purchases, particularly in western Europe, research firm Gartner ...

Samsung Becomes Biggest Smartphone Vendor, as Android's Market Share Grows

PCWorld - 15 Nov, 2011
By Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Samsung became the biggest smartphone vendor in the world during the third quarter, and Android's market share has surpassed 50 percent for the first time, market research company Gartner said on Tuesday as it reported on ...

More than half of smartphones are Android

Inquirer - 15 Nov, 2011
By Kate O'Flaherty MORE THAN HALF of all smartphones sold in the third quarter were running Android, according to data from analyst Gartner. Google's Android operating system (OS) accounted for 52.5 per cent of smartphone sales, almost double the ...

Samsung overtakes Nokia as smartphone-market No. 1

MarketWatch - 15 Nov, 2011
(Adds comments from Gartner analyst in 5th and 11th paragraphs, and handset vendors' market shares in last paragraph.) HELSINKI (MarketWatch) -- South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. overtook Finnish handset maker Nokia Corp. ...

Gartner: Global mobile sales up 5.6%

Independent Online - 15 Nov, 2011
IT research and advisory company, Gartner said on Tuesday that global sales of mobile devices totalled 440.5 million units in the third quarter of 2011, up 5.6% from the same period last year, but smartphone growth slowed in mature markets. ...

Cellphone market growth slows in Q3: Gartner

Times of India - 15 Nov, 2011
Cellphone market growth slowed sharply in the third quarter as sales of basic phone models shrank from a year ago and growth in the smartphone market cooled, research firm Gartner said on Tuesday. Global sales of all mobile phones grew an annual 5.6 ...

Samsung Overtakes Nokia As Smartphone Market Leader - Gartner

Wall Street Journal (India) - 15 Nov, 2011
(Adds comments from Gartner analyst in 5th and 11th paragraphs, and handset vendors' market shares in last paragraph.) By Arild Moen Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES HELSINKI (Dow Jones)--South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (005930. ...

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Reuters Africa - 15 Nov, 2011
Cellphone market growth slowed drastically in the third quarter as sales of basic phone models shrank from a year ago and hyper-growth in smartphone market slowed down, research firm Gartner said. It said global sales of all mobile phones grew 5.6 ...

Samsung overtakes Nokia on smartphones: Gartner

MarketWatch - 15 Nov, 2011
HELSINKI (MarketWatch) -- South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. overtook Finnish handset maker Nokia Corp. /quotes/zigman/162154/quotes/nls/nok NOK -1.09% for the first time as the leading smartphone manufacturer in the third quarter ...

Apple Grabs Market Share In Third Quarter

Forbes - 15 Nov, 2011
According to Comscore, Apple was the only top-five mobile phone company to have grown its US mobile subscriber share in Q3 2011 to give it share of around 10%. [1] Android was the top-ranked smartphone operating system with about 45% of subscribers ...

Android surges to dominant mobile operating system

Good Morning Silicon Valley (blog) - 15 Nov, 2011
Android is taking the smartphone world by storm at the expense of other operating systems, according to a new report. A survey released today by tech research company Gartner found that Google's Android OS doubled its market share in the past year â€" it ...

Android doubles smartphone market share: Gartner

PhysOrg.com - 15 Nov, 2011
More than half of the smartphones sold worldwide in the third quarter of the year were powered by Google's Android software, technology research firm Gartner said Tuesday. More than half of the smartphones sold worldwide in the third quarter of the ...

Android now three times bigger than Apple iOS

THINQ.co.uk - 15 Nov, 2011
Google's Android OS accounted for more than half of all smartphone shipped globally in the last quarter - and nearly three times as many as Apple's iOS. New figures out today from market analyst Gartner reveal that Android managed to nearly double its ...

Android dominates worldwide smartphone sales

IntoMobile - 15 Nov, 2011
Android's momentum is still going strong, as the latest Gartner numbers said the platform had 52.5 percent of worldwide smartphone sales to end users for the third quarter of 2011. That's a rather impressive figure and it's even more impressive when ...

Half of smartphones sold run Android

PC Pro - 15 Nov, 2011
The quarter was good news for Google's OS Android, which saw its share double from 2010 to 52.5% of the global smartphone market. Windows Phone 7 struggled to make its mark, with shipments of smartphones running the Microsoft OS falling ...

Gartner: Android market share tops 50% worldwide

Network World - 15 Nov, 2011
According to new research from Gartner, Android-based devices accounted for a whopping 52.5% of all smartphones sold worldwide in the third quarter of 2011. In all, consumers bought around 60.5 million Android smartphones in ...

 

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