Jan

2011

Smartphone Sales up 75% Last Quarter, to Reach 24% Overall

by Michael Murphy
tagged Android, marketshare, sales, smartphones, Strategy Analytics

Research firm Strategy Analytics reported on the overall sale of smartphones in the last quarter of 2010 compared to the same timeframe the year before. In the last 3 months of the year, 94 million smartphones were sold, which is a 75% increase over the last quarter of 2009. Sales of RIM and Apple devices [...]

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Jan

2011

Research shows Android will double competitors growth in 2011

by Jesse Bauer
tagged 2011, Android, Canalys, droid, estimates, Gingerbread, Google, growth, Honeycomb, HTC, Ice Cream, LG, market share, motorola, projections, sales, Samsung, sony ericsson

A new report by research firm Canalys, shows that Android OS will double its competitors such as iOS and BlackBerry OS over this new year in 2011. Also, despite many claims online about the large amount of activations Verizon’s iPhone is expected to make, this apparently will not affect Android’s growth when it launches next [...]

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Dec

2010

Best Buy sending emails to announce sale of new Nexus S

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 2.3, Android, best, buy, Gingerbread, Google, nexus, S, Sale, sales

Earlier today, we announced that Best Buy is handling exclusive sales of the newly announced Nexus S. It looks like these talks have been further confirmed, as a few minutes ago, I received an email from Best Buy, talking about the new phone being available at Best Buy locations. The email ad shows off the [...]

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Nov

2010

Best Buy Cyber Monday deal on T-Mobile G2,

by Tyler Cunningham
tagged Best Buy, Cyber Monday, G2, sales, T-Mobile

In case you weren’t aware, Best Buy has a pretty great Cyber Monday deal right now for the T-Mobile G2. If you make your purchase before the end of today, you can pick up a G2 for the price of…. nothing with a new two year contract. So, if you’ve been eyeing the G2 and [...]

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Nov

2010

Samsung Galaxy S is the Highest Selling Phone in Japan!

by Jesse Bauer
tagged Android, Android smartphones, galaxy s, iphone, Japan, sales, Samsung, samsung galaxy s, smartphones

November is going to be a huge month for Samsung Galaxy S family devices, however, its already seen a huge amount of success overseas in Japan. Over the last week in October, more people decided to take home a Samsung Galaxy S than the iPhone! This beat out both the 32GB and 16GB models of [...]

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Nov

2010

Walmart offering up Motorola Defy and LG Optimus T at record low prices

by Steve Ginter
tagged deals, LG Optimus T, Motorola Defy, sales, walmart

Those famous rollback prices from Walmart are extending to 2 Android phones and are surely cheap enough to entice even frugal customers to hop on-board the Android bandwagon. They have the rugged Motorola Defy available for $48.88 with a 2-year contract – less then half of what T-mobile plans to sell this device for in [...]

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Oct

2010

Developers Loving Android More and More

by Jesse Bauer
tagged Android, Android Applications, android apps, Android Development, Android Market, apple, applications, developers, development, revenue, sales

Developers for Android discuss some of their pros and cons in developing applications for Android vs. Apple’s devices in a recent article found in The New York Times. Some of the biggest cons are different form factors and manufacturer devices available running Android, which make it a challenge to ensure bugs don’t show up between [...]

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Oct

2010

Sony Ericsson Aims to Dominate Android Hardware – Q3 profits Rise

by Jesse Bauer
tagged Android, ericsson xperia, hardware, profits, sales, smartphone, sony ericsson, x10, xperia x10

Sony has reported some great numbers for their Q3 profits, and they plan on doing better too. Sony Ericsson is estimated to represent 6% of the smartphone market share, despite shipping 26% less for the quarter, and 5% less than the last quarter Some may ask why Sony is so confident they will increase profits [...]

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Aug

2010

Samsung ships 1 millionth Galaxy S in US market

by Chris Moor
tagged AT&T, Captivate, Epic, epic 4g, Fascinate, galaxy s, marketing, sales, Samsung, sold, south, Sprint, T-Mobile, tmobile, U.S. Cellular, us cellular, Verizon, Vibrant, vzw

Not that this is really that surprising seeing as how popular the entire Galaxy S lineup in the US is, (AT&T Captivate, T-Mobile Vibrant, and soon Sprint Epic 4G & Verizon Fascinate) Samsung has sold its one millionth Galaxy S phone in the US market. With its 1GHz Hummingbird CPU and its gorgeous 4in Super-AMOLED [...]

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Aug

2010

Android Dominating 2010

by Chris Moor
tagged Android, handlet, sales

It was recently reported that Android took over RIM as the number one selling OS on smartphones here in the states accounting for 33% of the market. A significant jump from just 5.2% in December of 09. But if that doesn’t impress enough, Google CEO Eric Schmidt announced at the Techonomy Conference in Lake Tahoe that [...]

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