Apple has said that it sold more than 1.7 million units of the iPhone 4 in the first three days, making it the most successful product launch in the company’s history from the standpoint of sales. A quick back of the fag packet calculation shows that the iPhone 4 has given Apple and the Apple…
Day: 28 June 2010
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Mobile viewers do it at night
According to Opera’s monthly stat-fest State of the Mobile Web Report mobile users are a bunch of night owls, the survey found that around the world, 8 p.m. to midnight are the day’s prime mobile browsing hours. Regardless of differences in economy, culture or location, those four evening hours account for a disproportionate amount of…
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Smartphone market to grow to 224 million in 2010
Smartphone shipments are expected to grow 21% this year to 224 million, according to the latest “Mobile Devices Market Forecast Analysis” forecast from ABI Research, and remarkably the reason for the huge growth has nothing to do with the iPhone or Android. Vice president of forecasting Jake Saunders says, “While there is considerable fanfare and…