Figures from analysts Smart Analytics confirm earlier figures from ABI Research that smartphone sales are continuing to increase at supersonic rates. The Smart Analytic Q3 figures show global shipments of smartphones reached a record 77 million units and annual growth hit an impressive 78%. Apple was the best performer and has overtaken RIM and is…
Day: 26 October 2010
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Smartphones account for one in five phones shipped
New figures show that the smartphones are now accounting for one in every five phones shipped, that’s up from one in ten this time last year. The smartphone markets are continuing to forge ahead at an extraordinary pace. According to ABI Research, smartphones made up 19% of all handsets shipped in the second quarter; that…
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BlackBerry App World web storefront launches
RIM have updated their BlackBerry App World with the ability to buy apps from the web. RIM have update their BlackBerry App World with some additional functionality and at the same time released a few additional figures. Since BlackBerry App World surpassed the 10,000 application mark back in September things have been going well, RIM…