Tag: Motorola

Android the best selling smartphone handset in the US

comScore’s January US figures from their MobiLens survey shows Android taking the lead among smartphone platforms with 31.2% market share, after two short months in second place. Of the 234 million Americans ages 13 and older with mobile phone almost 65.8 million (28%) now have a smartphones, that’s up 8% from the preceding three-month period and it…

2010 mobile sales see Samsung growing fast

ABI Research figures for 2010 are all in and unsurprisingly Nokia still dominate the market with just over a third of the Worldwide market, however Samsung are catching up and account for one in five phones in the market. The ABI Research figures for Q4 2010 make for some interesting viewing. Nokia is still the…

US smartphone users increased by 60 percent in 2010

comScore figures for December 2010 show a year on year increase of 60% for smartphone usage in the US market, and Android continues its steady growth with a 7.3% rise in the last quarter of 2010 According to comScore figures 63.2 million people in the US owned smartphones during the three months ending in December…

Android number 2 smartphone in US

comScore figures for the three month average period ending November 2010 shows a 6.4% increase for Android putting it firmly in second place ahead of the iPhone, and 7.5% behind RIM  in the US smartphone market, which itself has seen a phenomenal growth of 10% in the last quarter. Smartphone Platform Market Share 61.5 million…

Android to be the platform of choice for developers in 2011

Millennial Media’s November 2010 Mobile Mix report reveals that nearly a third of mobile developers are looking to develop for Android in 2011 The Millennial Media Mobile Mix report shows the choice of platform for developers in 2011 is Android with 29% of the developers polled, followed by the iPad (20%) and Windows Phone 7…

Smartphones now used by 1 in 4 US mobile subscribers

comScore’s quarterly mobile figures for the three months to October 2010 reveal that nearly 1 in 4 US mobile subscribers are on smartphones, and Android continues to grow with a substantial 6.5% growth rate in the last quarter. Smartphone Platform Market Share Of the 234 million Americans ages 13 and older who use mobile devices,…

Android now powers 25 percent of all smartphones

The latest figures from analysts Gartner show Android is now at the heart of 25% of all smartphones worldwide, up from 3.5% at this time last year. Additionally Gartner forecasts that media tablets (such as the Apple iPad) will reach 54.8 million units in 2011. Worldwide Sales Worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totaled…

Android now 44% of US smartphone market

US Android market has grown significantly in the third quarter of 2010, and now accounts for 44% of all smartphones purchased. Thanks to continued high-profile handset introductions, the Android smartphone OS significantly grew its lead in the US consumer smartphone market in Q3 2010. According to market research company NPD Group, Android’s OS was installed…

Android makes huge gains in US Smartphone market

comScore’s August mobile figures are out and US smartphone ownership is up by a massive 14%, but it’s not great news for RIM or Apple. Following yesterdays Nielsen results today we have comScores August results and it confirms the decline in popularity of the BlackBerry and the rise of Android. The results include the  three…

Android ad requests growing by 996%

US mobile ad house Millenial Media has seen phenomenal growth in Android requests, with 996% growth since January 2010. Millenial Media’s monthly US Mobile Mix survey for August 2010 continued to see rapid Android and iPad growth on their network in August. Top 15 Manufacturers (all devices) Apple 28.32% Samsung 15.46% Motorola 14.32% Research In…

comScore – Android sees significant growth in US

comScore has released data from latest July survey of key trends in the US mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending July 2010. The big change is the increase in the Smartphone market share for Android. It produced a staggering 5% growth for the quarter. Elsewhere not much changed, which is surprising…

Android web consumption rises off the back of Droid devices

More Android users are getting onto the mobile web bandwagon according to the latest traffic stats from Quancast, which show Google’s OS catching up with Apple’s iOS. Apple’s iOS platform is still a way ahead of Android in web browsing terms according to Quancast’s stats, but Android is rapidly gaining ground on its rival. In…

Android nipping at the iPhone’s heels in the US

July ad figures from US ad network Millenial Media’s Mobile Mix monthly survey on mobile device trends. Show Android devices nipping at the heels of the long standing leader Apple’s iOS. US Smartphone Mix July 2010 1 Apple iOS 55% 2 Android OS 19% 3 RIM OS 16% 4 Other 6% 5 Windows Mobile 4%…

Android makes gains over Apple in US smartphone market

comScore’s latest MobiLens data for the three months ending May 2010 shows a significant 4% rise in the Google Android smartphone market compared to a fall in the Apple IOS, RIM, Microsoft and Palm smartphone markets. However while this all seems to be going in Google’s favour it has to be remembered that many Apple…

Mobile handset sales to hit 1.3bn in 2010

It’s very easy to forget just how small Apple’s mobile market share actually is. The hype is so big for Apple that everything just seems to get lost in a snowstorm of words and we’re just as guilty as the next party. However when you look at charts like the one below you realise just…