Tag: RIM

100+ million tablets to ship in 2012

ABI Research predict tablet sales will reach more than 100 million in 2012, the figures are based on a very successful first quarter, where 25 million tablets were sold with Apple gaining the lions share of the market. Figures from ABI show the April to June quarter of 2012 set a new record for media…

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…

All BlackBerry devices to be NFC capable from now on

According to a report on website Near Field Communications World virtually all new BlackBerry devices released from now on will include Near Field Communication (NFC) capabilities. At a Westminster e-forum on smartphones, tablets and apps, Research in Motion’s (RIM) UK managing director Stephen Bates suggested that almost all upcoming RIM BlackBerry smartphones and tablets would…

RIM to run Android apps on BlackBerry devices?

Even with the best will in the World, BlackBerry hasn’t a hope in hell of catching up with Android or the iPhone in the apps war, so if you can’t beat them join them. The constant criticism that the Blackberry is getting for its poor showing in the app department – 10+k apps and that’s…

Average mobile app usage exceeds 11 hours a month

The fastest way to a smartphone user is via an app or messaging as new research shows smartphone users spend more time with their apps and messaging than they do on calls and web browsing. According to the study, commissioned by, the research arm of the GSMA, mobile apps are responsible for 667 minutes of…

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…

Mobile phone market grew 18.5% in 2010 to 1.39 billion devices

The worldwide mobile phone market grew 17.9% in the fourth quarter of 2010 (4Q10), a new quarterly high driven by smartphones. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) The IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, shows vendors shipped 401.4 million units in 4Q10 compared to 340.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2009. Vendors…

Smartphone shipments grew by 59% in 2010

Worldwide shipments of smartphones continue to rise with 2010 sales figures hitting new highs for every manufacturer. According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments grew an impressive 75% annually to reach a record 94 million units in the fourth quarter of 2010. Apple maintained its small lead over RIM, while Nokia…

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…

In-app billing to be present in around 1 in 3 apps in 2011

In-app billing adoption has been slower than predicted but Bango forecasts this will change in 2011 with an estimated 30% of all apps next year expected to be using in-app billing, In the mobile market, in-app billing as a charging model has been talked about for a long time, but it has still to take…

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,…

Global smartphone shipments reach 77 million in Q3

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…

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 stengthens it’s position in the US smartphone market

Android now has first place in the US smartphone market, with both Apple and RIM fighting hard for second place. According to August data from Nielsen Company, Android is now the most popular operating system among people who bought a smartphone in the past six months, while Blackberry RIM and Apple iOS are in a…

BlackBerry users at 1.5million downloads a day

Research In Motion (RIM) has said that BlackBerry App World users are downloading more than 1.5 million apps per day on average. The total of 1.5 million downloads also represents a 40 percent increase for RIM over the previous, which is not bad considering that earlier this month they announced they had hit the 10,000…

RIM losing out to the iPhone

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) has posted a surge in quarterly profit and revenue, however things don’t look so good for next quarter revenues as it fails to add as many subscribers as it expected. RIM said it shipped 12.1 million devices to wireless carriers and stores in its fiscal second quarter, up 45%…

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…