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iOS and Android pummel competition in IDC report

Chris Burns, May 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

Over at the IDC they've released some information leading to the idea that after the obvious leader Android at 59%, the world's top mobile operating system is iOS with 23% of the world's supply. The following data shows that Symbian is in third place with a surprising 6.8% with BlackBerry right up in that mix with 6.4%. Perhaps most surprising of all is the fact that Linux is beating Windows Phone with 2.3% over 2.2%, this likely stemming from the fact that many systems can be tracked to Linux while Windows Phone remains clearly its own - and the fact that Samsung continues to push their own Linux-based operating system Bada. Read The Full Story

Apple holds 7.9% of total phone market

Ben Kersey, May 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

Smartphones may be hauling in lots of sales, but there are still tons of featurephones out there. New data from research firm Gartner suggests that Apple is slowly starting to chip away at the market, with 7.9% of total phone sales across the world. That means that Apple is now the third-largest phone maker in the world, coming in behind Samsung and Nokia. Read The Full Story

BlackBerrys account for 80% of NFC phones in UK

Rue Liu, May 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Despite facing a continued decline, RIM remains optimistic with its recent BlackBerry 10 debut and even points out that its handsets have an edge over others when it comes to mobile payments. According to the Canadian phone maker, BlackBerry devices account for 80 percent of NFC phones in the UK. What sort of lead RIM might have in the US, however, was not discussed. Read The Full Story

Nokia close to selling Vertu division

Ben Kersey, Apr 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

There was a glimmer of hope for Nokia recently with the launch of the Lumia 900 in the US, but the recent Q1 financial results paired with new information reminds us that it's very much a struggling company. Nokia is reportedly in talks to sell its UK luxury phone division, Vertu, to private equity firm Permira. It comes after Standards & Poor downgraded Nokia’s credit rating to “junk” status last week. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Weekly Wrap-Up: April 28, 2012

Mark Raby, Apr 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Happy Saturday, everyone. Let's hope you're having a great weekend, but if you want to catch up on the tech news you missed this week, you've come to the right place. One of the biggest stories this week isn't that happy, and it's about Nintendo. It just posted its first annual loss. Apple also made its quarterly earnings call - Apple Q1 earnings top entire history. And we also have some sobering news for American ingenuity – Kodak continues downward spiral, posts $366 million loss. Read The Full Story

Smartphone stars leave analysts addled

Chris Davies, Apr 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

Samsung took the smartphone sales crown in Q1 2012, unless of course it was Apple: turns out, analysts aren't entirely sure who's sitting top of the pile for high-tech phones. Conflicting sales numbers for the two firms from research companies IHS iSuppli and Strategy Analytics show a yawning 12.5m difference in estimates for Samsung's smartphone sales for the first three months of the year, enough to throw the rankings into confusion. Read The Full Story

Nokia gets third ratings strike

Chris Davies, Apr 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

Nokia has received its third major credit rating downgrade of the month, with investor intelligence firm Standard & Poor's slashing the Finnish phone company's ranking and warning further drops could follow. The news, which comes on the heels of Moody's and Fitch each cautioning investors about Nokia's future stability, is the latest cloud above the firm, which reported a $1.7bn loss in Q1 2012. Meanwhile, Nokia also lost its fourteen-year grip on the mobile phone worldwide sales top-spot. Read The Full Story

Samsung scores record Q1 2012

Ben Kersey, Apr 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

It’s definitely that time of the month: just about company is releasing its Q1 ‘12 financial results, and the trend seems to be that they’re either delivering killer results or floundering. Samsung falls into the former category, announcing that total sales reached ₩45.27 trillion (~$39.9 billion), slightly down from last quarter, but up 22% year-on-year. Operating profit is at an all time high at ₩5.85 trillion (~$5.15 billion), a 98% increase from Q1 2011. Read The Full Story

Samsung knocks Nokia from global phone top-spot

Chris Davies, Apr 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

Samsung has ousted Nokia from the cellphone top-spot, taking the number one position in handset sales worldwide, according to research firms. New figures from IHS iSuppli and Strategy Analytics confirm that Nokia has finally slipped from its perch at the top of the cellular tower, the company’s dwindling sales over the past few quarters driving it down to 22.5-percent marketshare in Q1 2012; in contrast, Samsung took 25.4-percent of the worldwide mobile phone marketshare in the same period, while Apple’s stellar iPhone sales recently have pushed the company to 9.5-percent of the global marketshare.

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GlobalFoundries apes Intel with 3D 20nm chips

Ben Kersey, Apr 26th 2012 Discuss [0]

There was an interesting little nugget of information in the TSMC financial results this morning. The company was planning to develop 20nm manufacturing capabilities, but they’re not the only ones hoping to achieve that goal. GlobalFoundries has announced that it has installed specialty production tools at its New York plant capable of 3D stacking 20nm chips. Read The Full Story

Tim Cook trashes convergence as “not pleasing to the user”

Chris Davies, Apr 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

Apple CEO Tim Cook has dismissed the prospect of a laptop/tablet hybrid product, saving a little snark for touchscreen ultrabooks as pushed by Microsoft and Intel. Although there's plenty of room for convergence for its own sake, Cook argued, that doesn't necessarily mean you end up with a worthwhile product. "You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator," Cook said during the Apple financial results Q&A, "but those things are not going to be pleasing to the user." Read The Full Story

SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: April 24, 2012

Chris Burns, Apr 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

The HTC One series appears to have brought HTC back up to speed for sales - we hope! The world is about to head to space to mine asteroids for precious metals - or just gold and platinum. Samsung has revealed a new application for Unpacked 2012 that'll reveal the Galaxy S3 without a doubt. Google Drive is all but official today - now we just have to see how big it's going to be! Read The Full Story