Smartphone Sales Up Dramatically Last Year

By Ryan Punzalan | 2/6/2012

According to a report by market-research firm IDC, the worldwide smartphone market grew 54.7% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2011. For the whole year, shipments were up a very respectible 61.3%

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Google's Android OS U.S. Marketshare Grows to 53%, iOS Up Dramatically Too

By Valerie Sarnataro | 12/13/2011

A new analysis of the smartphone market shows that Google's Android operating system market share of sales grew to command more than half of the U.S. smartphone market. Apple's iPhone now has almost 30% of the market.

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Mobile Internet Users Will Soon Outnumber PC Users in the U.S.

By Valerie Sarnataro | 9/18/2011

The market-analysis firm IDC predicts that by 2015 more people in the U.S. will access the Internet through a phone or a tablet than through a desktop or laptop.

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Apple Completely Dominates J.D. Power's Smartphone Satisfaction Study

By Ed Hardy | 9/9/2011

The more someone spends on a smartphone, the more likely they are to be happy with it -- that's the overall result of J.D. Power and Associates most recent survey of phone users. But there's an even easier way to guarantee satisfaction: just get an iPhone.

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How To Prepare Your Smartphone for a Hurricane

By Ed Hardy | 8/27/2011

With Hurricane Irene barreling up the East Coast, millions of people in New York and Boston are about to experience the biggest storm of their lives. Staying in communication with family and friends during a natural disaster is important, so people should be sure their phones are ready.

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Nokia Unveils the First Smartphones with Symbian Belle

By Valerie Sarnataro | 8/24/2011

Nokia has just taken the wraps off three new smartphones that will feature the company's next version of the Symbian operating system, dubbed Belle.

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Symbian Anna Upgrade Available Now for Several Nokia Smartphones

By Valerie Sarnataro | 8/18/2011

The new upgrade to Symbian Anna is now available, allowing owners of the latest Nokia phones to upgrade their devices. It includes a faster web browser, better mapping software, and a range of other enhancements.

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Android Topped Smartphone Market in Q2

By Valerie Sarnataro | 8/11/2011

A new report detailing earnings of the smartphone market for this year's second quarter show increased sales and Android as the leader of operating systems.

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Nokia Unveils New Smartphone Naming System

By Valerie Sarnataro | 8/1/2011

Nokia has announced a new naming convention for its phones, nixing the N Series and C Series for a simplified numbering system. The company also took the wraps off the first model that will use this system.

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IDC: Windows Phones to Knock Apple's iPhones Out of Second Place

By Jacqueline Emigh | 6/10/2011

As might well be anticipated, Android OS phones will keep picking up more market share through 2015. More surprisingly, however, Apple's iPhones will slip slightly, and Windows Phone 7 (WP7) devices will grow fastest of all, pushing iPhones out of second place and into third, according to IDC's latest statistics on the world smartphone market.

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Android Most Popular Mobile OS, Bane of BlackBerry and Symbian

By Mark Calley | 5/20/2011

A recent Gartner study on the mobile market during the first quarter of 2011 reveals that Google's Android has become far and away the most popular mobile operating system, at the expenses of RIM's BlackBerry OS and the once world-leading Symbian OS.

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Nokia Dropping Its ''Ovi'' Brand

By Mark Calley | 5/16/2011

Nokia has announced that it will be re-branding its line of Ovi services, drawing them back under the Nokia fold. As a result, the Ovi brand will be gradually discontinued.

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