Apple on track for record quarter thanks to strong iPhone debut
07/12/2011 |
Analysts are making bold predictions about Apple’s performance during its current quarter, saying the company has had its “best November ever.” That’s according to Ticonderoga’s Brian White; Canaccord’s T. Michael Walkley also crowed about Apple’s recent sales success, albeit with a caveat.
White issues a monthly “Apple Barometer” to help investors gauge its success, using data gathered from supply chain sources to anticipate Apple’s...
iPhone's US and UK Share Grows, Rest of Europe Turning to Android
A new report fromKantar Worldpanel ComTech today claims that the iPhone 4S is responsible for a growth in market share for Apple’s iPhone in both the UK and US, with consumers rushing out to pick up Apple’s latest tech.The situation is not quite so rosy in some of Apple’s other ...
Apple Owns 68% of Worldwide Tablet Shipments
IDC have been at the old researching game again, and this time they’ve decided that Apple’s iPad accounts for a massive 68% of worldwide tablet shipments, which we have to admit, isn’t to be sniffed at!The results are for the second quarter of 2011, which means it is worth remem...
Apple's mobile market share climbs in September
Apple’s iOS once again dominated the mobile OS market share picture in September, according to new data from Net Applications. The enterprise application maker and web monitoring company found that iOS accounted for 54.65 percent of mobile market share, up from just over 53 percent in Augus...
Why Google's Purchase Of Motorola Is A White Flag Of Surrender, And How Apple Won The Future of Tech [Opinion]
This morning, Google made a bold move and purchased Motorola’s mobile business for $12.5 billion. In doing so, Google brought the hardware design and manufacturing of Android devices in-house, just as Apple has always done with its products, starting with the original Macintosh and continui...
Is Apple Missing The Boat On NFC?
One of the big trends at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona has been announcements regarding NFC. While NFC has been supported in a handful of Android phones and BlackBerry models, till now there haven’t been many real-world applications for it. With several announcements around NFC, t...
Google targets Flipboard with new Currents app
Google is getting into the personalized news-delivery app game with Google Currents, a new product available Thursday for Android and iOS devices. Currents is in the same wheelhouse as Flipboard, which launched its impressive iPhone app earlier this week. Does the search giant moving into this sp...
Friday Night Fights: Is Samsung Really Copying Apple? [Feature]
Laaaaaaaaaaadiesand Gentlemen, welcome to Friday Night Fights, a new series of weekly deathmatches between two no-mercy brawlers who will fight to the death — or at least agree to disagree — about which is better: Apple or Google, iOS or Android? This week’s topic is one person...
Enterprise Market Leaning Towards iPhone and iPad Instead of Android
Apple’s iOS platform rules the roost in the enterprise, according to new figures released by Good Technology.The firm, which offerspush e-mail, mobile device management, and security products for mobile phones, released the numbers that appear to show both the iPhone and iPad dominating dev...
In smartphones, same old story: Apple and Android win
Smartphones were up 74 percent in the second quarter of 2010, accounting for a full quarter of overall mobile sales, versus just 17 percent last year, according to Research firmGartner.Meanwhile, overallmobile device sales increased by 16.5 percent year over year. The companies benefiting most fr...
