IDC says Apple finished 2011 on top of the Smartphone world, here are the numbers
Analytics firm IDC just released a report covering the top five smartphone vendors by shipments and market share for Q4 2011. Apple not surprisingly takes the top position. According to IDC’s Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone vendors shipped 157.8 million units in Q4 2011, and 37 million were from Apple—accounting for 23.5-percent market share in [...]
Amazon announces Q4 2011 earnings; all Kindle sales up 177 percent
But still no hard numbers given on Kindle Fire sales
Amazon today released its fourth-quarter 2011 earnings numbers. Net revenue was up 41 percent year over year to $48.08 billion, but net income fell 45 percent to $631 million.
Amazon's already said that the Android-based Kindle Fire is its "best selling," "most wished for" and "most [...]
Pew: Tablet ownership doubled during holidays, bodes well for Apple’s Q1
Pew Research published some incredibly impressive tablet sales data over the weekend. From December to January, tablet ownership almost doubled.
While both the Nook Color and the Kindle Fire were included as tablets (not eReaders) and were hot this holiday season, the iPad is still far and away the most popular tablet out there and likely [...]
Playstation Vita Sales In Nosedive After Strong Japan Debut
The Playstation Vita handheld system, unveiled at E3 last year, went on sale just before the holidays in Japan. It saw serious sales: around 325,000 units (500,000 by Sony’s reckoning) were sold in its opening week. Naturally numbers tend to drop after the initial rush, and the next week saw healthy sales of around 72,000. [...]
Android Resolutions: Resolve to help thy fellow Android neighbor
Sharing is caring. We've all heard that phrase before, and I'll wager that most of the time we all agree. I think at heart everyone wants to be a helpful member of society, both online and off. If I'm right, there's an easy way we can make an impact — helping our fellow Android enthusiasts.
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3DS Sees Record Sales In Japan, Fueled By Mario Kart 7 And Super Mario 3D Land
Nintendo is really lucky to own the Super Mario brand: after the bumpy, Mario-less launch of the 3DS in Japan back in February, big N is seeing record sales for its portable console. As predicted, sales in Japan for the 3DS crossed the four million unit mark before the end of the year, namely sometime [...]
Apple saw record sales this holiday season, 12 times the amount of activations on Christmas Day
Apple saw record-setting sales this holiday season, according to Localytics. So well, that 12.5 times more iOS devices were activated over Christmas than past weekends. For comparison sake: there were 21 times more iPods compared to 14 times more iPhones. The iPods were most likely gifted to younger children who do not yet have a cell phone. At any [...]
Report: Nintendo 3DS Sales In Japan To Pass The 4 Million Mark Earlier Than Expected
It’s a common platitude in the gaming industry: it’s the killer titles that make or break a video game system. One case in point is Nintendo whose 3DS sales in Japan, one of the biggest video game markets in the world, are expected to cross the four million mark two months earlier than expected.
Just two [...]
Santa Claus shows us how to use Siri in Apple’s new iPhone 4S commercial
Apple has aired a brand-new television commercial for Siri, its iPhone 4S voice control feature. The new commercial is completely based around Santa Claus and Siri helping Santa on his missing to delivery gifts around the world. The first scene is Santa asking Siri how to get to a house and Siri bringing up directions [...]
Nintendo 3DS Is Selling Like Hot Cakes In Japan, Thanks To Monster Hunter 3G
The 3DS sure had a bumpy start, but it seems Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata’s hunch that sales will pick up (we reported last week) is right. According to Japan’s biggest video game magazine Famitsu, the 3DS sold a solid 378,114 units between December 5 and 11. Nintendo reported 371,326 units sold in the first two [...]