Samsung grabs the top spot from Nokia as the number one mobile phone maker
Given the strong sales of Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones and decline of market share for Nokia, I guess this was inevitable. Anyways, research firm Strategy Analytics claims that Samsung has shipped 93.5 million handsets in a single quarter managing to grab a market share of 25.4 percent which is way more than what Nokia shipped in [...]
comScore: Android and iOS grab 80 percent US marketshare, Apple passes Motorola
Following Nielsen’s latest survey showing over 90 percent of US smartphones buyers are choosing iOS or Android, research firm comScore today released its data of the top smartphone platforms and OEMs in the US. The survey included more than 30,000 people over a three month period ending February 2012 and found Android was up 17 [...]
Facebook Messenger coming to Mac, hits Windows boxes
In another display of how native apps are beating the web, the social networking behemoth Facebook revealed intentions to launch its first native chat client for the Mac. Put simply, it brings Facebook to your desktop and lets you chat with people without logging into Facebook.com in a browser. The company posted Messenger app for [...]
25 billion apps downloaded: ‘Where’s My Water? Free,’ was downloaded by Chunli Fu of Qingdao, China
On Friday, Apple officially announced the App Store hit 25 billion downloads. We knew the person to download the 25 billionth app would receive a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card, and today Apple announced Chunli Fu of Qingdao, China was the winner. To take home the prize, Fu downloaded Disney’s water-based physics-puzzler “Where’s My Water? Free.” Apple’s Senior Vice President of [...]
Samsung sells more than 20m Galaxy S II handsets worldwide
If you had any doubts on Samsung’s supremacy in the Android arena perhaps this little figure released by Samsung today would suffice your apprehension. The Korean giant has announced that its Galaxy S II phone has surpassed sales of 20 million units in just 10 months of its launch. Although the numbers reflect the global [...]
Apple App Store inches towards 25 billion downloads
There’s no denying that Apple’s App Store is one of the best things to happen to the smartphone industry. Not only it paved way for others to copy their business model, it gave developers a chance to showcase and sell their apps. And now in under three years after Apple hit the first billion, the [...]
Nokia Series 40 Mobile Phone Sales Surpass 1.5 billion Units
If you ever wondered Nokia’s contribution in bringing mobile phones to the masses, you have to take a look at the latest milestone. Nokia Series 40 phones aka featurephones sales have surpassed a whopping 1.5 billion units.
The first Series 40 phone was Nokia’s 7110 in 1999 and the 1.5 billionth device to be sold [...]
Every Android smartphone free on C Spire when you add a line
C Spire wireless (formerly Cellular South) is running a promotion where you can add a line and pick any of their Android phones for free to put on it. They have 11 different models of Android phones to choose from, including the Motorola Milestone X2, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, and even our old friend [...]
CyanogenMod hits 1 million unique installs
Last night Steve Kondik (Cyanogen) and Jef Oliver from the CyanogenMod team broke the news that the popular custom firmware has reached 1 million unique installs. CM, which is by far the leading multi-device custom ROM for Android phones, is officially supported on 56 Android devices, with many more available via unofficial or nightly builds.
Interestingly, [...]
CyanogenMod 7 nightly builds now available for SE Xperia Active, Xperia Pro and LG Thrill
Following a slew of other phones late last week, the CyanogenMod team has just added nightly build support for three new devices — Sony Ericsson's Xperia Pro and Xperia Active, as well the LG Thrill 4G — AT&T's version of the Optimus 3D. Nightly builds of the popular custom ROM are built every day by [...]