Microsoft has left me waiting for quite sometime so they can now wait for me....to get tired of my new android phone (HTC EVO). I'll see what Windows Phone X has to offer in 2012.
Apple losses are Google gains
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Another month, another more of the same (6 months rolling average)...
Android Most Popular Operating System in U.S. Among Recent Smartphone Buyers | Nielsen Wire
The most interesting part: RIM sold almost as many BlackBerrys over the last month as Apple sold iPhones.
Expect Apple to chime in with a count of all iOS devices again, this time (maybe) including AppleTV...
Diogen.
Android Most Popular Operating System in U.S. Among Recent Smartphone Buyers | Nielsen Wire
The most interesting part: RIM sold almost as many BlackBerrys over the last month as Apple sold iPhones.
Expect Apple to chime in with a count of all iOS devices again, this time (maybe) including AppleTV...
Diogen.
The smartphone market from the handset manufacturer angle.
iSuppli smartphone numbers: it's good to be a droid
It can't say much about phones with multiple manufacturers (i.e. Android; WP7 will also be in this category),
but for the Brand=Manufacturer - Nokia, RIM, Apple - it shows an interesting trend: their combined market share "flattened" - 72-73%.
With the rest presumably going (mostly) the Android way...
Diogen.
iSuppli smartphone numbers: it's good to be a droid
It can't say much about phones with multiple manufacturers (i.e. Android; WP7 will also be in this category),
but for the Brand=Manufacturer - Nokia, RIM, Apple - it shows an interesting trend: their combined market share "flattened" - 72-73%.
With the rest presumably going (mostly) the Android way...
Diogen.
Google stock rose 11% after reporting record profits in the Q3-2010. 
But Apple continued to climb as well setting 52 week highs on a daily basis as they ramp up new outlets for ipods and ipads. ipads go on sale today at Walmarts everywhere.
Google gains are Apple losses? NOT! Both are doing extremely well. It's just that Google's gains were not predicted by analysts, while Apple's have been all along. Yesterday was a game changer!
But Apple continued to climb as well setting 52 week highs on a daily basis as they ramp up new outlets for ipods and ipads. ipads go on sale today at Walmarts everywhere.
Google gains are Apple losses? NOT! Both are doing extremely well. It's just that Google's gains were not predicted by analysts, while Apple's have been all along. Yesterday was a game changer!
To save Apple the embarrassment of being compared to the Android market, the later gets renamed OHA (Open Handset Alliance)...
Apple takes the lead in the US smart phone market with a 26% share (Canalys research release: r2010111)
Doesn't change the trends of the last 2 years: Android is up 1,309% year-on-year and has almost as much market share as Apple and RIM (2nd and 3rd) combined...
When talking about the world market, Nokia has 1/3, Android - 1/4, Apple - 1/6...
Diogen.
Apple takes the lead in the US smart phone market with a 26% share (Canalys research release: r2010111)
Doesn't change the trends of the last 2 years: Android is up 1,309% year-on-year and has almost as much market share as Apple and RIM (2nd and 3rd) combined...
When talking about the world market, Nokia has 1/3, Android - 1/4, Apple - 1/6...
Diogen.
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These comparisons are goofy! Android is not a phone nor a manufacturer but an OS. Apple and Nokia are two manufacturers. Rim, Nokia, htc, make multiple models of phones. Apple makes one model phone. Microsoft makes an operating system and no phones. Google makes an operating system and has contracted for a single model phone under their name. What all this means is it is impossible to create a fair chart of comparisons.
Unless you create a chart that compares:
Which cell phone model has sold the most numbers to date? iphone4 or iphone 3G ( no mention of manufacturer or OS as we are talking specific phone models)
Which manufacturer makes the most number of cell phones in the world? Nokia
Which OS is used in more cell phones? Probably Symbian or Android ( no need to mention a manufacturer as we are comparing OS)
Which cell phone manufacturer has the greatest number of phones on enterprise accounts? RIM
and so we go, twisting the data to make it look like what we want it to look like.
Unless you create a chart that compares:
Which cell phone model has sold the most numbers to date? iphone4 or iphone 3G ( no mention of manufacturer or OS as we are talking specific phone models)
Which manufacturer makes the most number of cell phones in the world? Nokia
Which OS is used in more cell phones? Probably Symbian or Android ( no need to mention a manufacturer as we are comparing OS)
Which cell phone manufacturer has the greatest number of phones on enterprise accounts? RIM
and so we go, twisting the data to make it look like what we want it to look like.
The faster Android can continue blurring the line between smart- and dumbphones like this
T-Mobile Comet sends $9.99 shot across the bow of dumbphones -- Engadget
the better it will be...
Diogen.
T-Mobile Comet sends $9.99 shot across the bow of dumbphones -- Engadget
the better it will be...
Diogen.
The bottom line can be summaries as, "competition is good." Personally, I welcome all the wonderful new products and services being offered! Will everyone win? Heck no! But there should be plenty of room for everyone to compete and innovate.
The problem with this phone/plan is people will download a dozen or so apps and wind-up using 1GB their first month before they realized what happened.
Interesting statistics from a not so well known company covering the developer/publisher universe
Android wins devs' hearts and minds ? The Register
To summarize:
- at the moment over half (51%) of developers target Apple products: 30%+21%, iPhone+iPad; Android has 23%;
- new publishers/developers have the same interest in the iPad (20%), almost no interest in iPhone (8%) and higher interest in Android (29%);
- Windows Phone 7 platform generates as much interest with new developers as iPad - 20% (you can buy market share!)
Diogen.
Android wins devs' hearts and minds ? The Register
To summarize:
- at the moment over half (51%) of developers target Apple products: 30%+21%, iPhone+iPad; Android has 23%;
- new publishers/developers have the same interest in the iPad (20%), almost no interest in iPhone (8%) and higher interest in Android (29%);
- Windows Phone 7 platform generates as much interest with new developers as iPad - 20% (you can buy market share!)
Diogen.
Just as expected, for over a month now Android phones passed iOS smartphones (iPhone, that is) in the US
ComScore: Android jumps ahead of iOS in total US smartphone subscribers -- Engadget
And if the dynamics stays, in another 3 month Android will pass RIM...
Diogen.
ComScore: Android jumps ahead of iOS in total US smartphone subscribers -- Engadget
And if the dynamics stays, in another 3 month Android will pass RIM...
Diogen.
I expect to see an Apple bump due to the Verizon thing. Too many people want St. Job's magical apple juice.
Bump in market share or units sold?
Based on the info here, we are talking about expectations of 1-2M more units per quarter. Hence, 5-10%.
The effect most likely will dissipate by year end, i.e. 5% (max) more units annually.
Considering the smartphone market grows at a 10-20% annual rate, it will be hardly noticeable.
And since this is a US-specific thing, on the world scale this will be half as visible at best
File:IPhone sales per quarter.svg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bottom line: it is really hard to beat Android's market share gains at a 6%+ clip (quarterly)...
There will no doubt be a bump in Apple's income that will just as inevitably bring "smile to the face" of our local stock expert...
Diogen.
Based on the info here, we are talking about expectations of 1-2M more units per quarter. Hence, 5-10%.
The effect most likely will dissipate by year end, i.e. 5% (max) more units annually.
Considering the smartphone market grows at a 10-20% annual rate, it will be hardly noticeable.
And since this is a US-specific thing, on the world scale this will be half as visible at best
File:IPhone sales per quarter.svg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bottom line: it is really hard to beat Android's market share gains at a 6%+ clip (quarterly)...
There will no doubt be a bump in Apple's income that will just as inevitably bring "smile to the face" of our local stock expert...
Diogen.
diogen said:
You got that right. It's what really matters to the individual. No expert here, just doing what should be obvious to anyone. Doesn't take an expert to follow the number one public company in the world.
It is really hard to find a market where both smartphone/tablet OSs - Android and iOS - compete and Android isn't winning.
Another example: ad wars. Essentially, what makes Google money and the justification to offer Android for free
Diogen.
Another example: ad wars. Essentially, what makes Google money and the justification to offer Android for free
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/13/millennial_media_report/
Diogen.
Everybody knew this day will come...
Google’s Android becomes the world’s leading smart phone platform (Canalys research release: r2011013)
Diogen.
Google’s Android becomes the world’s leading smart phone platform (Canalys research release: r2011013)
Diogen.
