Android is smartphone king globally; tough fight on for No. 2 spot

Release Date ‎Sep 8, 2011‎ in Computerworld

Europe gets more smartphones The Independent - Nick Clark - ‎Sep 9, 2011‎ More smartphones were shipped in Western Europe in the second quarter than the more basic "feature phones" for the first time, especially driven by the growing popularity of the iPhone and Android handsets. ...
Nokia losing ground in smartphone race Irish Times - ‎Sep 8, 2011‎ In the second quarter, Nokia's share of the western European smartphone market halved from the previous three months to just 11 per cent. The Finnish firm dropped in smartphone rankings behind Samsung, BlackBerry developer Research In Motion and ...
Smartphone share in 2015 - IDC's picks National Business Review - Chris Keall - ‎Sep 8, 2011‎ Market tracker IDC has just released a survey prediction market share, by percent, for smartphone sales worldwide (above). Like other research outfits, IDC sees Google Android-based handsets extending their lead. RIM maker BlackBerry is seen relatively ...
	Smartphones take lead in European mobile phone market The Guardian - ‎Sep 8, 2011‎ An smartphone made by HTC and running Google's Android operating system. A new report predicts a bright future for Android as shipments of smartphones outstrip those of basic mobile phones in Europe for the first time. Photograph: Truth Leem/Reuters ...
Nokia suffers as Europeans turn to smartphones: IDC Reuters Canada - Tarmo Virki - ‎Sep 8, 2011‎ HELSINKI (Reuters) - Booming demand for Apple's iPhone and phones using Google's Android software lifted second-quarter smartphone sales in Western Europe by 48 percent year on year, while former market leader Nokia fell further behind. ...
Android is smartphone king globally; tough fight on for No. 2 spot Computerworld - Matt Hamblen - ‎Sep 8, 2011‎ Computerworld - The smartphone war seems to have been won definitively by Android, according to the latest data on Android's share of smartphones brought to global market over the past year. Behind that truth, however, the war continues ...
	iTrail: Samsung trumps Apple, Nokia in Q2 sales Daily Bhaskar - ‎Sep 10, 2011‎ New Delhi: Korean handset maker Samsung Electronics has emerged as Western Europe's top smartphone vendor in the second quarter of 2011, according to the latest report released by IDC. The premier global market intelligence firm also said smartphone ...
Smartphone sales surpass featurephone sales in West Europe says IDC TamsBlackBerry - ‎Sep 10, 2011‎ The world is moving at the smartphone world at an amazing pace. Seems that featurephones would be the next extinct species, at least in the Europe. …Feature phone shipments in the region were down 29 percent to 20.4 million units in 2Q11, ...
Smartphones may be greatest reason for trading in mobiles Mazuma Mobile - ‎Sep 10, 2011‎ People trading in standard mobile phones may increasingly be doing so in order to move towards smartphones, if new research is anything to go by. IDC has released the results of a study that show feature phone shipments in western Europe fell during ...
Samsung Beats Apple In Europe, Android Leads The Market Muktware - Neil Richards - ‎Sep 9, 2011‎ Samsung has beaten Apple in the West European market. The company now holds 22% market share as compared to 21% market share of Apple. The company shipped 4.8 million units in second quarter of 2011, as compared of 4.6 million smartphones shipped by ...
	Nokia's loss is Samsung's gain in western Europe Afterdawn.com - Rich Fiscus - ‎Sep 9, 2011‎ Smartphones now account for more than half the mobile phones sold in western Europe according to numbers released by IDC. The figures represent sales for the second quarter of 2011. It is the first quarter in which smartphones outsold regular feature ...
Google Android World's Most Popular Smartphone Platform for 2011 ITProPortal - Erica Thinesen - ‎Sep 9, 2011‎ Google Android is set to become the world's most popular smartphone platform this year as iOS, BlackBerry OS, and Windows Phone 7 continue to battle it out for second place. New data released by market research firm IDC reveals that Android will cover ...
	Samsung is the top smartphone vendor in Western Europe in Q2 GSMArena.com - ‎Sep 9, 2011‎ The premier market intelligence firm IDC released its Q2 2011 mobile phone shipment estimates in Western Europe today, marking a fundamental shift in the market for mobile phones. For the first time, the smartphone shipments outnumbered the feature ...
	Android Phones Capture European Market SYS-CON Media (press release) - Lavenya Dilip - ‎Sep 9, 2011‎ According to latest report from research firm IDC, Apple's iPhone and Android phones from a variety of manufacturers were instrumental in lifting second-quarter smartphone sales in Western Europe by 48 percent year on year to nearly 22 million but the ...
Smartphone use in US rises 10 percent over the last three months Mobile bloom News - ‎Sep 9, 2011‎ We all know that smartphones are everywhere and becoming even more affordable than anyone ever thought. You might have to pay $50 or more for two-years to get one in your possession, but you do get one. The United States has seen a large increase in ...
	Q2 smartphone shipments overtake feature phones in W Europe �" IDC Total Telecom - Nick Wood - ‎Sep 9, 2011‎ Samsung knocked Nokia off the number one spot in Western Europe in terms of second quarter handset shipments as smartphones grow in popularity, revealed IDC on Friday. The South Korean electronics giant shipped 13.9 million ...
	Samsung Galaxy Range Leads as Google Android Market Dominance Grows IBTimes - Alastair Stevenson - ‎Sep 9, 2011‎ A new report from the IDC has shown a marked uptake in the number of European smartphone users, with Google's Android operating system accounting for nearly half the region's shipments. ...
	Smartphones take top position in European mobile phone market theEword (blog) - ‎Sep 9, 2011‎ The simple feature phone is becoming hidden in the shadows of the increasingly popular smartphone. A report undertaken by the IDC has found that smartphone shipments are up by 48 per cent in comparison to the same period in 2010. ...
Nokia smartphone sales in Western Europe decline 60% Computer Business Review - ‎Sep 9, 2011‎ International Data Corporation (IDC) has said that while smartphone shipments in Western Europe increased 48%, Nokia smartphone sales were hit, registering a decline of 60% in the second quarter of 2011. According to the latest European Mobile Phone ...
Smartphone shipments outstrip feature phones for first time in Western Europe BizReport - Helen Leggatt - ‎Sep 8, 2011‎ The era of feature phones is fading fast as smartphones begin to dominate mobile users' pockets and purses. New data released by IDC shows how the feature phone is taking hold in Western Europe. by Helen Leggatt For the first time ever in Western ...
IDC: Q2 Is The First Time Smartphones Outstripped Feature Phone Shipments paidContent.org - Ingrid Lunden - ‎Sep 8, 2011‎ Looks like another tipping point in mobile progress was reached in Q2 this year: IDC says that shipments of smartphones outstripped those of feature phones for the first time in Western Europe. But that's not the whole story… Sales of feature phones in ...
Nokia suffers as Europeans turn to smartphones -IDC Reuters - Tarmo Virki - ‎Sep 8, 2011‎ HELSINKI, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Booming demand for Apple's (AAPL.O) iPhone and phones using Google's (GOOG.O) Android software lifted second-quarter smartphone sales in Western Europe by 48 percent year on year, while former market leader Nokia (NOK1V. ...