Android leads smartphone market

Release Date 26 Sep, 2011 in Computerworld

Android use surges on mobile ad network CNET - Lance Whitney - 26 Sep, 2011 Android continued to scoop up a healthy share of users on Millennial Media's mobile ad network in August, while growth for Apple's iOS was relatively flat. For the month, Android ad impressions jumped 48 percent over July, giving Google's mobile OS a ...
Android leads smartphone market Computerworld - Matt Hamblen - 26 Sep, 2011 Computerworld - Android won the smartphone OS war this year in definitive fashion, capturing 39% of the market, according to IDC. The research firm predicted that Android-based smartphones will dominate the market in 2015 with a nearly ...
App of the Week: MusiXmatch lets you sing along San Francisco Chronicle - 26 Sep, 2011 In a nutshell: This app finds and displays lyrics to songs so you can sing along. Cool factor: Italy's musiXmatch has licensed access to 5.6 million lyrics. The app can tap into that database so you can display the correct lyrics to that song you can't ...
31 percent of Android users eyeing switch to iPhone ZDNet Asia - David Carnoy - 26 Sep, 2011 A new survey suggests that Android users are less loyal to their smartphones than iPhone users--by a lot. We know how passionate Android users can be because we hear from them regularly ...
	Android OS Dominates Smartphone Platform Market at 54 Percent Social Barrel - Francis Rey - 26 Sep, 2011 Android OS still leads the smartphone platform market but now so dominant that it nearly doubled the share of second-place iOS, the latest Millennial Media Mobile Mix reported on Friday. According to the study from research firm Millennial Media, ...
FREE London Theatre App Launched for iPhone and Android Mobile Phones Great Reporter - 26 Sep, 2011 LastMinuteTheatreTickets.com have this week launched the first London Theatre mobile phone App that can be used on iPhone and Android networks, from which theatregoers can book theatre tickets through a secure booking system and also read London ...
i-Free Releases New Mobile Shopping App For iPhone EFYTimes (press release) - 26 Sep, 2011 iPhone and Android users can use the new app to make their shopping lists faster, and then cross their purchases out with their finger on the Smartphone screen as they shop. No paper list or pen are needed. Auto prompting will accelerate the making of ...
Business Watch: Squeezed BlackBerry increasingly vulnerable Mobile News - Dominic White - 26 Sep, 2011 The Canadian company's shares took a battering after its latest results, prompting investors to question the company's ability to perform a comeback. The stock plunged 20 per cent on the day the figures came out, wiping £2 billion off the company's ...
	MoneySmart apps Buffalo News - Samantha Maziarz Christmann - 26 Sep, 2011 Penny pinchers have a lot to be thankful for in the information age. Rather than schlep-ping from store to store comparing prices, search engines fetch our merchandise and list them starting at the lowest price first. ...
Report: Android grabs 54 per cent smartphone OS market share Life of Android (blog) - Robert Leedham - 26 Sep, 2011 Android has asserted its growing superiority over Apple with a 54 per cent share of the smartphone OS market for August, according to new data from the mobile research firm Millenial Media. This leaves the iOS platform for iPhone trailing by almost ...
	BlackBerry falls behind combined Android, iPhone use in workplace MacVideo.tv - 26 Sep, 2011 More workers use iPhone and Android smartphones combined than BlackBerry smartphones, according to a survey of 1681 US-based workers released Thursday by Forrester Research. That finding amplifies what many have known for a while about the entrenched ...
And The iPhone Games Keep Looking Better, And Better, And Better Kotaku Australia - Luke Plunkett - 26 Sep, 2011 Gears of War may not be available on Apple's iOS devices, but you can get what looks to be the next best thing with Shadowgun. While the Gears similarities are everywhere (especially in the design of ...
Richest people prefer RIM's Blackberry over iPhone 4 or Android devices Northern Voices Online (blog) - 26 Sep, 2011 What was true earlier, is true even now. Richest people prefer RIM's Blackberry over iPhone 4 or Android devices If you thought that BlackBerry was losing ground, you were right. But if you thought that BlackBerry was losing ground among its staunchest ...
Gears of War 3 app for iPhone? Shadowgun is as close as it gets Tech Digest - Gerald Lynch - 26 Sep, 2011 Gears of War 3 is wowing critics and gamers alike on the Xbox 360 after launching to rave reviews (including our own) last week. Those waiting for an iOS iPhone or iPad app port however shouldn't hold ...
Senator asks Google to clear his name, literally Fudzilla - 26 Sep, 2011 "Honeycomb, pen, buttons". We had a chance to see many tablets, including the rarely seen Samsung 7.7 inch, a… "Did not get CEO appointment". And the big news after the fact that Leo Apotheker was fired as a… "5-platter, sub €200 price". ...
	Android leads smartphone race with more than 50% share The Mobile Indian - Nilabh Jha - 26 Sep, 2011 While Android is the leading smartphone operating system with 52 per cent market share, Apple's iOS is the second best at 28 per cent. Android is the leading smartphone operating system ...
	Find that perfect restaurant with Android and iPhone apps Product Reviews - Gary Johnson - 26 Sep, 2011 We have all done it when we have been in a new area and want to find somewhere good to eat, and are faced with numerous restaurants to choose from. You may walk along looking at all the menus trying to decide if they may be any good, and sometimes what ...
	It's Official, Rich People Prefer BlackBerry Geek WIth Laptop - 26 Sep, 2011 A new survey has proved what many people have been thinking for years now. According to the Prosper Mobile Insights report called “Simultaneously Media Usage Survey” �" rich people prefer BlackBerry over the Apple iPhone. The report interviewed 25000 ...
And the iPhone Games Keep Looking Better, and Better, and Better Kotaku - 26 Sep, 2011 Gears of War may not be available on Apple's iOS devices, but you can get what looks to be the next best thing with Shadowgun. While the Gears similarities are everywhere (especially in the design of your character's suit), as is often the case with ...
	Rich Smartphone Users Opt for Blackberry over iPhone: Survey International Business Times - 26 Sep, 2011 By Adyty M \| September 26, 2011 1:24 AM EDT There has always been a buzz around Apple's iPhone in the tech world, especially now that the iPhone 5's much-touted release is reportedly around the corner, but a recent survey indicates a reality that ...
Smartphone users think security is 'too expensive' CSO Magazine - 26 Sep, 2011 Despite widespread security concerns by smartphone users, 82 per cent do not have any security products installed, a survey by research group NPD has found. One of the perceived barriers for the quarter of all iPhone and Android respondents that did ...
RIM Investors Should Not Be Overly Optimistic About BB7 As Game Changer Seeking Alpha - Fenny Chang - 26 Sep, 2011 In a recent survey by Morgan Stanley on 1852 cell phone users, of the 46% current US Blackberry users, 60% plan to purchase the BB7 in the next 6 months. Also mentioned in the survey, 7% of Android users, 5% of iPhone users, and 4% of feature phone ...
	Certain iOS 5 features copied from Android Product Reviews - Daniel Chubb - ‎Sep 25, 2011‎ The two beasts in the smartphone operating system market will be iOS and Android, and while we hear our Apple readers when they say “the iPhone is just one phone and it manages to compete will loads of different brands running Android OS”, ...
Blackberry Owners, Shrinking But Rich 24/7 Wall St. (blog) - ‎Sep 24, 2011‎ The number of smartphone owners who use Research In Motions's (NASDAQ: RIMM) Blackberry is shrinking as a part of the overall market. But, at least the people who use the devices are rich. That is probably of little comfort to RIM, but it does show ...
App Usage and Purchase Intentions Vary Among iPhone, Droid and BlackBerry ... Tom Wilt News - ‎Sep 24, 2011‎ In a weak economy, poor management decisions are even more likely to lead to customer attrition. Therefore in a competitive market such as the mobile industry, its critical for executives to know their consumers. In a recent Prosper Mobile Insights ...