Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:10:14 +0100 SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co posted a record $4.7 billion quarterly operating profit, driven by booming smartphone sales, and will spend $22 billion this year to boost production of chips and flat screens to pull further ahead of smaller rivals. The South Korean firm, the world's top technology firm by revenue, is locked in breakneck competition with Apple Inc in the red-hot smartphone market, and said its telecoms business earned a record 2.64 trillion won profit in October-December on increased sales of its flagship Galaxy smartphones. ... (Source: Reuters)
Apple iPhone now more popular than all Android smartphones in US combined: report
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:00:09 +0100 In the US, Apple’s iPhone has surpassed the smartphone market share of all Android devices combined, according to new numbers out from research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, as reported by Reuters. But the difference is almost invisible: Apple now owns 44.9 percent of the market; handsets running Google’s Android operating system now own just 44.8 percent. (Source: Digital Trends)
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:20:08 +0100 (Reuters) - Booming demand for the latest iPhone model helped Apple beat all phones using Google's Android platform in the U.S. smartphone market in the fourth quarter, data showed on Wednesday. Research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech said Apple's share of the U.S. market doubled from a year ago to 44.9 percent in the October to December period, just beating Google's Android smartphones, which slipped to 44.8 percent from 50 percent. ... (Source: Reuters)
Leaked info points to 11 new Sony smartphones for 2012
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:30:11 +0100 Information has come to light suggesting that electronics giant Sony will be releasing around 11 smartphones this year, all running Android. (Source: Digital Trends)
Motorola, Lenovo sign on to first Intel-powered smartphones
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:20:07 +0100 (Reuters) - Intel announced multi-year pacts with Motorola Mobility and Lenovo to develop smartphones and tablets, and said the first Google Android phones using the top chipmaker's processors would go on sale this year. Speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Intel Chief Executive Paul Otellini said Lenovo would launch a smartphone for the Chinese market using Intel's newest chip in the second quarter of the year, while Motorola will release its phone in the second half. The agreements with the U.S. ... (Source: Reuters)
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