Android Smartphones – an impressive growth rate
Android is new OS in mobile world and it is a Linux based open source operating system. The main feature of Android is it is open source and easy to use. Android provides Java Language support for developers so that mobile application developers can build third party applications on java [...]
Games on Android Mobile Phones
Android apps stores generally lag behind an Apple apps store, but still they have various fun filled applications and Android games. Thousands of Android games which are released by Google are popular among gaming freaks. There are different types of Android games which can make you think and keep you [...]
Samsung moved ahead of Nokia
Samsung also moved ahead of Nokia, with its flagship Galaxy S II product performing well, but its overall performance was underwhelming, considering the opportunities offered by the upheaval at Nokia. Samsung has failed to fully capitalize on Nokia’s weakened state around the world, as the Finnish company rides out a [...]
iOS becomes second largest smartphone platform
With shipments of 20.3 million iPhones and a market share of 19%, iOS overtook Nokia’s Symbian platform during the quarter to take second place worldwide. In doing so, Apple also became the world’s leading individual smart phone vendor, stripping Nokia of its long-held leadership position. ‘The iPhone has been a [...]
Android takes 50% share of worldwide smartphone market
Of the 56 countries Canalys tracks around the world, Android led in 35 of them and achieved a global market share of 48%. Asia Pacific (APAC) remained the largest regional market, with 39.8 million units shipping there, compared with 35.0 million in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and [...]
