Apple is catching up to Research In Motion in a smartphone market that saw 54.7 million units ship in the first quarter of 2010, up 56.7 percent from first-quarter 2009. While RIM shipped 10.6 million BlackBerry smartphones in the first quarter, Apple sold 8.8 million iPhones with only AT T as its carrier. This growth may continue and become even more impressive when Apple launches iPhone OS 4 in June and with the eventual launch of the iPhone on the Verizon Wireless network. Meanwhile, HTC and Motorola both sported good market-share gains thanks to sales of Google Android phones.
– Apple is catching up to Research In Motion in a smartphone market that saw
54.7 million units ship in the first quarter of 2010, up 56.7 percent from the
first quarter of 2009.
Nokia commanded the lion’s share of the burgeoning market,
shipping 21.5 million units for the quarter to take 39.3 per…
Microsoft had a Web- and mobile-centric week, centered on developments with its upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series and a redesigned MSN homepage, as well as another report of incremental market-share gains for its Bing search engine. The news also highlighted that interlinked nature of Microsoft’s competitors in the online space, including Google, Yahoo and Apple.
– Microsofts news this week primarily existed in the online
and mobile arenas fitting, considering the companys increased focus on those
spaces as it attempts to develop viable businesses apart from its flagship
desktop software applications.
On March 9, Microsoft
rolled out its redesigned MSN ho…
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer suggested that the Im a PC ads, which highlight the low cost of Windows PCs at the expense of Macs, have led to renewed market-share gains over Apple. As consumers look for cheaper computing power in the midst of a global recession, mini-notebooks, known popularly as netbooks, have experienced an increase in their market share relative to higher-end PCs.
– Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer thinks that his companys recent ad campaigns, which have
focused on the low cost of Windows PCs relative to Macs, have been key in
gaining market share over Apple.
quot;We’re going to continue to tell the story of the Windows
PC, quot; Ballmer said during a Q amp;…
