Almost 60% of all smartphones sold in the first quarter were Android-powered, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Apple's iOS phones accounted for another 23% of sales volume, giving the top two operating systems a combined total market share of almost 75%.
Samsung...
Just a few weeks after taking Apple's title as the world's top seller of smartphones, Samsung has scored another victory over Cupertino: The Galaxy S III is emerging as the most pre-ordered smartphone in history, with reported advance orders of 9 million units, more...
The screen size of Apple's iPhone looks poised to grow for the first time in the device's history, and several Asian manufacturers may have a shot at making displays for the anticipated iPhone 5. Sharp, Sony, Toshiba Mobile Display, LG Display and Japan Display...
The CEOs of Apple and Samsung are in their second day of closed-door negotiations aimed at settling their ongoing patent disputes. The stakes got a little higher late last week when Apple filed a motion for a preliminary injunction against Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1....
It's been a tough year for Nokia (NOK) in the U.S. and Europe, but the Finnish company's low-end phones are still ubiquitous in the developing world and that's where Nokia is focusing with its newest releases. The Nokia 110 and 112 are fast, flashy...
According to a new study released by the American Customer Satisfaction Index, customer satisfaction across the wireless industry dropped from last year, despite aggregate gains across all sectors of the economy covered by the survey. The ACSI uses interviews with roughly 70,000 customers to...
Samsung Electronics took a step into Apple's backyard this week, buying Palo Alto-based mSpot to add a digital content hub with cloud storage to its mobile devices. Samsung says it will integrate mSpot's movies and music into upcoming mobile devices, meaning that Samsung will...
Every few months, or whenever the rumor mill is running a bit thin (never!), a new report seems to surface claiming that Apple is looking to become a wireless carrier of some sort.
Describing its new flagship smartphone as "a human product that understands you," Samsung today launched the Galaxy S III. The new phone will be available through 296 carriers in 145 countries.
Samsung says its new phone, which features a huge 4.8 inch screen, will...
The domestic prepaid space gained a new entrant today as Prepayd Wireless threw its hat into the ultra-competitive market touting no-contract services running across Sprint Nextel’s CDMA network and Clearwire’s WiMAX network.
The carrier, which is a sister company of prepaid credit card provider Bank...
Seoul Broadcasting System is reporting that Korea's National Tax Service is asking Samsung to pay about $350 million (400 billion KRW) in additional taxes after authorities reportedly uncovered tax evasion and transactions with overseas subsidiaries at non-market prices.. Samsung has been under investigation by...
Emphasizing the importance of the prepaid market, or at least the intense competition that segment is currently experiencing, nationwide powerhouse Verizon Wireless rolled out new offerings emphasizing the evolving nature of wireless usage while regional wireless operators U.S. Cellular (USM) and Atlantic Tele-Network (Alltel...
A California judge has ordered Samsung and Apple to send their CEOs and top lawyers to settlement talks next month. Tim Cook and Choi Gee-sung will meet May 21 and 22 in the San Francisco court of Judge Joseph Spero, a judge who is...
Samsung's Galaxy may now outshine even Apple in the smartphone market, and analysts say the Korean giant has surpassed Nokia as the world's leading handset vendor. Samsung does not report the number of phones shipped each quarter, but 93 million is the estimate from...
Wireless trade association CTIA shook up the plans for its annual spring event for 2012, pushing the shows traditional late March, early April timing until early May. In announcing the change last year, CTIA noted the move was due to requests from vendors that...
Sprint Nextel’s (S) LTE plans look to be drawing ever closer as the carrier today provided a sale date for its second LTE-enabled device ahead of an expected launch by mid-year.
The carrier said the previously announced Samsung Galaxy Nexus would be available...
Nokia may be trailing Samsung in smartphone sales, but it definitely has a publicity edge this month with its on-the-street smartphone speed tests. Nokia representatives offer cash rewards to any smartphone user who can upload a video to Facebook faster than a Lumia Windows...
Sales of the Galaxy Note propelled Samsung (005930.KS) to record earnings in the first quarter – estimated operating profit was $5.1 billion on revenue of $340 billion. The Korean company will report final results April 27, after an external audit.
Samsung has sold more than...
Regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular added some color to its LTE device plans, announcing the immediate availability of the Samsung Galaxy S Aviator. The device is set to run on the carrier’s LTE network that is available in select markets across Iowa, Maine, North...
The smartphone processor market is looking a little less competitive than it did at the beginning of the year. A team of heavy-hitters in the semiconductor industry is scrapping plans to team up to produce mobile microprocessors. Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited, NEC Corporation,...
Intel (INTC) and Samsung (SSNLF) continue to dominate the global semiconductor market, but Qualcomm (QCOM), Texas Instruments (TXN), Broadcom (BCOM) and nVidia (NVDA) are coming on strong, thanks in large part to the success of their chips for wireless devices.
Qualcomm remains the...
Samsung's Smart TV just keeps getting smarter – at SXSW Interactive the company was showing off a model that responds to hand motions and voice commands. The TV's camera recognizes faces as well as hand motions, meaning that controls or preferences can be set...
Almost one in three Americans now uses a smartphone, and 3 out of 4 have at least one mobile device. According to ComScore's quarterly report on the mobile phone industry, Samsung remains the top handset manufacturer with 25.4% of the market, followed by LG...
Samsung is already running neck-and-neck with Apple in the smartphone market, and this week at Mobile World Congress the Korean giant is unveiling products aimed at closing the gap in the tablet space. First Samsung launched the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, followed today by...
