Apple's iPhone tops JD Power satisfaction survey for 8th straight time

Apple's iPhone once again topped the J.D. Power and Associates rankings for customer satisfaction, marking 8 straight surveys of besting the competition.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 24

Android loses ground, Apple's iPhone takes 33% of US smartphone market

Domestic shipments of Android-based smartphones declined year over year in the second quarter, while Apple saw its iPhone sales grow by 2 million units.

Slash Lane 13 years ago 62

Samsung smartphone shipments estimated at 52M, doubling Apple's iPhone

A new estimate pegs Samsung's smartphone shipments for the second quarter of calendar 2012 at 52.1 million, which would be twice the 26 million iPhones Apple sold during the same period.

Sam Oliver 13 years ago 204

Apple's iOS takes 65% mobile browser share in June, Android at 20%

Apple has continued to take an increasingly larger share of mobile devices tracked by Net Applications, reaching more than 65 percent in the month of June.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 37

RIM's survival until BlackBerry 10 all about cash preservation

While Research in Motion reported dismal quarterly earnings this week, the company did manage to improve its cash balance, suggesting the its demise isn't imminent — if it can survive until the launch of BlackBerry 10.

Neil Hughes 13 years ago 94

RIM looks to BB10, software licensing for survival

Research in Motion CEO Thorstein Heins said in a Thursday earnings conference call that the company is working hard to overcome the challenges faced by the rapidly expanding smartphone market and is looking to the upcoming BB10 platform and licensing deals for BlackBerry Messenger to survive.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 25

RIM operating at a loss as fiscal 1Q 2013 earnings far worse than expected

Canadian telecom Research in Motion took a substantial hit during its first fiscal quarter of 2013 with a non-GAAP loss of $0.37 per share on only $2.81 billion of revenue, numbers that are drastically lower than anticipated results from financial analysts and represent the first net loss for the company since 2004.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 34

AT&T asked RIM for iPhone competitor while it was Apple's exclusive carrier

In 2010, when the iPhone was still exclusive to AT&T in the U.S., the carrier turned to Research in Motion and asked it to develop a touchscreen device to compete with the iPhone, a new report reveals.

Sam Oliver 13 years ago 43

Hacker purportedly demos iOS apps emulated on BlackBerry PlayBook

An enterprising developer has demonstrated an alleged hack that would allow iOS apps to run on Research in Motion's BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, albeit with certain limitations.

Josh Ong 13 years ago 15

73% of iPhone buyers choose 4S, 38% switch from Android or BlackBerry

A new survey of American iPhone buyers has revealed that 73 percent choose the high-end iPhone 4S, while 38 percent of those buying Apple's smartphone reported switching from Android or BlackBerry.

Neil Hughes 14 years ago 53

RIM stock falls to lowest level in eight years on bearish trading

Embattled Canadian smartphone maker RIM saw its stock dip into single-digits on Monday to end trading down 5.85 percent at $9.66, a price not seen since December 2003.

Mikey Campbell 14 years ago 40

ETSI chooses Apple's 'nano-SIM' design as new standard

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute on Friday selected Apple's contested "nano-SIM" design as the official fourth form factor for the SIM card standard.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 59

RIM chief forecasts grim Q1 performance after shares halted

Trading of Research in Motion shares were halted briefly early Tuesday ahead of an announcement from CEO Thorsten Heins, who said to expect an operating loss for the company's first fiscal quarter of 2012.

Mikey Campbell 14 years ago 35

RIM's unsold inventory of BlackBerrys, PlayBooks swells to $1B value

Last quarter, Research in Motion's backlog of unsold BlackBerry handsets and PlayBook tablets grew to more than $1 billion in value, underscoring the company's struggles to sell its products.

Sam Oliver 14 years ago 68

RIM to cut 40% of workforce as another top exec resigns

As ailing Research in Motion prepares to axe nearly 40 percent of its workforce in the coming months, another top-level executive has announced their resignation on Monday as the BlackBerry maker continues to hemorrhage cash.

Mikey Campbell 14 years ago 78

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