115% growth propels Apple to 5% share of global phone shipments

The latest estimates for total mobile phone shipments worldwide place Apple in fourth place with 5 percent of the market, thanks to a record quarter and huge year over year growth for the iPhone.

Slash Lane 15 years ago 63

Struggling RIM's gap in new BlackBerry products viewed as opportunity for Apple

As Research in Motion's struggles continue, delays in new BlackBerry product introductions are expected to chiefly benefit Apple and the growing market share of the iPhone.

Neil Hughes 15 years ago 36

RIM PlayBook launch disappoints; Intel earnings soar

Research in Motion's lackluster launch of the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet spooked investors on Tuesday. Meanwhile, record earnings bolstered Intel's confidence in continued growth of the PC market, even as CEO Paul Otellini admitted that tablets like Apple's iPad had cannibalized PC sales "a little bit."

Josh Ong 15 years ago 34

Briefly: RIM defends PlayBook; It Gets Better employee video; white iPhone 4

Research in Motion executives spoke out in defense of the BlackBerry PlayBook, calling it "superior," while Apple employees from the LGBT community have posted a video for the It Gets Better project. Finally, Apple has again confirmed that the white iPhone 4 will launch this spring.

AppleInsider Staff 15 years ago 60

Review roundup: BlackBerry PlayBook a promising start, but not quite finished

Ahead of the Apr. 19 launch of Research in Motion's BlackBerry PlayBook, the first reviews have appeared, with reviewers recommending that consumers hold off on purchasing the 7-inch tablet due to the "rushed to market" feel of the device.

Josh Ong 15 years ago 86

Gartner's iPhone, Android predictions radically revised in a year and a half

Gartner recently issued a new prediction of the direction of the smartphone industry, but its last one from 2009 doesn't suggest the company has very accurate foresight.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 208

Given a BlackBerry choice, 92% of Clorox employees picked iPhone

As part of an effort to replace IT designated PCs and mobile phones with devices employees want, Clorox has dropped RIM's BlackBerry and workers have overwhelmingly selected iPhones instead.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 54

Apple reportedly caused display shortage that delayed RIM PlayBook 1 month

A new report out of the Far East suggests that a one month delay to Research in Motion's PlayBook tablet may have been a result of Apple booking up most of the available touch panel production capacity.

Josh Ong 15 years ago 34

Cheaper iPhone could give Apple control of China's smartphone market

A new survey shows that Apple is poised to capitalize on an explosion in sales of 3G smartphones in China, with the iPhone the most popular option, though lower prices could give it the lion's share of sales.

Neil Hughes 15 years ago 40

IDC predicts Windows Phone will top Apple's iOS in market share by 2015

A new forecast of the global smartphone platform market from research firm IDC has predicted that Microsoft's Windows Phone platform will see a resurgence in the next four years, overtaking Apple's iOS platform which powers the iPhone.

Katie Marsal 15 years ago 149

Kodak says patent dispute with Apple worth more than $1B in royalties [u]

The CEO of Eastman Kodak told reporters Thursday that his company could receive more than $1 billion in royalty revenue if it can achieve a victory against Apple and Research in Motion in a patent dispute over digital camera technology used in the two companies' mobile devices.

Josh Ong 15 years ago 57

RIM adds Android OS 2.3 app support to Playbook

BlackBerry vendor RIM worked to distract from its weak future guidance by announcing that its upcoming Playbook tablet will indeed run Android 2.3 apps as was previously rumored.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 46

Android tops RIM in US smartphone market share, Apple's iPhone third

Google's Android surpassed Research in Motion's BlackBerry to become the largest mobile platform at the start of 2011, while Apple's iOS and iPhone took third before the Verizon iPhone 4 was released.

Neil Hughes 15 years ago 104

Analyst: Apple could benefit from Nokia, Microsoft partnership

Commenting on Nokia's recent announcement that it will abandon its Symbian mobile operating system on smartphones in favor of Microsoft's Windows Phone OS, one analyst claimed that Apple could stand to benefit from the transition.

Josh Ong 15 years ago 31

Nearly half of small business users accessing work email use iPhone

A look at the email use of a quarter million business email users indicates that 48.5 percent of small business users who access email from their smartphone now use an iPhone.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 14

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