iPad market share hit by deep PlayBook price cut in Canada

New data released on Wednesday suggests Research in Motion's PlayBook tablet has managed a ten percent increase in Canadian marketshare on substantial discounts, and has pulled the share of Apple's iPad down to 68 percent.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 51

iPhone best at retaining resale value and offers lowest total cost of ownership

A study by Priceonomics "indicates that Apple phones are a better value than smartphones on other platforms," adding, "the market has spoken, and Android and Blackberrys do not age well."

Daniel Eran Dilger 14 years ago 22

RIM says BlackBerry App World has 60K apps, 13% of publishers earn more than $100K

Research in Motion announced on Tuesday that its BlackBerry App World is the second most profitable mobile application store behind Apple's App Store, beating out Google's Android Market.

Sam Oliver 14 years ago 37

New RIM CEO will not change strategy on PlayBook, BlackBerry 10

Despite the fact that it has a new CEO at the helm, Research in Motion will not see a major shakeup in the near future, and will continue to support the PlayBook tablet and the BlackBerry 10 platform as previously planned.

Neil Hughes 14 years ago 45

64GB iPhone 4S takes 21% of sales, 36% of iPhone buyers come from another platform

A new survey of recent iPhone customers found that 21 percent of iPhone 4S buyers chose Apple's highest capacity 64-gigabyte model, while 36 percent of users migrated from another platform like Android, BlackBerry or Palm.

Neil Hughes 14 years ago 19

RIM co-founders step down as chairmen, CEOs

Research in Motion co-founders Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have resigned from their posts as co-chairmen of the board and co-Chief Executive Officers and are to be replaced by former Chief Operating Officer Thorsten Heins as CEO and Barbara Stymiest as independent chair.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 71

iPhone 4S launch propels surging Apple 20% to close the gap with Android

The launch of the iPhone 4S last October had an "enormous impact" on the U.S. smartphone landscape, boosting Apple's share among new buyers by almost 20 percent and putting it neck-and-neck with Android in December.

Sam Oliver 14 years ago 68

54% of future smartphone buyers say they'll choose Apple's iPhone

A new survey has found Apple has "explosive momentum" at the beginning of 2012, with more than half of people who plan to buy a smartphone in the next 90 days choosing Apple's iPhone.

Neil Hughes 14 years ago 48

RBC exec said to be a "lock" to replace RIM co-chairmen

Royal Bank of Canada executive Barbara Stymiest is reportedly a "lock" to become the new chairwoman at Research in Motion as investors have become increasingly critical of co-chairmen Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 29

Apple gains ground while Android pushes to 50% share of US market

Apple's iPhone grew 1.4% in the U.S. mobile OEM and smartphone OS markets during the three months ending in November, but Google's Android platform continued to dominate and gained 3.1% in its march to acquire half of America's subscribership.

Mikey Campbell 14 years ago 100

RIM turned down multiple takeover bids despite financial woes

Research in Motion reportedly turned down offers from Amazon and other potential buyers, and is opting to fix its own problems by leveraging upcoming BlackBerry handsets and existing services.

Mikey Campbell 14 years ago 73

RIM now worth less than Apple's App Store alone

Research in Motion's struggles in the smartphone market have driven its stock price so low that the company is worth less than the estimated value of just Apple's App Store.

Katie Marsal 14 years ago 64

Delayed again, RIM's BlackBerry 10 OS viewed as too little, too late

Following Research in Motion's announcement that its forthcoming BlackBerry 10 mobile operating system has been delayed yet again, Wall Street watchers have begun to wonder if the company will be too late to the high-end smartphone market to recover.

Neil Hughes 14 years ago 28

RIM's BlackBerry shipments flatten, PlayBook shipments decline

Quarterly shipments of Research in Motion's BlackBerry smartphones saw a slight decline year over year to 14.1 million units, while PlayBook shipments dropped sequentially to 150,000, according to the company's latest quarterly earnings report.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 26

40% of BlackBerry, Windows & Android smartphone owners prefer Apple's iPad

More than 40 percent of owners of smartphones on BlackBerry, Windows Phone and Android platforms prefer Apple's iPad to tablets from their current smartphone operating system makers, according to a recent survey.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 17

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