Nokia denies $19B Microsoft purchase, but rumored deal viewed as boon for Apple Nokia reacted quickly on Wednesday to a report claiming its phone business was acquired by Microsoft for $19 billion, calling it "baseless." But one Wall Street analyst had another word to describe a hypothetical deal between the two companies, at least for Apple investors: "heaven." Neil Hughes 15 years ago 50
Android to be on 49% of smartphones by 2012, leaving Apple's iOS with 19%, Gartner predicts Gartner's latest forecast for worldwide smartphone operating system market share predicts that Google Android will be present on nearly half of all handsets sold next year, while the iPhone and its iOS operating system will account for 19 percent of units sold. Slash Lane 15 years ago 86
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
