Posted on 04/30/2010 1:01:44 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
The global smartphone market saw its best quarter for the first time in almost three years, according to Strategy Analytics, a research firm.
It found that global smartphone shipments jumped by a gigantic 50 percent to 54 million in Q1 from 36 million in the year-ago period. Smartphones accounted for 18 percent of all smartphones shipped. Nokia (NYSE: NOK) shipped a record 21.5 million smartphones to have a leading market share of 40 percent. RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) shipped the second-most handsets to beat Apple (NSDQ: AAPL). The BlackBerry-maker’s market share stands at 20 percent, while Apple’s is at 16.4 percent.
Separately, IDC also released its first-quarter report today, which looks at the overall market for mobile phones—not just the upper echelon. It said that the broader market grew by 21.7 percent to 294.9 million compared to 242.4 million units in the first quarter of 2009. That’s a drastic change in a year ago period when the market declined 16.6 percent
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Smartphone story ... :-)
I love it when folks proofread their stories before putting them out there ...
I bet most of them were sold to narcos and the others to terroists!
I bet most of them were sold to narcos and the others to terroists!
I saw the opening day sale for the iPhone, in Tulsa, almost three years ago. And from the looks of the crowd of about 1,000 people, waiting -- ummmm..., I wouldn't call them narcos and terrorists ... LOL ...
In fact, I doubt that you would find even 1% of the sales of iPhones to narcos and terrorists ... :-)
I kinda think that they want the cheaper and "throw-away" kind ... doncha know...
"I love it when folks proofread their stories before putting them out there"
LOL!
They probably brought in Barak “Corpsman” 0bama to do the proofreading.
Too bad I’m too old and tech-challenged to figure out how to use any of them. :-(
Too bad I’m too old and tech-challenged to figure out how to use any of them. :-(
Now, you just step right on down to the nearest Apple Retail Store (not someone else's store...) and you get your hands on that iPhone (they let you play around with them in the store... no problem) and then you'll see you don't even have to be a techie to use it or any of the other functions.
It's super!
No one is too old or are they too tech-challenged for an iPhone... guaranteed!
:-)
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