Find: Apple patent application takes the hard keys out of the keyboard, promises a flat surface solution
Find: ARM alchemy turns ubiquity into gold, profits up 25 percent
ARM alchemy turns ubiquity into gold, profits up 25 percent
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IDC: Nokia, LG see significant Q2 shipping decline, Apple continues to grow
Find: Sprint and LightSquared confirm agreement, 15 years worth of LTE network sharing and more
Sprint and LightSquared confirm agreement, 15 years worth of LTE network sharing and more
Find: Cellphones are dangerous / not dangerous: little tykes under the spotlight
Cellphones are dangerous / not dangerous: little tykes under the spotlight
Find: Nielsen: Android accounts for 39 percent of smartphones in the US, Apple is the top device maker
Nielsen's just released a study confirming what some other studies have already concluded -- that Android devices account for the single largest swath of smartphone users in the US, with 39 percent OS share as of the second quarter. That compares with 28 percent for iOS, although Apple still reigns as the country's top-selling device maker. Simply put, that's a reflection of the fact that Apple is the only outfit churning out iOS devices, whereas a bevy of companies led by HTC, Motorola, and Samsung have helped make Android the dominant OS in the states. And let's not forget about RIM, another hardware / software shop, which still commands a 20 percent chunk of the market. Rounding out the list, Windows Phone and Windows Mobile account for nine percent, largely thanks to sales of HTC handsets, while webOS and Symbian each eked out two percent. At this point we don't doubt that Android is the most ubiquitous mobile operating system this side of the Atlantic, although it's worth noting that Nielsen based its results on a sample of roughly 20,000 people -- all of whom are postpaid subscribers.
Nielsen: Android accounts for 39 percent of smartphones in the US, Apple is the top device maker originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Nielsen | Email this | ...Intel integrated graphics: finally good enough for the MacBook Air?
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Intel integrated graphics: finally good enough for the MacBook Air?
At long last, Apple released Intel's highly anticipated Sandy Bridge updates on both the MacBook Air and Mac mini earlier this month. However, many of these machines—along with the 13" MacBook Pro introduced earlier this year—rely solely on Intel's integrated graphics, a move that raised eyebrows among users allergic to the reduced performance that often comes with Intel's integrated GPUs. The move from Intel's integrated GPU from the 320M indeed has some trade-offs, but some investigation reveals that performance is, as we suspected, largely the same.
While Intel's reputation for graphics hasn't gone much beyond "just barely enough to suffice," the integrated GPU in Sandy Bridge processors represents Intel's first serious effort to address performance. That performance generally compares to low-end discrete GPUs, while in many cases reducing overall power consumption.
We thought it would be useful to examine the differences between Apple's previous integrated solution—the 320M—and Intel's HD Graphics 3000. Given that Intel's next-generation architecture, codenamed Ivy Bridge, is expected to offer significantly improved graphics, we can draw some conclusions about why Apple decided to make the switch now rather than later.
Find: Global smartphone market share
Smartphone sales will hit 420 million units by the end of 2011, yet still make up only 28 percent of the market, according to a study released by IMS Research. At the onset of 2011, Nokia and Apple were the dominant brands, accounting for over 40 percent of smartphones sold in the first quarter of the year, but Samsung is rapidly catching up, experiencing well over 300 percent growth in global smartphone market share over the same quarter last year. Samsung now has 13 percent of the market.
Motorola appears to have stagnated, maintaining a 4 percent share year-over-year, while RIM dropped from 20 to 15 percent smartphone market share. Josh Builta, an analyst from IMS, cites the manufacturers' poor positioning to capitalize on the "market trend" of smartphone ownership as the primary reason the market appears to be held back.
Builta cited LG as a prime example of a brand that has failed to pursue a diverse line of smartphones. But despite LG's allegedly indifferent attitude, its smartphone market share jumped from 1 to 4 percent from the first quarter of 2010 to 2011.
HTC, on the other hand, despite being a brand that focuses exclusively on smartphones, saw less growth, from 6 to 10 percent of the smartphone market. While Nokia still made it into the hands of 24 percent of smartphone buyers in the first quarter of 2011, it appears to be hemorrhaging customers: last year, 40 percent of smartphone sales were Nokia handsets.
Based on growth of the market so far, IMS estimates that smartphones will hit one billion sales by 2016, when they will account for 50 percent of all mobile handsets sold.
Find: An App for Reporting an Emergency
Gadgetwise: An App for Reporting an Emergency
Find: Book Apps for Adults
Gadgetwise: AppSmart Extra: Book Apps for Adults
Find: RIM to lay off 2,000 employees, shuffle executives
RIM to lay off 2,000 employees, shuffle executives
Find: What You Capture Is What You Get: A New Way for Task Migration Across Devices
What You Capture Is What You Get: A New Way for Task Migration Across Devices
Opp: Android Camp: students spend a week developing Android applications
Android Camp: students spend a week developing Android applications
Job: TransLoc Inc. looking for a Blackberry developer.
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Find: iOS, Android catching buyers' eyes while Blackberry suffers
Tool: Announcing Git Support for Google Code Project Hosting
Announcing Git Support for Google Code Project Hosting
Find: Nokia Sea Ray leaks out in video
Nokia Sea Ray leaks out in video
Find: MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover join ISIS mobile payment network
MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover join ISIS mobile payment network
Find: MetaWatch prototype review
MetaWatch prototype review
Find: Nokia commits to launching first Windows Phone device in 2011 amidst ‘greater than expected’ challenges
Nokia commits to launching first Windows Phone device in 2011 amidst ‘greater than expected’ challenges (update: €430m likely from Apple patent licensing fees)
Viz: Raleigh Startup deja Mi launches iPhone App
Raleigh Startup deja Mi launches iPhone App
Find: Sony S1 and S2 hands-on
Sony S1 and S2 hands-on
Find: Motorola rumored to be hard at work on high-res, 4:3 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet
Motorola rumored to be hard at work on high-res, 4:3 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet
Find: Barnes & Noble charges ahead of the e-reader pack
IDC: Barnes & Noble charges ahead of the e-reader pack, people like a little color with their books
Find: SwiftKey X virtual keyboard launches for Android tablets
SwiftKey X virtual keyboard launches for Android tablets, we go hands-on (video)
Find: The bedeviled bezel
Switched On: The bedeviled bezel
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.Find: Microsoft says it will have a ‘single ecosystem’ for PCs, tablets, phones, and TVs… and is ‘Windows’ dead?
Microsoft says it will have a ‘single ecosystem’ for PCs, tablets, phones, and TVs… and is ‘Windows’ dead?
Find: Amazon's Tough Decisions on Its Android Tablet
Amazon's Tough Decisions on Its Android Tablet
Find: Google's Android dominance to be challenged by Amazon tablet
Google's Android dominance to be challenged by Amazon tablet
Find: Verizon iPhone, iPad 2 luring developers away from Android
Report: Verizon iPhone, iPad 2 luring developers away from Android
Find: 28% of US smartphone owners use them as primary 'Net connection
28% of US smartphone owners use them as primary 'Net connection
Find: Knocking down barriers to knowledge
Knocking down barriers to knowledge
Find: Apple Seeds iOS 5 Beta 3 to Developers
Apple Seeds iOS 5 Beta 3 to Developers [In Brief]
Find: The explosion of connected devices
The explosion of connected devices
By 2015, there will be over 3 times the amount of connected devices as people on the planet. Where is this all going?