Apple was the top smartphone vendor in the United States last quarter according to new data released on Monday. A new report from market research firm The NPD Group suggests that the three best-selling smartphones in America last quarter were all iPhones. Apple’s new iPhone 4S was deemed the top-selling smartphone this past holiday quarter, followed by the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS, which is now free on contract from AT&T. Two versions of Samsung’s Galaxy S II smartphone rounded out the top-5. Read on for more. “Attracted by a faster processor, improved camera and the Siri speech-driven agent, most iPhone buyers paid a premium for the iPhone 4S, making it the top-selling handset in Q4,” NPD analyst Ross
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NPD: iPhone dominated in Q4, Android popularity grows among first-time buyers
February 6th, 2012 
Zach Epstein 
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Tags: Android, Apple, Business, Galaxy S II, iPhone, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, market share, Mobile, Samsung, Smartphones 
No Comments »Mobile Miscellany: week of January 30th, 2012
February 4th, 2012 Zachary Lutz Not all mobile news is destined for the front page, but if you’re like us and really want to know what’s going on, then you’ve come to the right place. This week, we’ve spotted a leaked Android 4.0.4 ROM for the Nexus S 4G, and we’ve also come across …
Posted in News Tags: Android, Android 4.0.4, Android4.0.4, app, Apple, Apps, Canada, ClockworkMod, clockworkmod recovery, ClockworkmodRecovery, droid 4, Droid4, england, Galaxy Nexus, GalaxyNexus, google, htc, HTC Rezound, HtcRezound, Ice Cream Sandwich, IceCreamSandwich, iOS, iPhone, koush, Lumia 710, Lumia710, mm, mobile miscellany, MobileMiscellany, mobilepostmini, mobilicity, motorola, Motorola Droid 4, MotorolaDroid4, nexus s 4g, NexusS4g, Nokia, Nokia Lumia 710, NokiaLumia710, Peter Alfonso, PeterAlfonso, price, pricing, release date, rezound, Sprint, Sprint Zone, SprintZone, UK, Verizon, verizon wireless, VerizonWireless, Videotron, wind, wind mobile, WindMobile No Comments »Apple and Samsung to pull in 90% of smartphone profits in 2012, UBS says
February 3rd, 2012 Zach Epstein Industry watchers agree that smartphone sales will continue to balloon in 2012, but much of the projected growth will seemingly be enjoyed by just two companies. In a report to clients earlier this week, UBS analyst Maynard Um lowered his full-year unit sales projections for cell phones to 1.69 billion from his earlier estimate of 1.7 billion units. At the same time, however, he raised his industry revenue estimates to $242.8 billion from $238.8 billion thanks in large part to a huge year projected for both Apple and Samsung. Read on for more. Um believes Apple and Samsung will combine to account for more than half of smartphone industry revenues in 2012. Each firm recently reported a moster holiday quarter
Posted in News Tags: Apple, Business, earnings, Galaxy S II, galaxy s iii, iOS, iPhone, iPhone 5, market share, Mobile, profit, Sales, Samsung, Smartphones, UBS No Comments »Canalys: More smartphones than PCs shipped in 2011
February 3rd, 2012 Daniel Cooper 2011: the year Smartphones supplanted computers, at least according to the bundle of spreadsheets that just arrived from Canalys Research. Vendors shipped (shipped, not sold) 488 million of the devices, compared to 414.6 million “PCs,” which erroneou…
Posted in News Tags: Apple, BlackBerry, Business, Canalys, Canalys Research, CanalysResearch, data, Desktops, galaxy, iPhone, Laptops, lumia, mobilepostcross, Netbooks, Nokia, Numbers, RIM, Samsung, Shipments, Stats, Tablets No Comments »Motorola Wins Permanent Injunction Against Apple in Germany – Products Pulled Initially, Have Now Returned at Possible Licensing Deal
February 3rd, 2012 Kellex Motorola won a pretty significant patent battle with Apple today in German courts. The initial “permanent injunction” forced the Cupertino giant to remove most of its products from its German-based online store including the iPhone 3G, the…
HP CEO says webOS will be better than ‘fragmented’ Android and ‘closed’ iOS
February 3rd, 2012 Zach Epstein Though Hewlett-Packard was unable to produce webOS devices that consumers were interested in buying — at a positive margin, at least — CEO Meg Whitman still thinks the beleaguered platform has legs. After unsuccessfully trying to sell or license webOS, HP decided late last year to donate its $1.2 billion platform to the open source community. The firm still plans to launch new webOS devices in the future, however, and Meg Whitman explained HP’s position while speaking with CRN. Read on for more. “There is a clear vision of what we’re trying to accomplish,” Whitman said in an interview. “There will be some people who will not love that vision, and then there are people who are very excited about this vision, and
Posted in News Tags: Android, Apple, Fragmentation, google, HP, iOS, iPhone, Meg Whitman, Mobile, open source, palm, touchpad, webos No Comments »Ban on iPhones and iPad suspended in Germany, sales resume
February 3rd, 2012 Zach Epstein Sales of Apple’s iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G and iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G resumed on Friday after a permanent injunction had gone into effect early Friday morning. ”All iPad and iPhone models will be back on sale through Apple’s online store in Germany shortly” an Apple spokesperson told SlashGear in a statement. “Apple appealed this ruling because Motorola repeatedly refuses to license this patent to Apple on reasonable terms, despite having declared it an industry standard patent seven years ago.” Apple’s iOS devices with embedded 3G were deemed to being infringing on a Motorola patent this past December. A judge ordered an injunction at that time that went into effect on Friday, forcing Apple to remove the infringing devices
Posted in News Tags: Apple, Breaking, injunction, iPad 2, iPhone, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, Legal, motorola, patents, sales ban No Comments »iPhones, iPad 3G pulled from online Apple Store in Germany following ban
February 3rd, 2012 Zach Epstein Apple’s aggressive litigation strategy against Android vendors over the past year has seen precious little return considering the huge investment it reportedly requires, and on Friday things took another turn south for the Cupertino, California-based technology giant. A court in Germany has issued a permanent injunction against the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G and iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G, upholding a ruling issued in December. Online sales of the phones have been banned in the country, and Apple has removed the devices from its German website. All iPhone models and iPad 2 models are still available for sale at local retailers, FOSS Patents reports. The ban is the result of a patent complaint filed against Apple by Motorola Mobility in Germany, claiming
Posted in News Tags: Apple, ban, iPad 2, iPhone, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, Legal, Mobile, motorola, patent infringement, patents, sales ban, Tablets No Comments »Apple patent suggests real-time sharing of fitness workouts coming to iOS
February 3rd, 2012 Dan Graziano Future versions of Apple’s iOS operating system may incorporate new fitness sharing technology, according to a patent uncovered by AppleInsider. The new technology will encourage users to be more competitive by allowing them to share and compare their performance in real-time with other users around the world. The patent, which was filed only three months ago, builds upon the functionality of the Nike+ iPod system, which allows a user to complete his or her workout and then upload and share the results with others. Apple’s solution, however, would allow users to share live data with other iOS users. Read on for more. Apple described the technology with an example of two runners who are working out on treadmills that feed
Apple to unveil iPhone 5 at WWDC in June, report claims
February 2nd, 2012 Zach Epstein Following the fall launch of its wildly popular iPhone 4S last year, Apple reportedly plans to return to its summer launch schedule and unveil the next-generation iPhone 5 during its annual Worldwide Developer Conference in June. DigiTimes relayed the claim, which cited a Daiwa Securities analyst when it first appeared in Chinese-language newspaper Commercial Times on Thursday. The continued use of glass-to-glass touch panel technology in the iPhone 5 is the only other detail noted in the report. Apple’s next-generation iPhone is expected to feature a completely redesigned case that utilizes a unibody aluminum architecture much like Apple’s iPad. The handset will also supposedly feature a larger display that measures approximately 4 inches diagonally. BGR reported in December that the new iPhone
