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Smartphone Popularity in Holland

March 16th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

The Phone House (also known as Carphone Warehouse) has done some research to find out how popular Android is amongst smartphone and featurephone owners. We received the numbers.

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Piper Jaffray: About 4-500.000 iPad 2’s Sold

March 14th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Analysts from Piper Jaffray predict that Apple has sold between 400.000 and 500.000 new iPads during the first days of launch of the iPad 2. These numbers of sales shatter those of the first iPad.

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ABI: App Store Generated 5.6 Billion Downloads

March 11th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to a report from ABI Research, Apple’s App Store has generated 5.6 billion downloads in 2010. With this number of downloads, it is safe to say Apple is the biggest player yet.

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ComScore: Android Passed RIM in the US

March 8th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Just like Nielsen, ComScore also calculated that Android has passed BlackBerry OS in the Unites States. According to ComScore, Android has 31.2% of the market making Google the dominant player.

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Nielsen: Apple and RIM Lead in the US

March 4th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to Nielsen, RIM and Apple have been leading the smartphone market in the United Stated over the priod from November 2010 till February 2011. Both managed to get 27% of the market in that period.

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Lookout: Android Market Grew 127%

February 17th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

US research bureau Lookout has calculated that Android Market grew 127% over the past six months. Apple’s growth in percentage is significantly lower with ‘just’ 44%.

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ComScore: US Smartphone Userbase Increased With 60%

February 9th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Comscore has released it’s latest US smartphone market metrics through their MobileLens report. Android continues to grow in the market while Samsung is now the leading OEM.

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GfK: Dutch Consumers Purchased 41.000 Tablets in December

February 7th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to research from GfK, Dutch consumers have purchased 41.000 tablets in December 2010. The majority of them were iPads from Apple. Samsung took second spot in the charts with about 2.000 Galaxy Tabs.

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Localytics: Many Apps Used Only Once

February 1st, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

First impressions. They are not only important when on a blind date, but also when creating an app. According to research from Localytics, 26% of all apps downloaded in 2010 have been fired up only once.

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IDC: 17 Million Tablets Sold in 2010, iPad Dominates

January 20th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to research from IDC, vendors have shipped 17 million tablet computers in 2010. From Q2 to Q3, distribution grew 45.1%. The number of iPad sales in that period grew from 3.3 million in Q2 to 4.8 million in Q3.