Posts Tagged ‘Smartphones’

Smartphone Subsidies to End in Holland!?

May 28th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

It seems a shift in Smartphone purchases is to happen in the next few years in The Netherlands. Several telco’s have already said to be interested in dropping subsidies for smartphone purchases by consumers.

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HTC Sales Drop 35%

April 11th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

HTC seems to be struggling to keep hold of their market share. Competitor Samsung seems to outsmart them in new devices and, talking about the Dutch market, in PR.

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MWC: ZTE Goes Big on Quad-Core in Europe

February 28th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

ZTE is set to make a splash on the European market with their high-end Android devices. Amongst them is the new ZTE Era. A smartphone with a quad-core (1.3Ghz) CPU, 1GB RAM and a 960×540 screen.

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iPhone Missing for US Top 5 Smartphones

May 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | 1 Comment »

Though the iPhone from Apple remains very popular, Comscore has calculated that the device didn’t get Apple into a top 5 position for the US smartphone market in Q1 2010.

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Comscore: Mobile Gamers Shift to Smartphones

April 19th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to ComScore’s latest study, thirteen percent of US based mobile gamers have started to trade in their featurephones for smartphones to boost their gaming experience.

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Getjar GetJar Passes 500m Downloads

July 16th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution | No Comments »

GetJar is celebrating as the company has served up it's 500 millionth download this month. Together with this news, the company has also taken the opportunity to introduce their new logo.

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Additional Import Taxes for Smartphones

December 9th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

The smartphone market seems to be booming with the success of devices like the HTC Touch Diamond, Nokia N96 and of course the Apple iPhone (though I am still not convinced it is a real smartphone). Yet, the EU is thinking about raising import taxes on them.