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iPhone out sold by Android

Matt Thomas — Tue, 11 May 2010 13:53:57 +0000

A surprising new report from analysts NDP has revealed that smartphones using Google’s Android as their operating system are now outselling Apple’s ever popular iPhone.

The report revealed that Android powered devices were accounting for 28% of the market, a shocking 7% higher than the iPhone’s still respectable 21%.

Both however, are lagging behind Research In Motion (RIM) who continue to lead the market with a 36% share for their Blackberry operating system.

The rapid growth of Android has been largely attributed to the aggressive marketing of US company Verizon Wireless who are one the biggest mobile network operators in the United States.

Their ‘buy one get one’ deals have been exceedingly popular over recent months and if this current growth rare is anything to go by Android may well overtake Blackberry as the market leaders by the end of the year.

Although Google’s phone is doing extremely well as it rapidly gains a high market share the company has backtracked a little over its seemingly aggressive approach.

A fortnight ago Google announced that Verizon would not be joining its web based Nexus One store and hat Vodafone would now only be allowed to sell the phone in their retail stores.

After this, Spring, another popular mobile network in the US announced that they were no longer going to join the online handset stores in offering their service with the new Google phone.

Without Sprint and Verizon it does not look as though Google’s dream of a super-phone is about to come true anytime soon.

Google will continue to sell their original GSM mobile phone from their online store but this may be the last we see of the Android phone.

Mobile Phone Industry facing trouble

James Oliver — Fri, 22 May 2009 08:09:19 +0000

It’s looking like April to June could be the worst quarter ever for the mobile phone industry as demand for the devices continues to stagnate. The blame has been laid partly at the door of the recession but mostly the consensus is that market saturation is behind the decline in demand for mobile phones. It stands to reason, when the world and its five year old daughter find themselves already owning a mobile phone, how are you going to sell many more?

The industry slump looks likely to continue in the short term, with demand set to stay low well into next year, as retailers work through stock piles of old phones. “We do not expect demand to get better before second half of 2010,” – stated industry analyst Carolina Milanesi.

The only glimmer of hope for the industry in the short term is the SmartPhone market, where devices such as the Blackberry, the T-Mobile G1 and, of course, the iPhone continue to defy the overall market due to their versatility and branding. This sector is expected to get an even bigger shot in the arm in the next few weeks after the launch of the new Palm Pre.

iPhone & Verizon in Talks

James Oliver — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:00:19 +0000

According to USA today, Verizon wireless could be about to break AT&T’s current monopoly over the iPhone. According to the paper, the two companies are in ‘high level talks’ about a deal to provide the SmartPhone market leader to its customers. Any such deal would be a serious boon for Verizon, as it would enable them to stem the flow of subscribers rushing over to AT&T to get an iPhone as soon as their contracts expire. It also makes sense from an Apple point of view, as it would allow them access to an untapped vein of customers.

It had been thought that AT&T had an exclusive five year agreement to sell the iphone, though sources are now indicating that the current agreement only lasts until 2010 which means we could see competing iPhone providers as soon as next year.

What that will mean for the market is yet to be established, though it would be pretty surprising if the repercussions didn’t include a whole lot of new clients for Apple.

Though no comment has yet emerged from AT&T, it is thought they will be none too pleased, especially since around half of their new subscribers last quarter were iPhone buyers. The loss of the exclusivity deal would have to hurt growth.

Palm Pre release could be only a Month away

Matt Thomas — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:33:25 +0000

The release of the Palm Pre in the US may be as little as a month away, that’s according to sources and leaked documents that indicate that not only are Sprint employees being trained in the sale of the phone, but that the company is planning a May 17th release date. There are also indications that the company has put a ban of holidays for its employees in May which, if true, mirrors exactly what AT&T did before the release of the iPhone.

Other reports indicate that a release date of June the 29th has been set. This is being talked about as the fallback if Sprint cannot get their inventory in order for the May release. The 29th would appear to make sense since Palm have themselves said that the middle of the year will be the date of release, which would make the timing almost perfectly in line with their promises.

Another piece of evidence that points to an imminent release is the fact that photos of the device have started appearing around the Internet. Until now, Palm has been closely guarding access to its brainchild, the fact that at least one or two are out in the world now could be a sign that they are relaxing a little on this front.