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To: pyslent who wrote (16542)	2/3/2012 6:59:54 AM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 32680

BREAKING...ComScore: Android Gains Even More U.S. Market Share during Oct., Nov. and Dec 2011 ComScore: Android still holds the top spot in the U.S. smartphone market by Jerry Hildenbrand on 2/2/2012 \| Filed Under: Tablets, Smartphones, News; Tags: android, smartphone, survey, market share, us, 30, comscore, 000 users \| 14 comments m.androidcentral.com The latest ComScore numbers are out, and it looks like the predicted death of Android still hasn't happened. During October, November, and December 2011, Android still experienced more growth than any other platform in the US. Keeping the top spot with 47.3 percent market penetration (that's about 45 million and counting), Android grew another 2.5 percent overall. Apple, on the success of the iPhone 4S and iPad2, also experienced growth during the period, albeit not as much as Android. Just as interesting, but in a different way, is the fact that the rest of the players in the game lost market share. Reasearch In Motion, Microsoft, and Symbian, who were once the big three, all lost market share and only hold about 22 percent of the market combined. WebOS, once again, was a no-show. The number of smartphone users in the US also grew, reaching their highest ever point. ComScore calculates that 97.9 million people now use a smartphone of some sort or another. We expect that number will also continue to climb, as you can now get an Android or Apple smartphone for free with a new contract. On the manufacturer front, things also look much like the last go around. Samsung still makes the most phones in the United States (25.3 percent of all phones), followed by LG Electronics, Motorola Mobility and Apple. There's no data about how many smartphones each vendor sells, but we imagine more than a few of Samsung's sales were Galaxy S and Galaxy S II devices. We're used to this by now. Android, with the might of Google and their online services, makes a very compelling argument to choose their products. We couldn't imagine using any other product. Source: ComScore

To: pyslent who wrote (16542)	2/3/2012 7:13:50 AM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 32680

That's NOT an official link. Just another BS garbage interpretation. And official link talking about the GN would be from Google or from Samsung. And I see neither one...

To: pyslent who wrote (16542)	2/3/2012 5:16:21 PM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 32680

Android Storms Ahead; Posts Staggering Growth in 2011 FEBRUARY 3, 2012, 4:47 PM GMT By Ben Rooney blogs.wsj.com Android shipments grew by almost 250% last year to seize nearly half of the entire smartphone market, according to figures published Friday. The report by analysts Canalys also shows that for the first time smartphone shipments exceeded those of PCs. Google’s operating system dominated the market, accounting for 52% of global smartphone shipments in the fourth quarter of 2011. For the year as a whole, it accounted for 48.8% of phones shipped, some 237.8 million units. This compares with a share of just 23.9% in 2010, shipping 69.1 million units; an extraordinary annual growth of 244%. Apple’s iOS shipped 93.1 million units, accounting for 19.1% of the market. Its performance, shipping 93.1 million iPhones in 2011 — representing growth of 96% over 2010 — put it just ahead of Samsung, which shipped 91.9 million for the year, compared to just 24.9 million in 2010. Canalys doesn’t include Samsung phones distributed under other brands, such as the Nexus. According to Canalys senior analyst Tim Shepherd, the explosive growth of the smartphone shows it is no longer a niche product. “This is a huge deal,” he said. “Smartphones have grown into a mass-market proposition.” The report paints a troubling picture for both Research in Motion and Nokia, although Mr. Shepherd cautioned against viewing RIM in too negative a light. “It is very easy to get caught up in the negativity surrounding RIM, especially since it performed so badly in North America. But if you look at other parts of the world, such as the Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia, it is doing very well.” The firm also remains strong in some parts of Europe, notably the U.K. Mr. Shepherd gave a mixed report for Nokia’s performance. While the Finnish firm’s Lumia series has been well received, it has yet to prove itself in the market place. “Nokia must continue to build out its Lumia portfolio with devices tailored to address all price points and all the markets in which it aims to compete,” he said. Canalys’s report reveals that the end of the era of PC dominance is upon us. To suggest that the PC is dead isn’t supported by the figures, but that smartphones outstripped PC sales for the first time does show that the PC is no longer the dominant platform. A large part of the shift away from PCs came because of the collapse in the netbook market, where sales were off 32%. “They were very easy to displace. The introduction of the tablet showed their lack of value,” Mr. Shepherd said. But tablets have also started to cannibalize sales of higher-powered notebooks, he added. The report shows that desktop sales fell by 3.6%, due to contraction by both consumer and corporate demands. Nor is the picture, at least in Europe, likely to improve. A recent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers suggests that sales in Europe will contract by 0.7% in 21012. Worldwide smartphone market shipments by platform, 2011 Platform 2011 shipments Share(%) Growth Android 237.8 48.8% 244.1% iOS 93.1 19.1% 96.0% Symbian 80.1 16.4% -29.1% BlackBerry51.4 10.5% 5% Bada 13.2 2.7% 183.1% WindowsPhone 6.8 1.4% -43.3% Others 5.4 1.1% 14.4% Total 87.7 100% 62.7% Source: Canalys estimates