IDC: Android jumps to 68.1% global market share, iOS slips to 16.9%
According to IDC, Android and iOS now represent 85% of the 152 million smartphones sold in Q2 2012, globally. But while the iPhone kept growing in raw numbers, it couldn’t keep up with Android, and...
View ArticleHow Android can save RIM and Nokia
Is it too late for Nokia or RIM? Before you answer, consider this quote from The Economist back in 1995. Apple could hang on for years, gamely trying to slow the decline, but few expect it to make...
View ArticleRIM’s growth is over: Has Android killed BlackBerry?
Android has a massive leading market share. An IDC report showed that Android handsets accounted for 68.1 percent of all smartphones shipped during the second quarter of 2012. In that same period...
View ArticleBlackBerry 10 taken for 10-minute early ride, is it a threat to Android? (video)
Despite what everyone thought and what some hoped, Research in Motion (RIM) is not yet ready to abandon the smartphone game that brought the company so many reasons of joy in the (not so distant)...
View ArticleSwitching from Blackberry to Android: your guide
It’s time, friend. It’s time to drop that Blackberry you’ve got duct-taped together and move up in the world. Android is waiting with open arms, and a plethora of great devices. I’m sure you were with...
View ArticleDoes the world need more mobile OSs?
In trying to name off all the operating systems for mobile devices, it feels a bit like Christmas. It seems as though we’re naming reindeer rather than platforms. As we consider each of them, and then...
View ArticleBlackberry Z10 vs the best of Android
RIM, the maker of the iconic Blackberry, has been struggling for years to make a comeback into the market. After defining the world of smartphones, the market share of the Blackberry plummeted....
View ArticleWhat options does BlackBerry have for survival?
On the heels of the BB10 launch, we’re reminded of a statement made weeks ago. RIM’s (BlackBerry’s?) CEO, Thorsten Heins, said the BlackBerry maker would consider selling off branches to save itself...
View ArticleBlackBerry Z10 – Confessions of an Android user (video)
Once synonymous with smartphones, BlackBerry, the brand and the company, is now just a shadow of its former self. Blindsided by the emergence of iOS and then Android, the maker of the iconic...
View ArticleBeta tester gives a tour of BBM for Android (video)
We’ve all known for awhile that BBM was on its way to Android, we just weren’t sure of when. After all, we’ve seen leaks and ads for it for months now. There is some hope for the near future, though,...
View ArticleBoeing enlists BlackBerry to help build their military grade secure phone
Boeing has long been building aircraft for commercial flight and military application alike, but did you know that they have also been supplying tools for secure communications to the U.S. military...
View Article4 ways BlackBerry can be unique on Android
Enrique Dans The case that BlackBerry should give up development of its own platform and switch to using Android is one that never seems to lie down. One of the pioneers of the mobile phone industry,...
View ArticleBlackBerry Venice will come with BB10 features
The upcoming BlackBerry Venice slider has leaked several times and based on previous leaks, the handset appears to be running a close-to-stock version of the Android OS. However, all is not as it...
View ArticleBlackBerry 10 taken for 10-minute early ride, is it a threat to Android? (video)
Despite what everyone thought and what some hoped, Research in Motion (RIM) is not yet ready to abandon the smartphone game that brought the company so many reasons of joy in the (not so distant)...
View ArticleSwitching from Blackberry to Android: your guide
It’s time, friend. It’s time to drop that Blackberry you’ve got duct-taped together and move up in the world. Android is waiting with open arms, and a plethora of great devices. I’m sure you were with...
View ArticleDoes the world need more mobile OSs?
In trying to name off all the operating systems for mobile devices, it feels a bit like Christmas. It seems as though we’re naming reindeer rather than platforms. As we consider each of them, and then...
View ArticleBlackberry Z10 vs the best of Android
RIM, the maker of the iconic Blackberry, has been struggling for years to make a comeback into the market. After defining the world of smartphones, the market share of the Blackberry plummeted....
View ArticleWhat options does BlackBerry have for survival?
On the heels of the BB10 launch, we’re reminded of a statement made weeks ago. RIM’s (BlackBerry’s?) CEO, Thorsten Heins, said the BlackBerry maker would consider selling off branches to save itself...
View ArticleBlackBerry Z10 – Confessions of an Android user
Once synonymous with smartphones, BlackBerry, the brand and the company, is now just a shadow of its former self. Blindsided by the emergence of iOS and then Android, the maker of the iconic...
View ArticleBeta tester gives a tour of BBM for Android (video)
We’ve all known for awhile that BBM was on its way to Android, we just weren’t sure of when. After all, we’ve seen leaks and ads for it for months now. There is some hope for the near future, though,...
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