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Screen real estate has always been about “the bigger, the better.” It goes for computer monitors and TVs. But one situation where a bigger screen may become a turn off at some point is with mobile phones. A bigger screen will mean a bigger phone and when phone manufacturers began using 4-inch screens and then with Samsung releasing the Galaxy Note that has a 5.3 inch screen, the upper limits of screen size may have been reached. [Read more…]
Originally posted on February 9, 2012 @ 7:09 pm
A newly released report by research firm Nielsen has significantly shown that Apple is still the top dog when it comes to the smartphone market. The report revealed that Apple is still the top smartphone manufacturer with the largest share in the market. But this position is slowly being threatened by other manufacturers who are making Android smartphones.
The Nielsen report – which compiles data taken from August through October of 2011 — showed that Apple has a strong 29 percent share of the smartphone market. The second top smartphone manufacturer is actually HTC, which has a 21 percent share. Coming in at third (surprisingly, at least to me) is RIM – the manufacturer of BlackBerry phones – which enjoys a 17 percent share of the market. Fourth place is occupied by Samsung and Motorola, which both have an 11 percent share of the smartphone market. [Read more…]
Originally posted on January 3, 2012 @ 4:08 am