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Handset market share for 2nd quarter| Brand | Units Sold
(in millions) | Market share
2nd quarter | Market share
1st quarter, 2009 | QoQ Change (%) | Market share
2nd quarter, 2009 | YoY Change (%) | | Nokia | 103.2 | 40.47 % | 40.43 % | 0.039999999999999 % | 41.08 % | -0.61 % | | Samsung | 52.3 | 20.51 % | 19.91 % | 0.6 % | 15.39 % | 5.12 % | | LG | 29.8 | 11.69 % | 9.83 % | 1.86 % | 9.33 % | 2.36 % | | Motorola | 14.9 | 5.84 % | 6.39 % | -0.55 % | 9.46 % | -3.62 % | | Sony Ericsson | 13.8 | 5.41 % | 6.3 % | -0.89 % | 8.22 % | -2.81 % | | Others | 41 | 16.08 % | 17.14 % | -1.06 % | 16.53 % | -0.45 % |
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** - This figures represent sell-in figures that the manufacturers sold to their distributors, operators(service providers) and individual customers.
Also, the total number of units sold is estimated number based on the results from the manufacturers.
A desert-bound tribute to human self-sufficiency and a German trade show prevented the Engadget Mobile podcast from going down last week, but we're back in business today -- and goodness knows we've got plenty to discuss. Join us after the break!Continue reading The Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 4:30 ET! The Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 4:30 ET! originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments
Publ.Date : Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:00:00 EST
Back when Apple initially said it'd offer free iPhone 4 cases to assuage reception concerns, there was a September 30th deadline given for the program. After which, according to Steve and company during the post-press conference Q&A, Apple would "evaluate" the prolonged need for such an offer. Well, looks like the decision has been made. In a statement on its website, Apple has confirmed the free case program will be discontinued for all iPhone 4s sold after September 30th, and the return policy for the smartphone will return to normal, pre-antennagate rules. Evidently, said the statement, "we now know the iPhone 4 antenna attenuation issue is even smaller than we originally thought." It had to end sometime, folks.iPhone 4 free case program to end September 30th, get one while you still can originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments
Publ.Date : Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:31:00 EST
Rest assured this information was never meant to make it into the public eye (not all in one place, anyway), and from Verizon's perspective, there's a good reason for that -- if you've got a Fascinate, you just know you're going to be looking out for all these bugs now that you might not have noticed otherwise. Sorry to turn you into a nervous wreck, owners, but let's have a look at some of the bigger problems Big Red has its eye on in Sammy's latest incarnation of the Galaxy S: GPS lock latency is said to be abnormally long with no workaround available (sound familiar?), pressing the Search button while on a call can hang you up, calendar alerts can't be changed, and the backlighting on the bottom keys is fixed at five seconds -- something we'd complained about on other versions of the phone but is conveniently tied to the keyboard backlight settings on the Epic 4G. Nothing in the list necessarily sounds like a deal-breaker, but for a carrier known for testing the crap out of its phones prior to release, we'll admit that the list is a bit longer than we would've expected.Verizon dishes on Fascinate's problems -- internally, anyway originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments
Publ.Date : Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:32:00 EST
As you might imagine, becoming the dominant player in electronics component manufacturing in China -- particularly at a time when competition has never been fiercer -- takes a particular personality type, and after reading BusinessWeek's profile of Foxconn founder Terry Gou, you get a very real sense that the dude meets the criteria. His reaction to this year's factory suicide controversy is a bit unusual; he basically comes out and says that he didn't worry about the first few before realizing that he needed to make some changes somewhere around the fifth death, but given that he says he's been living in his office for a while now and eating three meals at his desk trying to make things right, it sounds like he's finally on top of it.
The story of Foxconn's stratospheric rise is an interesting one, starting with its early coup making components for the Atari 2600 leading through to its purchase of 1,000 Fanuc milling robots generally reserved for prototyping -- valued at $20,000 apiece -- that it needed to buy to secure Apple's iPhone 4 contract. Gou envisions a fully-automated (and presumably almost employee-free) component factory inside of five years, has qualms about expanding his manufacturing presence in America ("I don't want to spend time having people sue me every day"), and pays executive bonuses out of his own dividends to protect the company's bottom line... so yeah, he's quite the industrialist. Follow the link for the fascinating full profile.BusinessWeek profiles Foxconn founder (and veritable pitbull) Terry Gou originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments
Publ.Date : Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:59:00 EST
Outside of confirming the phone's existence and predicting pre-orders this month, T-Mobile hasn't put out its own official price tag and launch date for the G2 yet, but that's apparently not stopping Best Buy from publishing its own version of upcoming events. Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile are accepting pre-orders for the phone as of today, and will launch the device in stores on October 6th for $199 with a two year contract. That doesn't rule out a higher price or some rebate shenanigans from T-Mobile's own retailing efforts (though $199 is the rumored official pricetag), but it's comforting to know that this phone, the great gray / white / black hope for QWERTY sliders running stock Android, will retail for the industry standard $199 at least somewhere.Continue reading T-Mobile G2 retails for $199 on October 6th at Best Buy T-Mobile G2 retails for $199 on October 6th at Best Buy originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments
Publ.Date : Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:28:00 EST
There might be a tiny bit of upheaval up at the peaks of Nokia management today, but that doesn't mean we all need to stand around looking serious and forecasting who'll leverage what synergies in order to actuate the requisite paradigmatic shift in the company's device portfolio. No, we're much more inclined to go check out a new ad video that show off the mods and hacks Nokia users have put together with their handsets. It's quite the breathless run-through, this ad, but if you're careful you'll spot a few of your old favorites used in quirky new ways. March past the break for a gander.Continue reading Nokia celebrates its users' inventiveness in latest N8 ad (video) Nokia celebrates its users' inventiveness in latest N8 ad (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments
Publ.Date : Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:34:00 EST
The rumors were true. Nokia just announced a change in leadership: Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo is out, Stephen Elop, the current head of Microsoft's Business Division, is in. That's right, the very Finnish Nokia will now be led by a Canadian. Before Microsoft, Elop, a computer engineer by education, held senior executive positions at Juniper Networks, Adobe Systems, and Macromedia. The embattled OPK will vacate his position as President and CEO on September 20th and will continue to chair the Board at Nokia Siemens Networks. Money quote:
"His (Elop's) strong software background and proven record in change management will be valuable assets as we press harder to complete the transformation of the company." Naturally, OPK leaves with a severance package honoring his 30 years of service. That translates to 18 months gross base salary and target incentive totalling about €4.6 million plus 100,000 restricted Nokia shares that will vest on October 1, 2010. Once again, proof that it's good to be king.
Update: Click through if you'd like to gaze into the hopeful eyes of Nokia's new CEO.
Update 2: Nokia just introduced Stephen Elop to the world in a live press conference (available now for replay) from Espoo. Jorma Ollila, Nokia's Chairman and former CEO, confirmed that the CEO search had been ongong since late May and OPK, for his part, has been very professional and "very gallant" throughout the process. Jorma then praised Stephen for his "very strong cultural sensitivity," a question that's very near and dear to Fins concerned about a North American taking control of their beloved Nokia. Elop will be moving to Helsinki in the very near future and his first order of business will be to "listen." Elop said that Nokia is well aware of the challenges it faces as well as the solutions to those challenges. It's his job, then, to surface those solutions and to execute on them going forward. Understandably, Stephen refused to talk about specific next steps. Stephen did say that the North American smartphone market is absolutely critical to Nokia and will be an emphasis under his leadership (as it had under OPK, unfortunately, with poor results). Hopefully, Elop's contacts in the US can help.
One final tidbit of interest. When Stephen sat down with Ballmer to express his intention to leave Microsoft for Nokia, Ballmer was said to be disappointed but supportive due to his respect for Nokia as a company. He even helped with the transition. Don't you hate it when your stereotypes are debunked?Continue reading Nokia's OPK is out, Microsoft exec in as President and CEO (updated) Nokia's OPK is out, Microsoft exec in as President and CEO (updated) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments
Publ.Date : Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:41:00 EST
If you've ever used Android for any period of time, you know that the notification system can be both a blessing and a curse -- it's one of the most powerful, useful, and flexible approaches out there, but if you don't keep up, your menu bar can stack up into a mess of cryptic numbered icons. So we were really hoping Android Notifier could help us with that -- it pipes notifications to your OS X desktop over WiFi or Bluetooth. (Linux support is coming soon, and the project is looking for a Windows volunteer.) While it works as described -- we had it up and running with Growl on our iMac in just a few moments -- it's also unfortunately a little limited: only phone, SMS, MMS, and voicemail notifications are sent, and clearing them on the computer doesn't clear them on the phone, which sort of misses the point. We can't knock it too hard, since it's free, it works, and we're sure the developers will extend it soon enough, but until then our quest for the perfect continuous client... continues.Android Notifier sends notifications to your desktop originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments
Publ.Date : Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:52:00 EST
Woah, who saw this coming? Apple has changed its super-controversial stance on third party developer tools for iOS apps, now allowing any and all comers, "as long as the resulting apps do not download any code." We're guessing this is mostly a nod to game developers, who use ported engines like Unreal and interpreters like Lua, but it also apparently covers apps developed in Adobe Flash CS5. In addition, the rules on mobile advertising have changed, so AdMob ads are seemingly back in, and Apple's also publishing its App Store Review Guidelines at long last, which will give developers a better idea of how their apps are going to be scrutinized by Apple before they submit them. We're sure we'll be hearing plenty in the coming weeks as developers and arm chair analysts rifle through Apple's so-far-secretive guidelines, but mostly we're just excited to see what sort of innovation and development accessibility we've been missing out on while these third party tools have been off the market. The full (and brief) release can be found after the break.
Update: Google's responded to the newly-relaxed restrictions, saying "Apple's new terms will keep in-app advertising on the iPhone open to many different mobile ad competitors and enable advertising solutions that operate across a wide range of platforms."
Update 2: Our friend John Paczkowski at All Things Digital has Adobe's statement: "We are encouraged to see Apple lifting its restrictions on its licensing terms, giving developers the freedom to choose what tools they use to develop applications for Apple devices."
Update 3: In case the last update didn't give it away enough, Adobe announced in a blog post that it'll resume development on its Packager for iPhone tools, for Flash CS5 devs who want to convert their work to the portable powerhouse.
Meanwhile, it seems like it's time for a little recap: Continue reading Apple backpedaling on some iOS development restrictions, will allow third party tools and ad services Apple backpedaling on some iOS development restrictions, will allow third party tools and ad services originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments
Publ.Date : Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:50:00 EST
What's new with Qik, the cross-platform video chat and sharing service that made a splash on Sprint's EVO 4G? Oh, not much -- just some plans to make sure the app is the most popular client around. Qik reps just told us the company's definitely planning to integrate FaceTime compatibility (sound familiar?) as soon as Apple rolls out those free APIs, and is presently engaged in deals to make sure Qik comes preloaded on devices from most every major carrier and handset manufacturer worldwide. Presently preloaded on the aforementioned EVO 4G, Epic 4G, Samsung Omnia II and Nokia's N97 and N97 mini, the app is estimated to come standard on a total of 75 million devices by the end of next year. How many of those phones (and tablets?) will have front-facing cameras is a question for another day.
Update: Qik pinged us today to let us know that FaceTime isn't a sure thing -- rather, they're just looking to take video sharing and calling to as many systems and platforms as they can, and they'll certainly look into FaceTime when Apple makes APIs available.Qik happy to work with FaceTime APIs; anticipates 75 million copies preloaded next year originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments
Publ.Date : Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:00:00 EST
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