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iTunes dominates online US music sales [Chart]
With over 25% of purchased music in the US coming from iTunes, it’s hard to imagine iTunes’ market share taking a significant hit anytime soon. As services like Rhapsody and Napster continue to flounder, Amazon is probably best positioned to actually make some inroads against Apple. But as the chart below shows, Apple probably doesn’t […]
Continue reading...iPhone continues to gobble up marketshare as demand for smartphones surges
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
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Apple’s iPhone continues to gobble up smartphone market share, representing 13.3% of worldwide market share during the second quarter of 2009. Even more impressive is that at this time a year ago, Apple’s iPhone only occupied a 2.8% market share for smartphones worldwide, representing a nearly 6x increase in just 12 months. Of course, last year […]
Continue reading...Apple dominates $1000+ computer market
Thursday, July 23, 2009
June data compiled by the NPD analysts reveals that when it comes to the $1000+ computer market, Apple enjoys a 91% market share. Joe Wilcox writes: According to NPD, in June, average selling prices for all PCs sold at US retail was $701, or $690 for desktops and $703 for notebooks. But the ASPs get […]
Continue reading...With only 1% share of worldwide cellphone market, Apple accounts for 20% of profits
Monday, July 20, 2009
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Say what you will about Apple, but one thing’s for sure, they sure know how to make money. In a recent report on the cellphone industry, Deutsche Bank analyst Brian Modoff found that even though Apple’s worldwide share of the cellphone market only comes in at 1%, it accounts for 20% of the industry’s profits. […]
Continue reading...What phones are people scrapping for the iPhone?
Saturday, July 18, 2009
With iPhone market share continuing to increase, where exactly are all these new iPhone owners coming from? Well, according to Nielsen’s Q2 2009 Mobile Insights Survey, about 29% of new iPhone owners were previously Motorola owners, presumably leaving their RAZR and Q devices behind, and about 9% of BlackBerry owners ditched their trackball laden devices […]
Continue reading...Apple falls to 5th in US computer sales, maintains 7.6% market share
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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While maintaining its market share of 7.6%, initial reports from IDC suggest that Apple has dropped to 5th place in terms of US computer sales. Preliminary reports peg Apple as having moved 1.21 million Macs during the past quarter, representing a 12% decline from the same quarter a year ago when it shipped 1.38 million […]
Continue reading...Tuesday Afternoon Link Bonanza
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Rolando 2 gets another great review – TouchArcade Apple to pass Nokia in smartphone marketshare by 2013 – Electronista Apple officially chooses North Carolina for site of Data Center – Charlotte Observer Snow Leopard in Depth: Grand Central Dispatch – The Apple Blog Why Apple could kill your Camera – Forbes AT&T wireless trails others […]
Continue reading...iPhone share of US Smartphone traffic continues to increase, reaches 69%
Thursday, June 25, 2009
New data released by AdMob shows that the number of people using an iPhone connect to the internet continues to grow at an impressive rate, with 69% of all smartphone traffic in the US coming from iPhone users AdMob, which runs an ad network for mobile websites, compiled the following data for May 2008.
Continue reading...iPhone marketshare more than doubles in 1Q 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Apple’s share of the smartphone market more than doubled in the first quarter of 2009 compared to the same quarter a year ago, according to recent data released by Gartner. In the first quarter of 2008, the iPhone had a 5.3% marketshare with 1.7 million units sold. One year later, the iPhone had a 10.8% marketshare […]
Continue reading...iPhone marketshare doubled in Q4 2008
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
New data released by Gartner shows that the smartphone marketshare of the iPhone increased by 111% from Q4 2007 to Q4 2008. Other manufacturers such as RIM and Samsung also experienced impressive growth over the past year. Meanwhile, Nokia’s share of smartphone sales dipped by nearly 17% over the same quarter a year-agoo. Ars Technica […]
Continue reading...Safari 4 pushes Apple to 10% broswer share
Monday, March 2, 2009
Apple’s recent release of Safari 4 Beta has propelled the browser to over a 10% market share for web browsers. TG Daily has the full scoop over here.
Continue reading...Snapshot: Mac marketshare for Feb. 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
According to data released by Net Applications, the percentage of computers running Mac OS X in February 2009 was 9.71%, down from 9.93% in January ’09. Meanwhile, the percentage of machines running Windows inched up to 89.37%, up from 88.26% last month.
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Saturday, August 22, 2009
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