Ovum expects that in 2017, 1.7bn smartphones will ship globally, with Android taking a 48% share, iPhone taking 27%, Windows Phone 13% and BlackBerry 10%.
May 4th, 2012 by Music Ally
It's the time of year for analyst market forecasts in the mobile industry, with Ovum the latest to publish its predictions.
April 25th, 2012 by Music Ally
Analyst firm Forrester Research has published its latest tablet forecasts, claiming that 56m were sold in 2011, but that this will rise to 375m in 2016, by which point there will be 760m tablets in use...
April 25th, 2012 by Music Ally
Analyst firm Forrester Research has published its latest tablet forecasts, claiming that 56m were sold in 2011, but that this will rise to 375m in 2016, by which point there will be 760m tablets in use...
July 25th, 2011 by Music Ally
Spain has long been labelled a blackspot for digital piracy, but the government there is hoping that its upcoming 'Sinde Law' - named after culture minister Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde - will change that. "There...
April 8th, 2011 by Music Ally
We've written quite a lot about the social games industry in the last couple of years, with music companies increasingly interested in how they can get involved in the rapidly growing market. Now analyst...
June 17th, 2010 by Music Ally
Pandora is on course to make a small loss of $2.1 million this year, although those aren't official numbers, but calculations by MP3tunes boss Michael Robertson. He reckons that Pandora is on for $100...
December 17th, 2009 by Music Ally
And you thought 2009 was... Informa has predicted that sales of smartphones grew by more than 33.5% this year, and suggests this growth will reach 36% in 2010.
December 3rd, 2009 by Music Ally
Nokia has issued its predictions for 2010, predicting that mobile industry device volumes will increase by 10%, although its own market share will stay flat. However, of more interest to Music Ally readers...
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