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Palm Claimed 6% of the US Smartphone Market in Dec

Top Smartphone Platforms3 Months Ending Dec. 2009 vs. 3 Months Ending Sep. 2009Total U.S. Age 13+Source: comScore MobiLens   Share (%) of Smartphone Devices Sep-09 Dec-09 Point Change Total Smartphone Subscribers 100.0% 100.0% N/A RIM 42.6% 41.6% -1.0 Apple 24.1% 25.3% 1.2 Microsoft 19.0% 18.0% -1.0 Palm 8.3% 6.1% -2.2 Google 2.5% 5.2% 2.7 "comScore has released their latest data from the comScore MobiLens service, which reports on key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry over the three m...

Nokia 5235 Comes With Music and a low price in Q1 2010

" The new Nokia 5235 Comes With Music promises to bring a plethora of free music to users at a price they might not expect. Based on the 5230, this Comes With Music edition boasts the perfect mix of size, usability and of course as much music as users could ever want.With unlimited access to the Nokia Music Store catalogue, users will be able to download, legally, as much music as they like over a 12 or 18 month period. The 5235 touchscreen device sports a whopping 33 hours of music playback a...

Sony Ericsson Satio Withdrawn From Sale In UK

"The Sony Ericsson Satio has been pulled from sale in the UK at the Carphone Warehouse. The reason for the recall is being cited as software issues. an all too common problem for Sony Ericsson handsets over the past year or two. Interestingly though Carphone Warehouse is continuing to sell the silver variant of the handset, it's only the black version that has been withdrawn from sale. There is as yet no word of whether this recall affects other retailers in the UK or indeed other retail...

Gartner Q3 2009 Smartphone Sales Figures

"Worldwide mobile phone sales totalled 308.9 million units in the third quarter of 2009, a 0.1 per cent increase from the third quarter of 2008, according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphone sales surpassed 41 million units, a 12.8 per cent increase from the same period last year.“The third quarter of 2009 saw the announcement of many new mobile devices, including several Android smartphones ready for the holiday season in the fourth quarter, but hardware commoditisation and the growth in open platform...