RIM tumbles as BlackBerry’s U.S. market share drops to 1.6 per cent

      The latest smartphone sales data has put a fresh perspective on the scale of the challenge facing Research In Motion Ltd.’s pending BlackBerry 10 platform in the world’s most important consumer electronics market. BlackBerry’s share of U.S. sales tumbled 6.9 percentage points over a 12-week period ended Oct. 28 to 1.6 per cent compared to a year ago. Apple Inc.’s iOS increased 26 percentage points to 48.1 per cent on demand for the iPhone 5, which was released in late September and includes a bigger 4 inch screen and 4G/LTE capability, both of which appear to have had an impact on consumers. More than 90 per cent of existing Apple owners in the U.S. said they will choose an iPhone the next time they upgrade. Apple’s rise in the U.S. has not been replicated across Europe where Android still leads, accounting for 73.9 per cent of sales in Germany and 81.7 per cent in Spain.

 

 

DO YOU THINK BLACKBERRY 10 WILL MAKE IT?

Microsoft’s first Canadian retail store to open at Yorkdale

Microsoft Store

Microsoft will open its new store at Yorkdale on Friday. The new Microsoft store opening at Yorkdale Mall on Friday – the first international location outside the U.S. – is in some ways, a chip off the old Apple retailing block.

It has wood floors and lots of gleaming countertops and glass accents and products tethered to tables and pillars, including the new Microsoft Surface tablet, the Kinect and Xbox 360.
In a cramped staffroom behind the store, young experts-in-training are hunched over electronic devices, cramming for opening day on Friday, when they will don neon-coloured t-shirts that will identify them to customers as experts in all things Microsoft.
As the geniuses at the Apple bar do for Apple products, they will make Microsoft hardware and software look ridiculously easy and vitally important to a happy life.

WHO IS GOING TO GO SHOPPING FOR MICROSOFT PRODUCTS?

Samsung Galaxy S3 vs iPhone 5..Which is better?

 

 

 

Apple is, maybe, in trouble. After the Apple Maps brouhaha and the iPhone 5 supply problem, Apple’s reign as the most popular smartphone maker is being challenged by a phone maker that offers phones with plastic coating, Samsung Mobile.

As reported by multiple sites, the Samsung Galaxy S3 is now the most popular handset in the world based on shipments. Yes, not sales. According to Strategy Analytics, the Samsung Galaxy S3′s share grew from 5.4 million in second quarter to a whopping 18 million units shipped last quarter. The former market leader, the iPhone 4S, has suffered a decline last quarter. From the record-breaking 19.4 million units in Q2 to 16.2 million units “only” in Q3.

Apple’s new iPhone 5, surprisingly, has failed to reach the double-digit score mainly due to the launch timing and the growing competition inside the smartphone space.

 

 

SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 = WINNER!!

US election 2012: exit polls point to Barack Obama as winner

Millions of Americans cast their ballot today to decide whether to re-elect Mr Obama or to hand the White House to his Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

The turnout of voters was crucial to who would win the 2012 race, with polls consistently indicating a too close to call contest in key swing states.

But by 10.18pm EST (3.18am GMT), a number of US television networks claimed that their exit polls suggested Mr Obama had won.

Mr Romney failed to win the battleground state of Wisconsin and in Florida, with 88 per cent of the votes in, polls suggested the two candidates were tied at 50 per cent. The same story applied to Ohio, with both men tied at 49 per cent.