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IDC: The iPhone is once again the world’s No. 1 smartphone

Regained the spot that it took from Nokia in June and gave up to Samsung in September

Click to enlarge. Source: IDC

It will come as no surprise to Apple (AAPL) watchers that the company sold 37 million iPhones last quarter. Tim Cook reported that number two weeks ago.

Getting comparable figures from Apple's competitors is a different matter,...

iOS Security: One Big Reason Haliburton Chose The iPhone Over Android

blackberry-storm-rim3Haliburton’s decision to choose iOS as its new mobile platform was made after “significant research” indicated that iOS “offered the best capabilities, controls and security for application development,” according to a leaked memo published by AppleInsider.  These capabilities, collectively known as mobile device management...

Halliburton dumping BlackBerry, switching to iOS

RIM's star just sank a bit closer to the horizon. Halliburton, a household name in the energy industry and once a BlackBerry bastion, is dumping RIM's platform and switching to iOS. The company once relied heavily on RIM's platform, but after evaluat...

Energy Giant Haliburton Dumps BlackBerry For iPhone

iphoneblackberryIn what appears to be a watershed moment for Apple’s iOS, a leaked memo published at AppleInsider indicates the one of the world’s largest energy companies, Haliburton, will be transitioning to the iPhone as its exclusive smartphone of choice. That comes as a huge...

RIM’s Efforts To Entice Android Developers With Free PlayBooks Reeks Of Desperation

RIM's BlackBerry PlayBookIt’s no secret that RIM’s attempt to create an iPad-killer with its PlayBook tablet didn’t deliver a success. In a move that was common of last year’s parade of iPad competitors, the PlayBook shipped almost as a public beta with core functionality...

With 8.7% market share, Apple has 75% of cell phone profits

Between them, Samsung and Apple are sucking up 91% of the winnings

Click to enlarge. Source: Asymco.com

Asymco's Horace Dediu on Friday updated his quarterly review of mobile phone profits, and the news for everybody but Apple (AAPL) just gets worse.

As the iPhone's share of the market in terms of units shipped has grown from 3% in second quarter...

RIM’s new CEO could license BlackBerry software to rival vendors

Research In Motion rose to prominence (and domination of the smartphone market) by controlling both the hardware and software used in its phones, but the company now finds itself behind Apple's iPhone and Google's Android...

More Than Third Of iPhone 4S Buyers Coming From RIM, Android

More signs pouring in the iPhone benefitted big time during the holidays. In particular, new research finds some 36 percent of consumers buying the iPhone 4S between October and December 2011 were abandoning other platforms, such as Android or the BlackBerry. The findings were...

RIM Gets New CEO, Chair As Co-Owners Step Down Amid iPhone Pressure

Research in Motion announced over the weekend that the company’s two co-founders have stepped down as co-CEOs of the embattled BlackBerry maker in favor of two relative unknowns. RIM’s Chief Operating Officer Thorsten Heins becomes the new CEO while Royal Bank of Canada executive...

RIM co-CEOs step down as company reboots top leadership

Blackberry vendor Research in Motion (RIM) is changing up its top leadership. Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, who have served jointly as the company's Chief Executive Officers, stepped down on Sunday evening. They have also giv...

RIM co-CEOs co-resign, co-COO Thorsten Heins takes over

I think the Globe and Mail was the first to report that RIM’s beleaguered CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are out – moved upstairs to the boardroom.  The strangest thing about the story, and really the past few years, is the total denial by the leadership that Blackberry is in a death spiral. Research In...

RIM Looking To Stay Afloat By Selling To Samsung? [Update: No]

playbookAn interesting report from Boy Genius Report claims that Research In Motion is eyeing Samsung as its new daddy. The defunct BlackBerry-maker is apparently considering a last resort to stay afloat amid depressing sales and investor qualms. According to BGR, Research In Motion wants...