iPhone Retains its Top Spot in UK

iPhone Retains its Top Spot in UK

While smartphone market is expanding in Britain, iPhone 4S is clearly the number one smartphone available to buy. According to market research firm GfK, the iPhone 4S commanded 25 percent market share in the four weeks ending on Dec 9. However, iPhone 4S is not the only star in Apple’s crown. Its older phone models [...]

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Smartphone Usage Increases: But Dumb Phones still Rule the World

It may seem like that the entire world owns and uses smartphones. After all, hardly a day passes without the launch of a new handset. But in reality, smartphones only have 27 percent share in the global phone market. According to a recent report released by VisionMobile, smartphones usage is concentrated in various geographical pockets. [...]

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Apple Fandom is Real: Commands Highest Brand Loyalty

Apple Fandom is Real: Commands Highest Brand Loyalty

We all are pretty accustomed to long lines at the launch of any new Apple device, but the Apple fans do not just stop at that. Their loyalty to the brand goes far beyond mere camping out the stores. According to a survey conducted by research company GfK, 84 percent of the iPhone owners do [...]

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BlackBerry Launches BBM Music Service in UK

BlackBerry Launches BBM Music Service in UK

Research in Motion may be grappling with an uncertain future, but the company is not averse to launch new services. BlackBerry company is now live with its social music service aka BBM Music. The service was available in Beta mode till now. The service was initially launched in August. BBM Music will let its users [...]

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BlackBerry Offers Goodies to Its Disgruntled Users: Begs for Forgiveness

BlackBerry Offers Goodies to Its Disgruntled Users: Begs for Forgiveness

BlackBerry screwed it up big time last week and now it is going to pay the price. The company officials have already gone on the record asking for forgiveness. However, as Sony has already shown us, there is no better way to placate your angry customers than to offer them some freebies. So, now it [...]

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Cost of BlackBerry Outage: One in Five Users Plan to Ditch BlackBerry for Good

Cost of BlackBerry Outage: One in Five Users Plan to Ditch BlackBerry for Good

BlackBerry is consistently losing market share and its recent three days long outage just made the situation even worse for the troubled company. While it has been reported that the direct cost of the outage may be as high as $100 million, the company is likely to pay even bigger price in the form of [...]

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Blackberry Outage: The Final Nail In The Coffin ?

Blackberry have confirmed today that their email, internet and messenger services are now coming back online after a 3-day service blackout which has brought into sharp-focus the inability for RIM to communicate the problem to their frustrated customers. In a statement this morning at 5.30am, RIM said there is “a significant increase” in Blackberry service [...]

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Retail Partners Offer Massive Discounts on BlackBerry PlayBook

Retail Partners Offer Massive Discounts on BlackBerry PlayBook

It was not a long time back, we had discussed if BlackBerry would send its PlayBook down the HP TouchPad road. No, no, worry not, BlackBerry is not scraping the idea of tablet, but it is certainly shaving some dollars off its price tag. PlayBook is now up for grabs with some massive discounts. Earlier [...]

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