Android Has Been Nightmares for Blackberry?
Android phones that continues growing gigantically has taken casualties towards other handset market share. One of the most depressed of the hegemony of this Android is the BlackBerry of Research In Motion (RIM). Android even analysts like ‘nightmare‘ for BlackBerry.
According to a data of Canalys research institute for example, sales of Android now has secured 44 percent market share of smart-phones in the United States in the third quarter of 2010. Followed by Apple that shifts the RIM in third position with 26 percent of regional power.
Other research institutions were present more or less the same calculation as the one by Canalys, NPD also named Android gets 44 percent the proportion of smart phone sales in the U.S. for Q3 2010. This number jumped 11 percent than the second quarter of 2010. NPD also put iOS Apple in second place with 23 percent. While RIM slumped in the third position with a percentage of 22 percent.
The result is of course somewhat bad for RIM. Because in the third quarter of 2009, a Canadian vendor is listed control 46 percent of the market. Now, the situation turned around 180 degrees. Android smart-phone market has become ruler of the United States. Read more
RIM Exposed Blackberry Bold 9780 Overplus
Research in Motion (RIM) BlackBerry introduced a new line of smartphones this week , the BlackBerry Bold 9780. Armed with the operating system (OS) BlackBerry 6, this smartphone promises many advantages compared to previous versions, series 9700 or Onyx.
Carlo Chiarello, Vice President of Product Management of RIM , stated that the new model Blackberry 9780 presents a variety of enhancements including a richer user interface, powerful WebKit-based browser, multimedia capabilities and a broader communications, as well as the Universal Search feature which is very useful.
Reported by PC World on last Thursday, Blackberry Bold 9780 is featuring 3G connection with 2.4 inch screen will seem to be the mainstay of RIM in improving the ability of Onyx. Bold 9780 has a 624MHz processor, Bluetooth and a built-in GPS and Wi-Fi. RIM also increase the memory capacity 512MB of flash memory that can add up to 32GB. One of these capabilities are enhanced with high-quality 5 megapixel camera with auto focus, flash and double digital zoom.
Further specification, BlackBerry Bold 9780 is using platform 6, RIM did not forget to add another attraction to integrate feeds into social networks like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and of course the BlackBerry Messenger. YouTube applications, music and new photos that are also included in it separately. Blackberry Bold 9780 is soon to be launched globally in November.
Blackberry Crashed Against iPhone in Global Market
In the global smartphone market, the BlackBerry has fallen in the hands of Apple’s iPhone, as claimed from Strategy Analytics research firm . The conclusion was obtained from Global smartphone data taken in the third quarter of 2010.
According to Strategy Analytics, a total of 15.4 million iPhone units shipped in that period, while shipments BlackBerry “only” reached 12.4 million units. In the third quarter, both the iPhone and RIM BlackBerry showed sales growth from the previous period. But RIM is ‘just’ up 46%, while the iPhone increased almost 2-times.
Quoted from PCWorld on Monday, Apple may be looking at any existing Nokia in the first position. But Nokia still quite far with shipments of smartphones in the third quarter reached 26.5 million units.
According to Strategy Analytics analysis, one factor that make RIM’s fall is the lack or the touch-screen gadgets that they produce. The fact is, touch screen mobile phone is still a trend. Even predicted that RIM Blackberry will continue to spread around. “We believe the gap between RIM and the two top vendors in the consumer market will increase at each quarter “, according to estimates Sameet Kanade, an analyst at Northern Securities
