Android was to be the number one platform in the last quarter overtake Symbian.

While we are known in the industry Smartphone minutes barely talking to each other, but Android and iOS but with the size and market it came over the platform, Symbian Nokia also took a position a long time ago, but recent quarter champion was ousted. perished

Research firm Canalys reported numbers that the phone system Android with total sales of 32.9 million units, while Symbian had consolidated sales of 31 million units resulting in the first quarter last platform with market share number 1 into the Android already. Important factors that Android has a very high share of the company is a manufacturer of mobile phone contact to join HTC and Samsung or LG, while Nokia and Symbian to only the platform is in recession.
Source : News@Mesayhi, Reuters.

Mobile phone market in 2010 grew 18.5%.

According to IDC market research company market share numbers of mobile phones. Found that during Quarter 4 in 2010 were delivered mobile 401.4 million units, representing the number of net 2010 1.39 billion, up 18.5% from 1.17 million in 2009 represents growth of very high since the year 2006.

Kevin Restivo IDC, said researchers from the Smartphone is a major catalyst for change, who use mobile phones. Resulting in sales growth is up significantly.

Another area of interest is the market share in the No. 4 and 5 that there is ever switch places. The recent quarter ZTE, a manufacturer of mobile phones from China overtake Apple up the top four successful Ramon Llamas, researchers another of IDC said the number is likely to alternate back and forth again between ZTE, Apple, and. other players who are looking for new markets continuously Motorola, Sony Ericsson and RIM.

Nokia is still number 1, but its market share continues to decline continuously. Even in the Asian market share leadership is continuing reduction in the number 2 is Samsung, which only last quarter, it delivered to 80 million units and Galaxy S to 10 million units and No. 3 is LG.

Research shows that in the Asian market share from the major mobile phone price Were from China and India. Interestingly, sales of mobile phones in South Korea is second in all three is a Smartphone, which is the highest share. While the market in America, Apple, and RIM continues to maintain market share, it was pretty good.

Read more from the IDC here.

Apple continues to dominate the online music market, Amazon has increased the share.

Survey online music market in the third quarter of 2010 from NPD that Apple is a market in a share of 66.2% increase from the same quarter of last year's 63.2%.

Amazon MP3, which is second behind iTunes in the market for 4 years in a 13.3% increase from the same quarter of last year the remaining 11% other. It is they are small.

Amazon late adoption strategies over iTunes pricing is reasonable, but if the number of iTunes songs, then there are a lot more than online music market is very mature and grow very slow start is 0.3% from the previous year.

Source - Blognone, WSJ.