It comes as no surprise that smartphones are ruling the marketplace. RIMs BlackBerry retains it lead over the iPhone while Android smartphones like the Droid are moving into the smartphone market place. Smartphone shipments in North America totalled 47.2 million units in 2009, an increase of 27% over the volume seen in 2008, helped by a strong fourth quarter. This healthy growth is forecast to acc...

Smartphone growth in the North American market will continue to be strong in 2010, with Research and Motion's BlackBerry and Apple iPhone leading the way, according to research firm Canalys. However, Google's Android platform is expected to boom this year. According to the research firm, smartphone shipments in the North American market are expected to grow 38 percent to 65.1 millio...

A recently published report from Canalys shows that the total shipments of smartphone devices in North America are likely to reach 65.1 million units during 2010, marking an increase of 38% when compared to the last year. Moreover, the research firm also notes that the estimate builds upon the 27% growth smartphone shipments ...

Rating: RIM to stay top and Microsoft to suffer says Canalys While RIM will retain its leading position in the North American market during 2010, it will be Android which will enjoy the greatest growth. That could spell danger for network operators because Android could low the cost of entry for smartphone users and put tremendous pressure on their data networks, says Canalys.

A highly intriguing report has just been published by the high-tech industry analyzers from Canalys about the touchscreen and smartphone markets in 2009. Last year more than half of the phones sold all over the world had touchscreens; which surely depicts the way these touchscreens have been gaining popularity lately. But even when literally every other major company is coming out with a touchscre...

First posted by Antonio Wells on Technorati Android Channel: Nearly 8 Million Android Phones Sold in 2009 According to a Canalys report of worldwide smart phone sales in 2009, Android has made a tiny dent in the overall sale of units with about 7.7 million sold. Although only less than 5% of the overall market share, Android is

Canalys reports that 2009 laid claim to the fundamental rise of the Android platform in the world market – roughly 7.7 million Android powered handsets were sold... Photos:

Canalys has announced that the majority of smartphones sold in 2009 were touchscreen phones. Canalys is also reporting that 7.7 million Android handsets made up 4.7% of overall smartphone sales.  For those of you counting that is a 1074% growth from 2008!  That is quite a big step for one year! For

The high-tech industry analyzers from Canalys have published a very interesting report about the touchscreen and smartphone markets in 2009. Apparently last year was the first time...

Earlier this week, Canalys released their latest smartphone statistics for 2009. For the first time, they have also created a sub-category for touch screen smartphones. There are no surprises in the figures. I particularly liked the phrases "attracting developers to their chosen smart phone platforms is an ongoing