http://www.appleinsider.com/ AppleInsider has been the leading source of insider news and rumors on Apple Computer since 1997. en-us Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:38:41 -0500 http://images.appleinsider.com/images/toolbar_logo_textAI.gif http://www.appleinsider.com/ http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/18/iphone_4s_launch_propels_surging_apple_20_to_close_the_gap_with_android_/ The launch of the iPhone 4S last October had an "enormous impact" on the U.S. smartphone landscape, boosting Apple's share among new buyers by almost 20 percent and putting it neck-and-neck with Andro... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/18/iphone_4s_launch_propels_surging_apple_20_to_close_the_gap_with_android_/ Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:35:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/15/gartner_apples_ios_lost_smartphone_share_to_android_in_q3_2011/ With a limited number of iPhone models taking on a plethora of Android-powered handsets from multiple manufacturers, Apple's iOS actually lost market share in the worldwide smartphone market last quar... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/15/gartner_apples_ios_lost_smartphone_share_to_android_in_q3_2011/ Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:14:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/26/nokia_launches_first_windows_phones_to_take_on_apples_iphone_4s/ Nokia on Wednesday introduced its first smartphones running Microsoft's Windows Phone platform, two devices branded "Lumia" that the company hopes will compete with Apple's iPhone lineup. Nokia's f... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/26/nokia_launches_first_windows_phones_to_take_on_apples_iphone_4s/ Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:47:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/05/apple_google_gain_in_us_smartphone_share_as_rim_microsoft_continue_slide/ Apple's iPhone continues to gain market share in the U.S., now representing 27.3 percent of handsets, while competitors RIM, Microsoft and Nokia continue to slip. The latest figures from comScore s... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/05/apple_google_gain_in_us_smartphone_share_as_rim_microsoft_continue_slide/ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/30/apple_continues_to_gain_us_smartphone_share_as_ios_hits_27/ Apple's stateside share of the smartphone market continued to grow last quarter, with the iPhone representing 27 percent of the domestic mobile operating system market. It was a 1 percentage point ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/30/apple_continues_to_gain_us_smartphone_share_as_ios_hits_27/ Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:25:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/11/apples_ios_and_google_android_swell_to_62_percent_of_smartphone_market/ Apple's iOS and Google Android have more than doubled their collective smartphone market share in the last year, and now represent nearly two-thirds of all devices sold, according to Gartner. The r... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/08/11/apples_ios_and_google_android_swell_to_62_percent_of_smartphone_market/ Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:20:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/06/21/first_nokia_smartphones_running_windows_phone_7_to_arrive_later_this_year/ Nokia Chief Executive Stephen Elop said Tuesday that his company expects to begin selling its first phones running Windows Phone later this year, before ramping up volume shipments in 2012. Elop co... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/06/21/first_nokia_smartphones_running_windows_phone_7_to_arrive_later_this_year/ Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/06/01/nokia_denies_19b_microsoft_purchase_but_rumored_deal_viewed_as_boon_for_apple/ Nokia reacted quickly on Wednesday to a report claiming its phone business was acquired by Microsoft for $19 billion, calling it "baseless." But one Wall Street analyst had another word to describe a ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/06/01/nokia_denies_19b_microsoft_purchase_but_rumored_deal_viewed_as_boon_for_apple/ Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:20:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/05/26/itc_agrees_to_partial_review_of_nokia_case_against_apple/ The U.S. International Trade Commission announced Thursday that it will conduct a review of two of Nokia's patents in an infringement case against Apple, while dropping the remaining three from the in... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/05/26/itc_agrees_to_partial_review_of_nokia_case_against_apple/ Fri, 27 May 2011 02:25:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/04/12/nokia_releases_new_symbian_phones_touts_symbian_apps/ Nokia launched new Symbian smartphones that appear to be the platform's last gasp before shifting to Windows Phone 7, while also describing developer opportunities related to its mothballed platform i... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/04/12/nokia_releases_new_symbian_phones_touts_symbian_apps/ Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/04/07/android_to_be_on_49_of_smartphones_by_2012_leaving_apples_ios_with_19_gartner_predicts/ Gartner's latest forecast for worldwide smartphone operating system market share predicts that Google Android will be present on nearly half of all handsets sold next year, while the iPhone and its iO... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/04/07/android_to_be_on_49_of_smartphones_by_2012_leaving_apples_ios_with_19_gartner_predicts/ Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:45:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/03/29/idc_predicts_windows_phone_will_top_apples_ios_in_market_share_by_2015/ A new forecast of the global smartphone platform market from research firm IDC has predicted that Microsoft's Windows Phone platform will see a resurgence in the next four years, overtaking Apple's iO... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/03/29/idc_predicts_windows_phone_will_top_apples_ios_in_market_share_by_2015/ Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:15:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/14/microsoft_paying_nokia_billions_to_adopt_windows_phone_platform/ Nokia will receive billions of dollars from Microsoft for adopting the Windows Phone platform on future smartphones, as the two companies struggle to compete with Apple and Google in the mobile space.... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/14/microsoft_paying_nokia_billions_to_adopt_windows_phone_platform/ Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:05:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/11/analyst_apple_could_benefit_from_nokia_microsoft_partnership/ Commenting on Nokia's recent announcement that it will abandon its Symbian mobile operating system on smartphones in favor of Microsoft's Windows Phone OS, one analyst claimed that Apple could stand t... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/11/analyst_apple_could_benefit_from_nokia_microsoft_partnership/ Sat, 12 Feb 2011 01:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/11/nokias_rejection_of_android_may_help_resolve_patent_war_with_apple/ Nokia's decision to partnership with Microsoft rather than adopt Google's Android may ease patent negotiations between the company and Apple, which is more likely to support strengthening weak rivals ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/11/nokias_rejection_of_android_may_help_resolve_patent_war_with_apple/ Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/11/nokia_ditches_symbian_embraces_microsoft_windows_phone_for_new_handsets/ Nokia, the world's largest handset maker, announced on Friday its plans to ditch its Symbian mobile operating system and partner with Microsoft to make smartphones running Windows Phone. Nokia Chie... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/11/nokia_ditches_symbian_embraces_microsoft_windows_phone_for_new_handsets/ Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/09/apple_surpasses_sony_motorola_in_total_handset_sales_gartner/ The growth of Apple's iPhone in 2010 came at the expense of competitors who lost significant market share and experienced reduced sales, including Sony Ericsson and Motorola, according to new data fro... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/09/apple_surpasses_sony_motorola_in_total_handset_sales_gartner/ Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:40:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/08/nokia_rumored_to_shift_toward_silicon_valley_windows_phone_7/ The world's top mobile vendor is reportedly considering plans to move its executive decision making from headquarters in Espoo, Finland to Silicon Valley in California, and is potentially eyeing an al... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/08/nokia_rumored_to_shift_toward_silicon_valley_windows_phone_7/ Tue, 08 Feb 2011 23:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/07/idc_apple_still_leads_rim_as_no_2_worldwide_smartphone_maker/ Global smartphone sales have continued their explosive growth, topping 100 million total units last quarter, with Apple retaining second place among all vendors, according to IDC. The new data, rel... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/07/idc_apple_still_leads_rim_as_no_2_worldwide_smartphone_maker/ Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:50:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/01/31/google_overtakes_nokia_as_maker_of_top_smartphone_platform/ After passing Apple's iPhone on its way up, Google's Android has now passed up Nokia's Symbian to take the top spot among smartphone platforms, ending Nokia's 10 year reign on top of the global smartp... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/01/31/google_overtakes_nokia_as_maker_of_top_smartphone_platform/ Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/01/17/nokia_pulls_the_plug_on_its_ovi_unlimited_itunes_competitor/ Nokia is pulling the plug on its Ovi Music Unlimited service in nearly every market it serves, citing incompatibility with iPods as a key problem. Nokia originally launched its subscription music ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/01/17/nokia_pulls_the_plug_on_its_ovi_unlimited_itunes_competitor/ Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:25:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/12/07/apple_passes_nokia_to_become_top_smartphone_maker_in_australia/ Apple's iPhone has taken a 36.5 percent share of the smartphone market in Australia, passing Nokia's 30.5 percent share to become the continent's top smartphone maker. According to IDC figures rep... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/12/07/apple_passes_nokia_to_become_top_smartphone_maker_in_australia/ Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/12/06/android_activation_pace_hits_a_plateau_below_apples_ios/ Android mobile activation numbers have leveled off dramatically after two years of rapid increases, signaling a maturing of the platform's growth phase as an alternative to Apple's iOS, which continue... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/12/06/android_activation_pace_hits_a_plateau_below_apples_ios/ Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/12/01/global_mobile_split_between_apples_ios_and_symbian/ December began with an blizzard, dumping heavy and dense piles of StatCounter web analytics about mobile users, each offering an apparently contradictory look at which vendors were ahead in the race t... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/12/01/global_mobile_split_between_apples_ios_and_symbian/ Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/12/01/rims_blackberry_overtakes_apples_iphone_in_us_data_usage/ A new report shows that Research in Motion's BlackBerry platform overtook Apple's iOS in terms of U.S. mobile Internet usage in November. StatCounter on Wednesday released new data that shows Black... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/12/01/rims_blackberry_overtakes_apples_iphone_in_us_data_usage/ Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:15:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/11/29/windows_phone_7_developers_fear_platform_flop/ Despite a reportedly healthy level of interest from developers, Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 debut appears to have flopped with consumers, leaving developers cautious about investing in the platform. ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/11/29/windows_phone_7_developers_fear_platform_flop/ Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/11/29/idc_android_poised_to_pass_apples_ios_nokias_symbian_in_europe/ Google's Android mobile operating system will pass Apple's iOS and Nokia's Symbian in 2011 to become the top smartphone platform in all of Europe, IDC has predicted. IDC analyst Francisco Jeronimo ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/11/29/idc_android_poised_to_pass_apples_ios_nokias_symbian_in_europe/ Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:30:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/11/29/apple_iphone_user_loyalty_twice_that_of_android/ A new survey by German market research firm GfK Group indicates that most smartphone users feel little loyalty to their device outside of Apple's iPhone, which commands more than twice the fidelity of... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/11/29/apple_iphone_user_loyalty_twice_that_of_android/ Mon, 29 Nov 2010 08:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/09/14/nokia_unveils_n8_smartphone_chairman_to_leave_in_2012/ Nokia released the long-awaited N8 smartphone running Symbian^3 at the Nokia World event Tuesday amid news of the 2012 departure of its chairman. Management shakeups Chairman Jorma Ollila announ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/09/14/nokia_unveils_n8_smartphone_chairman_to_leave_in_2012/ Wed, 15 Sep 2010 03:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/09/10/apple_projected_to_ship_130m_ios_devices_in_2014_as_android_hits_259m/ Apple is projected to sell 130 million iOS-based mobile devices per year by 2014, but both Google Android and Nokia Symbian are expected to each double that amount, according to Gartner. The resear... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/09/10/apple_projected_to_ship_130m_ios_devices_in_2014_as_android_hits_259m/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:20:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/18/56_of_developers_support_apples_ios_90_are_single_platform/ The iOS mobile operating system for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad remains the dominant platform for developers, most of which write exclusively for Apple's devices. Advertising agency Millennial ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/18/56_of_developers_support_apples_ios_90_are_single_platform/ Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/17/apple_to_launch_new_find_my_phone_app_mobileme_updates/ Apple's MobileMe site is reporting that the system will undergo scheduled maintenance from 10PM PDT to Midnight tonight, Thursday June 17. The site is expected to reopen tomorrow with a finalized Mail... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/17/apple_to_launch_new_find_my_phone_app_mobileme_updates/ Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/06/apples_iphone_market_share_three_times_greater_than_android_in_us/ A new survey of U.S. smartphone owners found that 28 percent use a device running the iPhone OS, compared with just 9 percent on Google's Android mobile operating system. The data released this wee... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/06/apples_iphone_market_share_three_times_greater_than_android_in_us/ Sun, 06 Jun 2010 14:50:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/01/apple_iphone_web_marketshare_outgrows_google_android_in_may/ Despite a larger variety of devices running the Google Android operating system available on the market, Apple's iPhone operating system still outgained its rival in terms of Web presence in the month... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/01/apple_iphone_web_marketshare_outgrows_google_android_in_may/ Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:50:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/25/february_mobile_device_traffic_up_193_led_by_apple_iphone/ Fueled by strong growth of both the iPhone and Android platforms and heavy application use on both mobile devices, mobile traffic increased 193 percent year-over-year in February. The latest Mobile... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/25/february_mobile_device_traffic_up_193_led_by_apple_iphone/ Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:40:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/02/23/gartner_apples_iphone_was_no_3_worldwide_smartphone_in_2009/ After more than doubling its total sales from a year prior, the iPhone platform was catapulted into third place in global smartphone sales in 2009, with Apple shipping 24.9 million handsets. Apple ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/02/23/gartner_apples_iphone_was_no_3_worldwide_smartphone_in_2009/ Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:05:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/08/multi_phone_android_platform_seen_to_overtake_iphone_by_2012/ Due to its presence on multiple manufacturers' devices, Android will overtake Apple's iPhone in terms of market share by 2012, an analyst has predicted. Ken Dulaney, vice president and distinguishe... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/08/multi_phone_android_platform_seen_to_overtake_iphone_by_2012/ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/05/flash_coming_to_most_smartphones_but_not_apples_iphone/ Adobe on Monday announced partnerships with numerous handset operating system makers, including Research in Motion, Nokia, Palm, Google and Microsoft, to bring Flash Player 10.1 to smartphones. Absent... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/05/flash_coming_to_most_smartphones_but_not_apples_iphone/ Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:05:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/26/nokia_hopes_to_fight_off_apple_iphone_gains_with_linux/ Even though Nokia's Symbian mobile operating system commands the lion's share of the worldwide smartphone market, the world's largest handset maker is looking to Linux to take on the iPhone. Source... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/26/nokia_hopes_to_fight_off_apple_iphone_gains_with_linux/ Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/12/apple_leads_international_smartphone_market_growth/ Sales of iPhones increased more than sixfold during the second quarter of 2009, helping Apple maintain its ranking as the third largest smartphone maker worldwide, according to a new report. In an ... http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/12/apple_leads_international_smartphone_market_growth/ Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:30:00 GMT