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News: Mix: Gartner, DVD Jon, T-Mobile, Schiller
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond — Apple grabbed 13.3% of the worldwide smartphone market in the second quarter, according to the latest data released by Gartner. While overall mobile sales declined 6%, smartphone sales grew 27%, helping Apple to reach third place on the list of handset manufacturers, behind only Nokia with a 45% share of the market—down from 47.4% in the year-ago quarter—and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, which gained 1.4% year-over-year to capture 18.7% of the market. Notably, Apple accounted for only 2.8% of the market in Q2 2008 due to the timing of the iPhone 3G’s announcement and ...

Report: Apple's smartphone market share rises
iPhone Atlas — ... In fact, Apple had the largest gains in the smartphone market, selling more than 5.4 million iPhones in the second quarter of 2009 compared to 892,000 in the second quarter of 2008, according to Gartner. First reported by ...

Apple iPhone Still Increasing in Market Share
Apple Forums & iPhone Forums, Mods, Hacks, News, Themes, Downloads, and more! | ModMyi.com - 4,711,751,911 — ... Gartner published some compelling stats on smartphone sales today and they show that the Apple iPhone continues to quickly increase market share. ...

iPhone Market Share Up Again
TheAppleBlog — ... Gartner reports that while mobile phone sales are down in the second quarter of 2009, smartphone sales are up, and the iPhone is way up. ...

iPhoneWorld.ca: Apple share of smartphone market increases to 13.3% with iPhone 3GS introduction
iPhoneWorld.ca iPhone News Headlines — iPhoneWorld.ca writes: Apple has gained a huge share in the smartphone market place ever since the release of the iPhone and has climbed to 13.3% with the introduction of the iPhone 3GS. This is according to a report made by the research company Gartner. Apple shipped more then 5.4 million iPhone units in the second quarter of 2009 while only having sold 892 thousand iPhone units. Gartners report also stated that by lowering the cost of the 8GB iPhone 3G Apple gained a higher sale ...

Gartner Q2 world smartphone sales figures in
The Tao of Mac — ... , by the way, is on the far side of 2%... (Gartner PR) ...

iPhone Market Share Continuing to Climb
The iPhone Blog — ... The research firm Gartner reports that, for the second quarter of 2009, the iPhone continues to increase its market share on a world-wide level. In fact, it leads the way with the highest increase of market share, as sales increased by 10.5% from one year ago. ...

CHART OF THE DAY: iPhone Market Share Up, BlackBerry Down
Silicon Alley Insider — ... The launch of Apple's iPhone 3GS (and price cuts on the iPhone 3G) helped Apple grow its share of the smartphone market last quarter: 13.3% worldwide, according to Gartner, up from 10.8% in Q1. Meanwhile, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion lost a bit of market share and Nokia gained some. ...

While Rivals Jockey For Market Share, Apple Bathes In Profits
TechCrunch — ... According to the report, Apple made $1.6 billion in operating profit off of the iPhone in Q3. Nokia, meanwhile, made $1.1 billion. Let’s put this in perspective. Recent numbers suggest Nokia controls roughly 35% of the worldwide handset market. Apple? ...

While Rivals Jockey For Market Share, Apple Bathes In Profits
MacBytes.com — ... of the day, Apple wins. While the press and rivals obsess over market share, Apple quietly comes in and makes an insane amount of money. It’s the same in the computer industry. Small market share, huge amount of money. The most important thing for all of these are companies is the bottom line. Apple wins that battle. According to the report, Apple made $1.6 billion in operating profit off of the iPhone in Q3. Nokia, meanwhile, made $1.1 billion. Let’s put this in perspective. Recent numbers suggest Nokia controls roughly 35% of the worldwide handset market. Apple? ...

Gameloft pulling back on Android development
Joystiq — ... To put things in perspective, Rochefort said that Gameloft has sold 400 times as many games on the iPhone as on the Android platform. Of course, it's worth noting that Apple's iPhone has a significantly larger market share than Android. According to a recent Gartner report released in August, the iPhone accounted for nearly 14 percent of the smartphone market, while Android phones accounted for less than 2 percent. With more and more carriers offering Android phones -- notably the ...