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Nokia continues to hemorrhage Smartphone market share to RIM and Apple
Rough morning for Nokia. After having its trio of new music-oriented handsets leaked, Gartner goes and releases a set of unflattering sales figures related to Nokia’s beleaguered smartphones. While smartphone sales overall increased 3.7% in Q4, Nokia’s share slid from 50.9% to “just” 40.8% on 15.6 million units. While many, including Samsung and HTC gained, it was RIM and Apple that made the biggest advances. RIM increased its share of the lucrative market to 19.5% (7.4 million units) from 10.9% while Apple more than doubled its share, up from 5.2% to 10.7% (4.1 million units). Keeping things in perspective: smartphones accounted for only 12% of all mobile device sales for the quarter. There’s a method to Nokia’s mid- to low-end handset madness.
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Nokia continues to hemorrhage Smartphone market share to RIM and Apple
Rough morning for Nokia. After having its trio of new music-oriented handsets leaked, Gartner goes and releases a set of unflattering sales figures related to Nokia’s beleaguered smartphones. While smartphone sales overall increased 3.7% in Q4, Nokia’s share slid from 50.9% to “just” 40.8% on 15.6 million units. While many, including Samsung and HTC gained, it was RIM and Apple that made the biggest advances. RIM increased its share of the lucrative market to 19.5% (7.4 million units) from 10.9% while Apple more than doubled its share, up from 5.2% to 10.7% (4.1 million units). Keeping things in perspective: smartphones accounted for only 12% of all mobile device sales for the quarter. There’s a method to Nokia’s mid- to low-end handset madness.
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Music-focused event on tap for Nokia this week
Hot on the heels of MWC, it seems Nokia’s got another secret that it wants to get off its chest this week. Why the company didn’t bundle this announcement with the MWC stuff is unclear — but with the E55, E75, and N86 all unveiled in Barcelona, maybe they’re just looking to give the new gear some spotlight time of its own. Actually, calling this “gear” might be overstepping — for all we know, Nokia could simply be announcing new Comes With Music markets or something along those lines — but naturally, our hearts and minds are always pining for new hardware. Look for this to go down at 10:00AM Central European Time on Wednesday the 11th, which works out to a bright ‘n early 5AM for you New Yorkers, so bring plenty of coffee with the popcorn. Any good theories?
[Via The Nokia Blog]
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Bandai rolls out new Tamagotchi Music Star designs, earplugs not included
Bandai’s been busy in their genius labs brewing up some “high tech” amusement, and they have the newly announced Tamagotchi Music Stars to show for it. You’ve probably been dying to create a digital diva or virtuoso all your own, and now you can, with six different options such as Glam Rock, Techno Sound, and Rising Star to choose from. Your character gets to join a band, go through hours of practice, auditions and rehearsals before making it big. Sound exhausting? Well fame comes at a price, kid. No word yet on price or availability, but you can check out their site for lots of info and a few shots of the designs. Oh: and rock on.
Update: We just got word from the company that the Music Stars will retail for $14.99
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