The BlackBerry Bellagio 9790 and BlackBerry Curve Touch 9380, BlackBerry OS7 Smartphones, Coming Soon.

BlackBerry OS7 smartphones, the BlackBerry Bellagio 9790 and Blackberry Curve Touch 9380. http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
RIM told developers today about two upcoming BlackBerry OS7 smartphones, the BlackBerry Bellagio 9790 and Black berry Curve Touch 9380. From the information published, it looks like the Bellagio is coming with a 2.4-inch screen using 480 x 360 resolution at 245 Pixels Per Inch. The curve touch comes with 3.2" display with same resolution thus dropping the PPI to 183.
We should hear about the phones very soon, directly from RIM.
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Worldwide Smartphone Market Will Grow By 55% In 2011 And Android Will Lead Them All

Android will lead smartphone market http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
According to IDC, a Market researcher, Android market share is expected to surpass 40% of the by the end of the 2011 and that percentage could reach 44% by 2015.
With Android ruling the waves,  Nokia's Symbian platform will remain the number two for the year 2011, but it's market share will fall further to 20.6% from its highs it enjoyed previously. I think Nokia missed the boat by quite a length. Symbian could be come a distant memory if and when it's share drops to just 0.1% of the market by 2015.

So who in for the third place and the rest? IDC estimates Apple iOS, BlackBerry OS, and Windows Phone to be in line, in that order. By the end of 2011, iOS will have 18.2% of the market, BlackBerry OS will have 14.2%, and Windows Phone will have 3.8%.

It is an interesting reading and here is the IDC press release;

Worldwide Smartphone Market Expected to Grow 55% in 2011 and Approach Shipments of One Billion in 2015, According to IDC

09 Jun 2011

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. June 9, 2011 – The worldwide smartphone market is forecast to grow 55% year over year in 2011 as a growing number of users turn in their feature phones for more advanced devices. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors will ship a total of 472 million smartphones in 2011 compared to roughly 305 million units shipped in 2010. That figure will nearly double to 982 million by the end of 2015.

The fast-growing smartphone market, which will grow more than four times the rate of the overall mobile phone market this year, is being fuelled by falling average selling prices, increased phone functionality, and lower-cost data plans among other factors, which make the devices more accessible to a wider range of users.

"The smartphone floodgates are open wide," said Kevin Restivo, senior research analyst with IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. "Mobile phone users around the world are turning in their 'talk-and-text' devices for smartphones as these devices allow users to perform daily tasks like shopping and banking from anywhere. The growth trend is particularly pronounced in emerging markets where adoption is still in its early days. As a result, the growth in regions such as Asia/Pacific and Latin America, will be dramatic over the coming years."

Smartphone Operating Systems

"Underpinning smartphone growth is the rapidly shifting operating system landscape," added Ramon Llamas, senior research analyst with IDC's Mobile Phone Technology and Trends team. "End-users are becoming more sophisticated about what kinds of experiences are offered by the different operating systems. Taking this as their cue, operating system developers will strive for more intuitive and seamless experiences, but will also look to differentiate themselves along key features and characteristics."

IDC expects Android, which passed Symbian as the leading operating system worldwide in Q4 2010, to grow to more than 40% of the market in the second half of 2011. A significant and growing list of vendors who have made Android the cornerstone of their respective smartphone strategies is propelling the growth of Android.

Symbian will steadily lose share throughout the forecast period as its biggest supporter Nokia transitions its smartphone strategy to Windows Phone. This will present a huge opportunity for competing operating systems to gain footing. Still, Nokia's commitment to support Symbian devices until 2016 will keep the installed base of Symbian-powered smartphone users on par with its competitors.

Windows Phone 7/Windows Mobile will benefit from Nokia's support, scope, and breadth within markets where Nokia has historically had a strong presence. Until Nokia begins introducing Windows Phone-powered smartphones in large volumes in 2012, Windows Phone 7/Windows Mobile will only capture a small share of the market as the release of Mango-powered smartphones are not expected to reach the market until late 2011. Nevertheless, assuming that Nokia's transition to Windows Phone goes smoothly, the OS is expected to defend a number 2 rank and more than 20% share in 2015.

iOS was the third ranked OS going into 2011 and will remain a force in the mobile phone market throughout the forecast. After an initial explosive growth period, iOS is expected to grow at a more modest pace throughout the latter half of the forecast as the smartphone market matures and diversifies. Although a small market share decline is expected, IDC expects significant overall shipment volume growth through the end of 2015.

BlackBerry OS is expected to maintain its position as a Top 4 smartphone operating system over the forecast period. Like iOS, the BlackBerry OS will experience market share decline even as shipment volumes grow throughout our forecast.

BlackBerry Overtakes Apple iOS In Mobile Internet Usage

Source: StatCounter Global Stats - Mobile OS Market Share
#BlackBerry Overtakes #Apple #iOS http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/I did not think this would happen but according to StatCounter, which we also use, Blackberry OS has truly overtaken iOS internet access. Apples share, which used to be 51.9% dropped to 33% while BlackBerry OS reached 34.3%. All is good with business front I guess. But there is another contender, Android OS. The Android share rose to 23.8% fromwhat was 8.2% last November.
I am very sure those numbers will be alters much, come next November. Following is the press release by StatCounter;

Boston, USA and Dublin, Ireland; Wednesday 1st December, 2010: BlackBerry OS overtook Apple's iOS for the first time in the US in November in terms of mobile internet usage according to web analytics company, StatCounter. The company's research arm, StatCounter Global Stats finds that for the first time in the US BlackBerry OS at 34.3% overtook Apple's iOS which recorded 33% in November.
Google's Android is rapidly gaining and has almost tripled internet market share from 8.2% last November to 23.8% this year. Apple's iOS has fallen from 51.9% to 33% over the same period.
"These figures suggest that developers should not be developing solely for the iPhone to the exclusion of BlackBerry and Android," commented Aodhan Cullen, CEO, StatCounter. He added that, if current trends continue, BlackBerry and Android combined are on course to become twice the size of iOS as regards mobile internet usage in the next year.
Commenting on Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 he said that it was not yet registering significantly in terms of internet usage but would be interesting to observe over the next year. "This data demonstrates that there is a battle royal already going on in the smartphone market for the consumer and business internet user. You can never underestimate Microsoft but it looks to have its work cut out."
BlackBerry's US lead is not replicated in terms of worldwide share according to the StatCounter data. Globally Symbian OS leads with 31.9% followed by iOS (21.9%), BlackBerry OS (19.3%) and Android (11.6%).

StatCounter Global Stats are based on aggregate data collected by StatCounter on a sample exceeding 15 billion page views per month collected from across the StatCounter network of more than three million websites. StatCounter, which provides free website traffic information, publishes worldwide internet usage trends via StatCounter Global Stats, a free online research tool.
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