Touchscreen smartphones sales rose twice, Apple still in the lead

10 February, 2010
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...

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  • 11 Feb 2010

NvS, 11 Feb 2010If you're looking for a touchscreen phone,the best experien... moreThanx buddy. Do you have an idea about Nokia N900 ???
I'm so confused with its Os Maemo 5 ???

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    • 11 Feb 2010

    Charith, 11 Feb 2010Plz help me out, I'm willing to buy a new touchscreen. whic... moreIf you're looking for a touchscreen phone,the best experience you'll have is from iPhone 3Gs,you'll never feel the excitements of touchscreen phone only in iPhone,not from other iPhone wannabe's brands

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      • Charith
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      • 11 Feb 2010

      Plz help me out, I'm willing to buy a new touchscreen. which is better iPhone 3GS or Nokia N900 ???

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        • Anonymous
        • vG5
        • 11 Feb 2010

        [deleted post]no whites are real men

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          • P%n
          • 11 Feb 2010

          David, 11 Feb 2010I have always liked Symbian, it is the best and most powerf... moreNo it's not.

          Why are there no Symbian phone's with screen resolutions above 640 by x pixels?

          That's one of Symbian's limits.

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            • 11 Feb 2010

            giggig, 11 Feb 2010I dont like touchscreen phones ? Reasons being 1) Smudges ... moreI have always liked Symbian, it is the best and most powerful OS out there, ven thou it's ugly. But i have to disagree with your comment, almost all other OS can run both touch and keyboard phones, Windows, Blackberry OS and even Android. The only one that's handicapped is iPhone OS.

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              • u1v
              • 11 Feb 2010

              bliss, 11 Feb 2010I have used cell phones for over 20 years and in all kinds ... moreI dont like touchscreen phones ? Reasons being
              1) Smudges and scratches on phone.
              2) cant type fast as i can type with T9 physical keypad.
              3) no tactile feed back.
              4) too big size, i need a MOBILE phone, which means it needs to be mobile in pocket, not brick.
              5) Symbian V3, can do anything which a touchscreen can do, even copy paste text from websites.

              there are 200 other reasons why mass majority dont wana use touchscreen phone in long run.

              Now you say Andriod is best OS ever, can it be run Non Touch OS, it cant ? so its pretty limited OS, not best in the world, best is that which can run both on touch and non touch, infact only Symbian can do so. Number speaks for them self.

              Thanks.

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                • Anonymous
                • P%n
                • 11 Feb 2010

                bliss, 11 Feb 2010Just to add another major aspect of the Nexus one and to pu... moreThe free voice navigation for the Nexus is only available in the US, people cracked it in Europe to enable voice navigation, GOOGLE SHUT THEM DOWN and patched Android so it wouldn't work...

                ...that's sure some "open" system, ad supported and controlled by Google with a heavy hand.

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                  • 11 Feb 2010

                  Anonymous, 11 Feb 2010Quote from my statistics professor: "figures don't lie... moreby the way what you are trying to say lol.
                  May be you mean by effort of 2009 all mighty brand stand next to Iphone and you scared in this year iphone will get easily beaten by almighty brand.
                  is that fear bothering you ? which forced you to write such a long story without making a sense lol.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • P%n
                    • 11 Feb 2010

                    bliss, 11 Feb 2010Selling more doesn't mean better, just means Apple advertis... moreThe Nexus one is based on Android, applications run in a custom Java Virtual Machine with almost no access to the underlying hardware of the phone, it is incapable of running many of the applications written in objective C that the iPhone can.

                    Android is a platform for Google to sell more advertising based on your usage habits (ignoring your privacy) and targeted specifically at you.

                    How else will Google get back the $750 million they just spent on Admob?

                    By giving away a "free" operating system?

                    You say Android is the future, a Bentley with a flashing billboard on the side and every centimetre of space covered in ads...

                    ...no thanks.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • Ke1
                      • 11 Feb 2010

                      Cant wait for the feb announcement from nokia and other companoies

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                        • Anonymous
                        • Ke1
                        • 11 Feb 2010

                        Anonymous, 11 Feb 2010iphone is not phone its portable computer thats change mobi... moreThere is only one mobile computer, that is n900

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                          • Anonymous
                          • miT
                          • 11 Feb 2010

                          iphone is not phone its portable computer thats change mobile roll

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                            • Anonymous
                            • Ke1
                            • 11 Feb 2010

                            2010 nokia symbian flagship wont use dissappointing hardware spec, then nokia can will make a fortune

                            i say this because we know the future big plan of nokia

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                              • 11 Feb 2010

                              Anonymous, 11 Feb 2010Figures speak louder than words. Iphone rules. I'm so exci... more"I'm so excited when the next gen iphone comes out. It would be super awesome than it already is. Can't wait"

                              Haha, yeah right, You mean this time Apple will add a super awsome calculator on the same phone and call 3G SC?

                              You iApples truly are the official spokespeople for iZombies.com.

                              Well some people loved getting ripped of for no reason at all, and some don't, we are all different.

                              God Bless

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                                • 11 Feb 2010

                                Anonymous, 11 Feb 2010Nokia will be number one in touch screen phone market this ... moreTotally Agree With You Dude.. Nokia Will Shake, Shatter & Capture Apple's Market Share And Make People Realize That iPhone Is a Piece Of Crap & Total Waste of Money..

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • Ke1
                                  • 11 Feb 2010

                                  Dont underestimate the power of free map navigation
                                  it would help nokia a lot

                                  in my opinion, people go for iphone is because the multitouch and the use of capacitive screen, and the type of guy who like playiong games on their phpone and nice music

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                                    • 11 Feb 2010

                                    Anonymous, 10 Feb 2010Iphone isent a smartphone..."Iphone isent a smartphone..."

                                    Firstly its isn't not isent, secondly those are the words of a person who has never used an iPhone. The numbers speak volumes, do the maths the iPhone is one of the best selling devices on the market and thats over 2 years its not hype. If it was not good word would spread and they would not sell.

                                    My blackberry will sit in it's draw, Nokia can continue to produce grey, dull and buggy phones and i will stick with my iPhone 3GS with access to over 140000 apps to make my phone my own and make it the most usful smart phone i own.

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                                      • 11 Feb 2010

                                      bliss, 11 Feb 2010Selling more doesn't mean better, just means Apple advertis... moreeveryone made and is making way better non touch and touchscreen smartphones then apple a phone a year with minor hardware upgrades will not save apple at all and the fact they look all the same is really sad no options software or hardware

                                      you can only be so popular for so long before someone realizes your boring and moves on

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                                        • 11 Feb 2010

                                        vinci24, 10 Feb 2010How come Samsung only shipped 4 million touchscreen phones ... morehi its all about smartphones n not only touch screen phones or else sanmsung star is sold in loads thn any other company an next is corby dear chk it out