Posts Tagged ‘2009’
BlackBerry Curve Dominates US Smartphone Market in Q4 2009
Market research firm IDC has released its quarterly list of best-selling smartphones in the US for the fourth quarter of 2009. And it looks like the BlackBerry Curve series dominated the last quarter of the year, followed by none other than the very popular and trendy Apple iPhone. RIM managed to grab four other places, while Android-based devices by different manufacturers only got two.
It’s important to take into account that the list represents vendor sales only, which means the number of units sold to third-party retailers are the figures that count. It doesn’t matter if these third-party retailers only managed to sell a fraction of ordered units to consumers.
Click the break to see the full list, and get ready to be surprised by some of the results. More »
Nokia Reports Q4 2009 Earnings, Proves It Still is ‘The Man’
Finland-based mobile phone maker Nokia announced this morning its Q4 2009 earnings. The figures talk for themselves and prove Nokia still has a lot of charm in the mobile phone market. The company reported a net profit of €948 million or 26 eurocents a share in the fourth quarter, that’s a whopping and impressive 65% increase from €576 million last year.
Nokia also reports shipping 126.9 million units worldwide in Q4, that’s a 12% increase compared to figures from last year. Overall, 329 million units were shipped worldwide, up 8% compared to last year. Overall, net sales reached €12 billion, down 5% from the year before.
Nokia’s mobile market share is estimated to have increased to 39% in the fourth quarter of 2009, up from an estimated 37% last year and 38% in Q3 2009. The company estimates that its converged mobile market share went up to 40% from 35% last year. More »
Google Announces 2009 4th Quarter Earnings
Google announced today via a live video conference call on YouTube its earnings from the fourth quarter in 2009. Google CEO Eric Schmidt was very happy to announced that Google’s revenues went up 17% to $6.67 billion in what he described as “a strong fourth quarter.” Net income for 2009 ended up at $6.5 billion. Overall revenue in the year 2009 went up to $ 24.5 billion in cash.
Non-GAAP earnings went up 35% to $2.2 billion, that’s equivalent to 6.79 per share. When it comes to its workforce, Google ended up with 19,835 full-time employees worldwide. That’s 170 more people than the 19,665 full-time employees reported at the end of Q3 in September 2009. More »
A Look Back at Technology as Reported by Erictric in 2009
Ah, the year 2009. It officially is nothing but a memory. We have to admit that it was a very fun and wild ride for the tech world. For starters, Erictric was launched in late April 2009. Ever since, we have been so fortunate, and I say this with the most pride, to report and cover many stories that in some big or very small way changed the tech industry. We thought it would be good to take one look back at some of the stories, companies, rumors, gadgets, and people in the tech industry who made it into the headlines in 2009. More »
JibJab Reviews The Year 2009 In New Original Video
We like technology, and we like fun. And while this next video has very little to do with technology, we figured you might like it anyhow:
RIM Breaks Promise to Release OS 5.0 for Older BlackBerry Models by The End of The Year
With only a few days left, it’s safe to say that 2009 is pretty much over. With that said, it’s obvious that Research In Motion has broken one of its biggest and most important promises: to release OS 5.0 for older BlackBerry models. In case you don’t remember, RIM promised back in September it would released OS 5.0 “before the end of the year.” Later in October, RIM released a list of BlackBerry smartphones that would support OS 5.0. Curiously, the document is not available anymore at the BlackBerry website. More »
2009 Gets Reviewed In Google Wave
It’s been an absolutely interesting year. And as 2009 draws to an end, we look at what has happened in the past 12 months and hope things could only get better in 2010. A plane landed in the Hudson with all passengers alive, the first African-American president took office, and the list goes on.
You see, we could sit here all day and type away what’s happened this year — but what fun would that be?
We’ve come accross a very clever, interesting, and fun video via The Next Web featuring the year in review in Google Wave. See for yourself:
What Did You Get For Christmas?
It seems quite unreal to us here that Christmas has already come and gone this year. And while we appreciate the time we spend with our families and the likes — many of us are still excited about gifts we have received this year.
Here’s our question: What did you get for Christmas this year? Don’t be shy — tell us below in the comments.
Motorola Droid Sales Near the One Million Mark
Even before it was released, the Motorola Droid became very popular thanks to Verizon and Motorola, who spent millions of dollars on an advertising campaign. Now, it seems like their efforts are about to pay off, as sales of the Android 2.0-based smartphone are getting close to one million.
According to a research paper by RBC Capital Markets analyst Mark Sue, Verizon and Motorola have managed to sell between 700,000 and 800,000 Droids so far in the fourth quarter. It is estimated that the one million target will be hit before the end of this year.
Just a week after the Droid was officially released, it was estimated that 250,000 units were sold.
[ GigaOM ]