4G LTE iPhone In Carriers Hands?

4G LTE iPhone http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/

Adding to the rumors of Apple iPhone 5, which might became an iPony under the now stronger Google Android, BGR seem to have recieved information on an iOS (iPony will have iOZ, pronounced I ooze) version that Apple’s carrier partners are using to test iPhone models with LTE capability.

The property list or PLIST indicates LTE device readiness. Perhaps Apple does not want to be left behind by all those Androids with 4G LTE capabilities. Still this does not guarantee that October release of iPhone 5 will have LTE capabilities. And when the 4G LTE iPhone does come out, I hope the battery life would be better than those pesky Droids with 4G capabilities.

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Apple Leads Smartphone Shipments In The Second Quarter Of 2011.

iPhone marketshare http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/Top Five Worldwide Smartphone Vendors, Shipment Volumes, Market Share, and Year-Over-Year Growth, 2Q11 (shipments in millions)

Looks like Apple has dethroned Nokia from Smartphone market in the second quarter of 2011. Apple shipped 20.3 Million units against Nokia's 16.7 Million units. But Nokia is still the king of world wide mobile handset shipments with 88.5 Million handsets.
Close behind Apple is the Samsung with 17.3 Million units shipped. Samsung also the king of growth with 380.6% growth year over year. All those Android units, like Gakaxy S family, have certainly helped. IDC credits Samsungs service and support to be the key to success; "... steady cadence of device releases and updates has kept Samsung's smartphones well out in front of the competition. Samsung's bada-powered smartphones likewise grew, while demand for its Windows Phone smartphones has cooled off."
Nokia did not fare well but with the Nokia N9 in the horizon, perhaps it will gain some ground but it could be too little and too late. Afer going through the introduction of the Nokia N9, yes I will have it over iPhone 4. But we got to wait and see how the rest of the world think of it. But the planned windows phone 7 on Nokia smartphones might not bid well for the maker.
RIM only had 12.4 Million units and coming at fifth place HTC secured 11.7 Million units. If HTC and Samsung only shipped Android based phones, combined percentage will give Android devices about a 10 Million lead over Apple, even if the Android shipments are at 50%, it will be 5 Million units lead.


IDC Press release;

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. August 4, 2011 – The worldwide mobile phone market grew 65.4% year over year in the second quarter of 2011 (2Q11), marking the third consecutive quarter where total shipments exceeded 100 million units. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 106.5 million units in 2Q11 compared to 64.4 million units in the second quarter of 2010. The 65.4% growth was on par with IDC's forecast of 67.3% for the quarter and below the 84.0% year-over-year growth in 1Q11.

"The smartphone market crowned a new leader in 2Q11, and its name is Apple," said Ramon Llamas, senior research analyst with IDC's Mobile Phone Technology and Trends team. "Ever since the first iPhone launched in 2007, Apple has made market-setting strides in hardware, software, and channel development to grab mindshare and market share. Demand has been so strong that even models that have been out for one or two years are still being sought out. With an expected refresh later this year, volumes are set to reach higher levels."

"The smartphone market leadership change signifies the parity that comes with a fast-growing market such as smartphones," said Kevin Restivo, senior research analyst with IDC's Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker. "There is no runaway leader in the market, which means there could easily be further Top 5 vendor changes to come."

Market Outlook

For 2011, IDC maintains that the worldwide smartphone market will grow 55.0% over 2010. "The first half of the year has demonstrated strong growth for the smartphone market," added Llamas. "The second half of the year will bring new flagship models and refreshed user experiences to market. These will keep smartphones well out in front of the market, and keep growth on an upward trajectory."

Top Five Smartphone Vendors

Apple's success can be directly attributed to its distribution (more than 200 carriers in more than 200 countries), increased manufacturing capacity, and solid demand within emerging and developed markets from both consumers and business users. Apple's emergence as the number one smartphone vendor worldwide comes at a time when former worldwide leader Nokia is in the midst of a major transition. However, Apple has yet to top Nokia's single-quarter volume record of 28.1 million units. But given Apple's momentum in the smartphone market, it may not be a question of whether Apple will beat that milestone, but when.

Samsung realized the largest year-over-year growth of any vendor among the top five, and key to its continued success was the global popularity of its flagship Galaxy S smartphones. What originally began as a series of high-end smartphones has proliferated well into the mass-market, but has not strayed too far from its high-end roots. Moreover, its steady cadence of device releases and updates has kept Samsung's smartphones well out in front of the competition. Samsung's bada-powered smartphones likewise grew, while demand for its Windows Phone smartphones has cooled off.

Nokia ceded the number one position for the first time in the history of IDC's Mobile Phone Tracker, with smartphone volumes dipping below the 20 million unit mark for the first time since 3Q09. Even as the company released new smartphones running on Symbian^3, demand for its products running on the aged Symbian platform has shifted to other devices. At the same time, Nokia must be considered as a company in transition, as it recently unveiled its first MeeGo-powered smartphone and Windows Phone-powered smartphones, designated as the primary operating system for Nokia moving forward, have yet to reach the market.

Research In Motion posted the lowest year-over-year growth of all the vendors in the top five, but still shipped enough BlackBerry smartphones to be the number four vendor worldwide. The company has released only a few new models so far this year, leaving the bulk of its shipments to be comprised of older, less expensive models. That has allowed its competitors to grab mindshare and market share with multiple new models. In addition, many vendors have targeted business users with enterprise-grade smartphones, which have long been RIM's stronghold. Still, demand for BlackBerry smartphones remained healthy in the face of competition.

HTC marked another upward quarter, having launched and announced several new smartphones to the market. These featured 3D displays and 4G speeds, attesting to HTC's ability to bring devices with the latest and forward-thinking technologies. For a company that got its start providing carrier-branded smartphones, HTC's success at building a strong and readily identifiable brand stems directly from a broad and deep selection of devices, a steady stream of device releases, and a warm reception among carriers and end-users. With a goal of shipping more than 13 million units in 3Q11, HTC is well poised to reach its goal of shipping 50 million units for the year.

Source: IDC Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker, August 4, 2011

Note: Vendor shipments are branded shipments and exclude OEM sales for all vendors

For more information about IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, please contact Kathy Nagamine at 650-350-6423 or knagamine@idc.com.


Contact
For more information, contact:

Ramon Llamas
rllamas@idc.com
508-935-4736


Kevin Restivo
krestivo@idc.com
416-673-2230


Michael Shirer
press@idc.com
508-935-4200

IDC

15 Billion Apps Served By Apple App Store.

Apple’s App Store Downloads Top 15 Billion http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/

Apple has done it again! Come on Android, catch up! Apple App store has served 15 Billion app downloads, and I am responsible for at least 150 of them.
Looks like other 200 million odd owners of iPhone, iPad (100,000 apps in the store) and iPod did the same, downloading their favorite apps from 425000 apps in the store.
Apple has also paid developers, $2.5 billions to date and Apple seems to very happy about it, from their press release.

Apple press release;

CUPERTINO, California—July 7, 2011—Apple® today announced that over 15 billion apps have been downloaded from its revolutionary App Store™ by the more than 200 million iPhone®, iPad® and iPod touch® users worldwide. The App Store offers more than 425,000 apps and developers have created an incredible array of over 100,000 native iPad apps.

“In just three years, the revolutionary App Store has grown to become the most exciting and successful software marketplace the world has ever seen,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Thank you to all of our amazing developers who have filled it with over 425,000 of the coolest apps and to our over 200 million iOS users for surpassing 15 billion downloads.”

“We sparked musical magic when iPhone users experienced Ocarina three years ago,” said Dr. Ge Wang, a Smule co-founder and assistant professor at Stanford’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. “And now with iPad, we’ve created the Magic Piano and Magic Fiddle apps. Who could’ve dreamt an iPad would make its way into the San Francisco Symphony?”

“iPad provides us with an unparalleled mobile device for creating gorgeous, immersive games,” said Mark Rein, vice president and co-founder of Epic Games. “Infinity Blade has been a runaway hit with customers around the world and we couldn’t be more excited about our success on iOS devices.”

“We’re bringing Martha Stewart, Angelina Ballerina, Sesame Street and many more of the world’s most popular books and magazines to iPad,” said Nicholas Callaway, CEO of Callaway Digital Arts. “We knew the iPad was going to be a revolutionary storytelling device, but never could have anticipated it would become so popular, so quickly.”

More than 15 billion apps have been downloaded from the revolutionary App Store and more than 425,000 apps are available, including more than 100,000 native iPad apps, to consumers in 90 countries. Users of the more than 200 million iOS devices around the world can choose from an incredible range of apps in 20 categories, including games, business, news, education, sports, health, reference and travel. Apple has paid developers over $2.5 billion to date.

Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced iPad 2 which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.

Press Contacts:
Simon Pope
Apple
spope@apple.com
(408) 974-0457

Trudy Muller
Apple
tmuller@apple.com
(408) 862-7426

Walk walk

The Curve. Been there 3rd Saturday in a row. Hohoho. My brother fetched me there. Once in a blue moon. <3

The main thing was the iPhone case. My iPhone was naked for so long. Sigh... such a pleasure to look at. In-your-face, pukey, girly-assed pink. Why in the world not? My life is complete.

Watched Kung Fu Panda 2 with Mei Yen and Natalie. I wuv-ed it. I cried a bit. HAHAHAHA. Something to do with abandonment. :( There was even baby version of Po. I don't usually cry during movies. Especially during breakups or dramatic arguing where you're supposed to get worked up. I cry over... movies about dogs. Cartoons. Toy Story 3. Lol. :X

Reading Vivi. Because of Xuan. ;) Usually it's Vogue. Harper's Bazaar. Glamour. It's where you learn about designers. But hey, some Asianness is good. Lena is everywhere. That girl. "Why is she so famous?", I asked Xuan. "Flirty enough". Lolol. I like to see the before and after makeup section. The Japanese girls... so good. Slit eyes to big eyes.

Want to see how far makeup can take you?

Natural beauty is good. Thing is, not everyone's natural beauty is soo.... beautiful. ...So what? Fake it till you make it. Believe in yourself. Maybe... some people are born less than pretty so they will learn to make themselves pretty. And then they have the skills, enabling themselves to actually be much prettier than those who are naturally pretty.

It's a superficial world out there... but wait!

So yeah.

And I had sushi. Good, good.

:))))

Pink

Pink cute shits.

Aww. Ordered them from eBay. The DS cover was like less than RM30 and I saw the same type sold for RM129 at Ikano. -.- A new 3D DS may come out soon, but I don't think I'll buy it.

I like to customise stuff. Especially the iPhone, because millions other have it. And it's hard to differentiate when there are 3 other iPhones in the house. The mirror screen cover is like magic. Serious mirror action! I'm not pretty but I like looking in the mirror. It's like a habit. :D

School was boring. Test, test. I am feeling bored and unsure. I cannot say how was test because sometimes you assume you've done well, but it's actually the opposite.

Went to Jusco supermarket. Om nom nom nom! The stupid canteen. The new operator sucks so bad. They have only one island counter in use and they're trying to feed hundreds of students. Everytime nasi lemak, nasi lemak. What else do they have? Nasi campur.

HMPH. I missed the old one. Even though sometimes the price are irregular and more expensive. Even though I have to wait and see which day they'll serve Assam Laksa. And there was Chee Cheong Fun and Chicken Rice.

:((((( I'm gonna bring my own food now. The breakfast from canteen does not satisfy me, and then I come home hungry. Bitch. I hate being hungry. The Malays are puasa-ing now and Pn.Ziana was assigned to duty at the canteen. Aww. They have it worse.

Watched a video of military men returning and surprising their loved ones. Awww. So so touching. Most of them hugged. But those are ones which are desperate for contact because they've been separated for so long.

And oh my gosh I'm bored. It's like waiting and waiting for something explosive to happen.

This thing I found on tumblr suits the moment. But really it's so much easier to give advice than to follow advice. :/