Worldwide Smartphone sales in the first quarter 100 million Android 35%

According to foreign media reports, according to market research firm Canalys says Android 35% to share in the first quarter continued to lead the global smart phone market, total global smart phone sales for 101 million units in the first quarter, Android smartphones accounted for 35.7 million of them. It is learnt that the Android is already living in the Smartphone market-leading position in the second quarter in a row. Canalys also pointed out that Asia-Pacific region has become the world’s largest smart phone market, first-quarter sales for the 37.3 million, an increase of 98%.

From a national perspective, China, Korea and India still maintained strong growth momentum, Smartphone sales in the first quarter growth rate in the market of those countries have reached 3-digit number.

Overall, the global smart phone sales for 101 million units in the first quarter, an increase of 83%. Although first quarter Nokia of market share over the same period last year dropped to 39%, but it is still the leader of the global smartphone market vendor, its Department of smartphone sales in the first quarter was 24.2 million, an increase of 13%. The Asia-Pacific region have become Nokia’s largest regional market, Smartphone sales in the region of 53% per cent of their total smartphone sales. As far as the Asia-Pacific region, Nokia Smartphone sales 3 million higher than the RIM BlackBerry sales. Canalys, Nokia is still the 28 countries in the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer. In the mainland China market, Chinese new year shopping season promotion, Nokia Smartphone sales growth of 79% to 8.9 million.

Peter Corning, Chief Analyst at Canalys David Beckham (Peter Cunningham) says: “HTC, Samsung, LG, Motorola, and manufacturers such as Sony Ericsson Android Smartphone will be more than 3 million in sales in the first quarter, Samsung also sold 3.5 million based on BADA OS smartphone, than Windows Phone worldwide sales of mobile phones are more 100duowanbu. ”

As with the last quarter of 2010, Nokia, Apple, RIM, Samsung and HTC is still the world’s 5 largest smartphone manufacturer. Apple’s market share continues to grow, now has increased to 19%. RIM’s market share falling slightly, including waiting for the upgrade of the product and RIM will be focused in the PlayBook on the publication of the first quarter. LG overtaking Motorola as the sixth-largest think tank expert manufacturers, its Optimus series smartphones in the individual market performance is good.

United States remains the world’s largest smartphone market, Apple is United States leader in smart phone market, a market share of 31%, first quarter growth rate of 150%. Android has a third quarter in a row to become United States Smartphone mobile platform with the highest market share, its market share is 49%. HTC in the first quarter to become United States largest Android smart phone vendors, an increase rate of over 200%.

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First quarter of 2011 worldwide PC microprocessor shipments grew 7.4%

According to foreign media reports, market research firm IDC’s latest research report said that in the first quarter of 2011, worldwide PC microprocessor shipments rose 7.4%, rose 1.6%. IDC company Computing Research Director of the semiconductor give thanks-Lloyd (Shane Rau), usually, is the low season in the first quarter, but surprisingly high shipments this year. “In the first quarter of this year, Intel and AMD shipped has experienced growth over the last quarter, signalling that they are on the new platform has a very strong market demand. “Give thanks said.

According to the report, in the first quarter of 2011, worldwide PC microprocessor shipments rose 7.4%, rose 1.6%. The report also predicted that shipments for the year 2011 will be 2010 growth; annual revenue than 2010 growth, growing to about US $ 43 billion.

In the first quarter of 2011, respective share PC processor vendor’s market share remained stable. , In relation to sales, market share of Intel 80.8%, AMD received $ 18.9% in market share, compared with the last quarter of 2010, their market share has remained virtually unchanged. Via technologies (VIA Technologies) only received $ 0.2% in market share.

In particular, on a mobile PC processor market, Intel received $ 86.3% in market share, AMD received $ 13.4% in market share, via technologies 0.3% of the market share. On the market and in the PC server/workstation processors, Intel received $ 93.9% in market share, AMD received $ 6.1% in market share; in on your desktop PC processor market, 72.4% market share of Intel, AMD received $ 27.4% in market share.

IDC company also predicted that by 2015, there will be more than 13% of PC processor with ARM architecture.

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Nokia will cut 4,000 people worldwide

Yesterday, Nokia announced development outsourced to Accenture, Symbian operating system, and will cut 4,000 jobs before the end of 2012, however, because Nokia will upgrade of its major research and Development Center in Beijing, so Nokia China company will not lay off staff, but enrollment staff. According to Nokia reached an agreement with Accenture, Accenture will provide software for Symbian system responsible for development and support services, and receives about 3,000 Nokia employees, both sides are expected to sign a final agreement this summer, and complete personnel transfers before the end of this year.

The personnel changes will involve Nokia located in China, Finland, and India and the United Kingdom and United States employees, and the deal will also enable Nokia’s research and development expenditure reductions of about US $ 1 billion this year. In addition, cooperation between the two sides also include: Accenture, will focus on WindowsPhone platform, Nokia and other manufacturers within the ecosystem to provide mobile phone operating systems, business and operational services. Under the agreement, Accenture will become the preferred partner of Nokia Smartphone development, and to give priority to providing services to Nokia.

In addition, Nokia also said it planned to cut 4,000 jobs before the end of 2012, mainly related to Finland, and Denmark and the United Kingdom; and save before 2013 18% of commercial research and development costs (around 1 billion euros), while Nokia’s research and development costs EUR 5.65 billion last year.

At the same time Nokia China companies also announced adjustments to another on the China market, Nokia announced that it will in the next 18 months to expand its scale of research and development team in Beijing, as a global innovation centre Beijing, S30 and S40, and the main research and development base WindowsPhone phone. Nokia China company insiders, the adjusted mean layoffs in a global context, Nokia in China will not lay off staff, but will continue enrollment staff.

Telecommunication industry observers Xiang Ligang believes that research and development outsourcing for Nokia, Symbian, is a good move. On one hand, this allows Nokia to Trave, are focusing more on the Microsoft System Mobile; in addition, large before Nokia Symbian-user basis, while for Nokia to abandon Symbian system must ensure that the needs of these users on system maintenance, upgrading, and outsourcing is clearly Endowment Act.

For Nokia will China upgrade for its main of research and Development Center, Xiang Ligang think, this main because China market for Nokia has special important of significance, Nokia one-third around of using who are from China market, and as intelligent phone era of comes, China market huge of potential more is became Nokia again in global back Overlord status of key is located, will research and development center set in Beijing, conducive to Nokia in intelligent phone products in the implantation more China local of of application content, better to meet China consumer of demand.

/The text of the Jinghua times

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