- Android and Samsung rule the smartphone market, but Apple's the fastest riser In a month filled with important announcements from respective smartphone manufacturers, including Apple, Nokia, Motorola Mobility and HTC, comScore has published its Mobile Subscriber Market Share report that places Samsung ahead of all other device makers and Android miles ahead of all other mobile platforms.
- Google's Motorola Mobility purchase to be completed next week Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility is expected to be completed early next week as Chinese regulators approved last August's $12.5 billion deal yesterday, Saturday.
- 130,000 tablet devices will be purchased in Ireland in 2011 130,000 tablet devices, like the iPad 2 and the HTC Flyer, will be purchased in Ireland by the end of 2011, marking a 250% sales increase on the previous year. As a result, sales of standard desktop machines and laptops are expected to fall considerably.
- Google plans to "supercharge" Android with €8.73 billion Motorola acquisition Google has today announced that they've entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Motorola Mobility for €8.73 billion ($12.5 billion). If approved, this would be Google's largest ever acquisition, four times that of the $3.1 billion paid for DoubleClick in March 2008.