Nielsen Media Company

By  Chris Gullo 12:36 pm November 16, 2011
In the US, 63 percent of mobile phone subscribers in the 25-34 age demographic own smartphones, according to a new survey from Nielsen. Apple is the most popular hardware manufacturer, producing 23 percent of all smartphones, but Android takes the top operating system title with 43 percent of the market. About 18 percent of those aged 65 years and older are now using smartphones, up from 12...
By  Brian Dolan 05:07 am September 8, 2011
By many accounts BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion is on the ropes. Early last year RIM's devices were far and away the most popular smartphones among US smartphone users. Analyst firm comScore found that the company had about 42 percent of the US smartphone market in February 2011. Apple, Google, Microsoft trailed. Fast forward to July 2011: The Nielsen Company found that RIM's marketshare in...