On January 24th at 5PM EST, Apple is scheduled to release their Q1 earnings report after the end of the trading day. Analyst expectations are up after a strong holiday season, despite a disappointing Q4. Apple is projected to report revenues of $38.73 per share and earnings per share of $9.97 – buoyed by robust sales of both the iPhone and iPad.
Category: Mobile
Ice Cream Sandwich Slowly Enters Market; New OS Seen on .4% of Android Web Traffic
Ice Cream Sandwich, the most recent dessert themed version of the Android Operating System (OS), was made available to the public on November 12th, 2011. It is unlike any Android OS before it, in that it incorporates aspects of Gingerbread and Honeycomb into a single version that can run on both tablets and smartphones. However, due to delay, it wasn’t until much later (on December 15th) that the OS saw its first real foray into the markets on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
iPad Still Leads Tablet Market for Web Traffic; How Does the Competition Stack Up?
Tablets have become one of the hottest and most popular new technologies among consumers over the last few years, with signs that the market will continue to grow in 2012 and beyond.
Gingerbread Dominates Android OS Market with 67% Share
When Google acquired Android Inc. in 2005, many thought Google was making a risky endeavor into an industry unfamiliar to them. Flash forward to 2011—where Android is a dominant force in the mobile industry, and those initial concerns are now long forgotten whispers.
Shopping Goes Mobile in Time for the Holiday
This holiday season it appears that more consumers than ever will be making purchases from their mobile devices, rather than utilizing their personal computers or the more traditional means of going to a physical store. According to mobile ad network Jumptap and comScore, 31% of mobile device owners have made a purchase with their device.
IOS5 Breaks Into the Market with Record Numbers
On Monday, October 17th, Apple announced that over twenty five million customers have made the iOS 5 update. For reference, iOS5 was released on October 12th, only five days prior to the announcement. The iOS5 update features all sorts of new additions like the Notification Center, iMessage
iPad Will Pass 2% of All Internet Usage in 2011: October Update
In January 2011, Chitika Insights predicted that the iPad would generate 2.3% of all internet traffic by the end of the year. Since then, we have been delivering updates to this projection in quarterly installments. Today we bring you the third installment of our iPad traffic projection series.
Mobile Device Manufacturers: August Report
This month Chitika Insights has broken down the different Mobile Device Manufacturers to determine the different market shares and to bring to light the different trends which are currently impacting the mobile device market.
Verizon iPhone Chips Away at Android Market Share
Since the arrival of the iPhone in July of 2007, the number of smartphones available to consumers has grown enormously as handset makers struggle to compete with each other and Steve Job’s latest creations. This surge in variety among mobile devices has benefited the consumer in the form of lower prices and wider choice.
Android Market Update: Verizon declines, AT&T rises
In March, Verizon commanded a majority share of Android devices. But has the rise in popularity of the Verizon iPhone disrupted Verizon’s stranglehold on the Android market?