We have another set of smartphone user data underlining the astonishingly rapid growth of Android and that of its handset-making partners, courtesy of ChangeWave Research – which shows smartphone awareness at an all-time high.
The below graph shows but one element of the data – how HTC has dramatically risen to public prominence in the smartphone arena over the last few years. Is it thanks to its Windows Mobile powered HD2? Probably not, eh?
Looks like Motorola’s DROID-powered late ’09 popularity spike is flattening out, while HTC is rocketing away in terms of user awareness. HTC’s HQ has literally blasted into space. HTC is in orbit right now, looking down on us and laughing.
On the downside, despite the crazy internet furore regarding iPhone 4′s dodgy reception, Apple is still on a high – it’s users are happy (AKA smug) with their purchases and loving it. Poor old RIM owners, though, are sinking into a PIT of DESPAIR.
Read much, much more about the state of the smartphone universe over at ChangeWave. It’s some great data. Very comprehensive. Nice work, CW.
HTC’s 4.3″ dual-core Android model, powered by Qualcomm’s all-new S4 processor. It’s smaller than the enormous One X, but is it as nice as its bigger brother? (SPOILER: Yes it is).
HTC is very much B-A-C-K at the top of the Android world with this, its quad-core flagship for 2012. Great camera, huge 4.7″ display and Android 4.0 running beautifully well.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
Trilby
/ July 15, 2010HTC can’t be both in orbit and on fire. Unless their building is airtight and it’s only on fire on the inside.
Gary C
/ July 15, 2010They’re leaking oxygen from Tank Array 3.
Gary C
/ July 15, 2010A robotic maintenance unit is attempting to extinguish the blaze and jettison the damaged tank. It looks like the mounting bolts were damaged in the initial blast, so it may have to be cut loose.
More on this as it breaks.
Acer Hughes
/ July 15, 2010Any more news on the HTC orbital fuel tank fire? My god-damn wife’s onboard that ship and the live video feeds have been down for the last hour.
Gary C
/ July 15, 2010They had to jettison tanks 5 & 7 to allow access to the hull to cut free the damaged tank 3. The fire is now out, but the 12 crew and 1,350 HTC staff members onboard now only have enough oxygen to last them 36 hours – and it takes at least 48 hours for a re-entry procedure.
It’s going to be a tense night tonight.