Cell Phones

Below is the list of smartphones by manufacturer.  Statistics are from The Nielsen Company, 3rd Quarter, 2010.

The use of smartphones continues to increase in the United States with penetration now at 28%, according to The Nielsen Company.

In past posts on the Text Message Blog, we looked at smartphone ownership by age group and by ethnicity.  One thing remains constant when it comes to Smartphones. Apple continues to be the overwhelming leader in terms of market share for SmartPhones.

50% of all smartphones that Google Android sells are to the 18-34 age group.  For Blackberry, only 38% of its phones are sold to these young adults.

RIM Blackberry is still the number one smartphone on the market, but it is facing increasing pressure from the juggernaut being posed by Google Android phones.
SmartPhone Market Share — September 2010

Blackberry is losing ground to other Smartphones with Google Android showing tremendous growth in the share of the USA smartphone market.  28% of Americans now own smartphones.  iPhones are the leaders among the under 45 crowd while Blackberry’s lead those age 45 and over.  Blackberry continues to be the leading smartphone for small business owners.
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Italians are the largest users of Smartphones.  According to Neilsen, these are the percentage of cell phone users per country that use Smartphones.

United States — 17%
Canada — 12%
United Kingdom — 12%
France — 11%
Germany — 12%
Italy — 28%
Spain — 23%
Sweden — 13%

While just 17% of Americans use a Smartphone, a whopping 49% of small business owners do, according to a new study from Forrester Research.
Of the phones carried by small business owners, Blackberry is king.

Blackberry — 35.2%
iPhone — 32.5%
Android — 25.0%
Windows — 7.3%

The Android smartphones are showing exceptional growth.

The Philadelphia Phillies have been first in the National League East for the past four seasons.  And, now, Phillies fans are the first in Major League Baseball to be able to order food from their iPhones.
Fans at Citizens Bank Park are now able to order food from their iPhone and have the items delivered to [...]