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RIM's BlackBerry handsets were the best selling smartphones in the UK for 2010

n December 2010, BlackBerry's market share went to a record high of 36 per cent, with a 51.1 per cent share for pre-pay deals and 23.3 per cent for contract free phones

It had sold over 129 million BlackBerry smartphones worldwide

Facebook for BlackBerry has 33.4 million monthly active users

7.2 million Twitter for BlackBerry active users

iTunes App Store, BlackBerry App World, Google Android Market, Nokia Ovi Store, Palm App Catalog and Windows Marketplace

size, store growth, the most popular applications

Free Vs. Paid Apps

0 percent of paid Android apps have clocked fewer than 100 downloads,only two paid applications have been downloaded more than half a million times in the Google Android Market worldwide to date

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NFB Films on LG’s Smart TV

Download NFB films? Now you can! by Catherine Perre

RIM launched its new BlackBerry® PlayBook™ and we're proud to announce that it includes an NFB films app - right out of the box.

Android is now the most popular operating system among people who bought a smartphone in the past six months,

Blackberry RIM and Apple iOS are in a statistical dead heat for second place

How will device vendors differentiate themselves? What is User Experience? What are the most suitable Open Source licensing models for mobile handset software? How to succeed in an Open Source world How to make money with Open Source The challenges and risks of Open Source What are the major trends in mobile handset OS? Which OS platforms will be the most popular in 2009 and in 2013? What strategies are being adopted by the leading handset vendors? What does this mean? What is the future for proprietary OS? What mobile OS strategies are operators adopting?

n 2008, there were almost 162 million Smartphones sold, surpassing notebook sales for the first time. Just over 49% of Smartphones sold in 2008 were based on Symbian OS, a significant drop from a near 65% share it enjoyed one year earlier. While this is in large part due to the relatively poor performance of Nokias Smartphone range, it is also an indication of the popularity enjoyed by competing platforms including Linux, BlackBerry OS, Microsoft Windows Mobile, OS X iPhone and new entrant Android.

Openness is a key criterion, says Informa, while all in the mobile telecoms space now see the revenue potential of applications and services.

Latest UK Smartphone Market Share Trends

January 12, 2011

Google’s mobile platform Android witnessed strong growth over the last 6 month and claimed 14.9% share of the UK smartphone market in October 2010

K smartphone users have downloaded over 860 million apps in 201

revenue reached from paid apps in the UK stood at £280 million for 2010

UK currently holds 8 percent