Industry analyst Canalys this week revealed its fourth quarter 2012 estimates for mobile phone shipments. Unsurprisingly, it estimates that the worldwide smartphone market grew 37% from the fourth quarter of 2011. Smartphones, according to Canalys made up almost half of …

It’s widely known that RIM, HTC, and Nokia are in trouble in U.S. cell phone markets. As Samsung consolidates its power over the Android smartphone market, it isn’t leaving much room for another Apple competitor. It’s sometimes said that even …

Marketing research firm IHS iSuppli this week announced that its research shows smartphone shipments rising much faster than previously predicted. According to its figures, iSuppli predicts that smartphone shipments will constitute 54% of the cell phone market next year. The …