A research conducted by Strategy Analytics’  reveals that smartphone sales in the US have taken a severe beating and are down to 24 million in the second quarter of 2012. Although iOS moved up by 10% from last year’s 23% to 33% this year, Android and Blackberry sales were affected. Blackberry now stands at less than 7% and Android has fallen from a healthy 61% last year to 56% for the same period... 

A lot has been said about Apple’s excellent fourth quarter. 2011 did see Apple’s phenomenal rise to the top. The festive season did go in favor of Apple, with the multinational corporation selling an unbelievable 37 billion iPhones. Apple’s iPad sales too escalated new heights between the months of October and December. Although Apple has done exceedingly well in 2011, they cannot afford to rest... 

When it comes to domination in the U.S. smartphone market, only two names come to mind, Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. The two majors are not showing signs of slowing down in the smartphone segment. Reports suggest iOS and Android account for more than 80% of the smartphone market in U.S. Apple’s iPhone sales received a tremendous boost between November 2011 and February 2012 capturing 30.2... 

The soon to be released Apple iOS 5 would be a fall entrant, and it appears it has worked on integrating Twitter, but not Facebook. Boasting of close to 700 million global users, Facebook integration certainly would be beneficial but it has been sidelined at present. The most obvious reason points to the inability of both big players reaching an agreement because this teaming up isn’t just limited...