Wii U, Surface among other list entries Time Magazine has awarded the iPhone 5 the title of “Gadget of the Year” for 2012. In his piece on the phone, writer Harry McCracken calls the device “one of the most artfully polished gadgets anyone’s ever built,” and claims it outperforms other “nifty” smartphones like the Samsung [...]
Tag Archives: title
Apple Hits New High with 13.6% Share of U.S. PC Shipments in 3Q 2012, Lenovo Captures Worldwide Title
Posted by Gary on October 11, 2012
0 comments
Research firm Gartner today released its preliminary personal computer shipment data for the third quarter of 2012, providing a picture of just how weak market performance was during the quarter. While Apple actually experienced a year-over-year unit decline of 6.1% in the United States, other top vendors with the exception of Lenovo posted even steeper [...]
Apple Estimated to Retake Title of World’s Largest Smartphone Vendor
Posted by Gary on January 27, 2012
0 comments
Research firm Strategy Analytics today announced its estimates of the global smartphone market for the fourth quarter of 2011, finding that Apple narrowly squeezed by Samsung to retake the title of world’s largest smartphone vendor as measured by unit shipments. According to Strategy Analytics’ numbers, Apple’s 37 million iPhones narrowly eclipsed Samsung’s quarterly smartphone shipments [...]
Apple Tweaks Phil Schiller’s Title: Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing
Posted by Gary on November 12, 2011
0 comments
As noted by The Next Web, Apple has quietly tweaked the title of marketing chief Phil Schiller, dropping “Product” from his previous title of Senior Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing. As the report notes, however, it is unclear whether his new title of Senior Vice President for Worldwide Marketing reflects a change in responsibilities [...]
Apple Closing on LG for Title of Third Largest Mobile Phone Vendor With 142% Growth
Posted by Gary on July 29, 2011
0 comments
Research firm IDC today released results for global mobile phone sales for the second quarter of 2011, showing strong growth for Apple as it sits firmly in fourth place and closes quickly on LG in the race for third place among global phone vendors. Apple maintained its number four position overall but closed the gap [...]
Steve Jobs biography to get new, simpler title
Posted by Gary on July 6, 2011
0 comments
Now called ‘Steve Jobs’; coming March 6th The forthcoming biography of Steve Jobs, the first to be done with the Apple CEO’s cooperation, has changed its projected title. Initial publicity had revealed that the book was to be called iSteve: The Book of Jobs, but author Walter Isaacson has told Fortune’s Philip Elmer-Dewitt that he [...]
Apple Continues to Close on Nokia for Title of World’s Top Smartphone Vendor
Posted by Gary on May 6, 2011
0 comments
Research firm IDC today announced the results of its survey of smartphone shipment data for the first quarter of 2011, following up on last week’s release of data on the broader mobile phone market. According to the new smartphone data, Apple continues to hold second place among the world’s top smartphone manufacturers with 18.7% market, [...]