Tag: Sales
Android handset sales surpass iPhone at Tesco Mobile
In February, Android smartphones outsold the Apple iPhone for the first time on the Tesco Mobile network. Before the holidays, the iPhone outsold Android phones by two to one, but this trend has now changed, says Tesco. The supermarket…
Sorry Apple: BlackBerry UK's most popular smartphone in 2010
Apple's iPhone may steal the headlines when it comes to flashy apps and celebrity fans, but when it comes to cold, hard sales figures, it still isn't the leader of the pack. That lofty position is reserved for RIM's BlackBerry…
Kinect drives record quarterly earnings for Microsoft
The launch of the Kinect Motion controller has resulted in record quartley earnings for Microsoft. 8 million Kinect units were sold, leading to a 55 percent improvement in performance for the company's entertainment division compared to the previous year….
Call of Duty: Black Ops passes $1billion sales mark
Activision have just announced that their latest war-torn shooter, Call of Duty: Black Ops, has surpassed $1 billion in sales. After making $360 million in the opening day, that figure was swiftly eclipsed by $650 million in the first five…
300,000 Android phones activated every day, says Rubin
Here's a stat to make Steve Jobs a little sweaty under that turtle-neck collar of his; over 300,000 Android phones are activated every day, meaning around nearly 10 million users are switching to Google's mobile platform every month. That's compared…
Nintendo Wii sales hitting an all-time low?
New research from discount site MyVoucherCodes suggests that it may be a very quiet Christmas at Nintendo HQ this year. Sales and search figures for their console through the site have hit an all time low, with rivals Xbox 360…
Want your boss to buy you an iPad? Better start working in finance…
While it's pretty widely accepted that the iPad isn't the most ideal device for doing work on, dont tell the bigwigs over in the financial services: if you're working in that particular job sector, you're more likely than anyone else…
PC gaming dead? PCGA report proves otherwise
If there's one comment the PC-gaming faithful have had to endure more than any other over the last decade or so, it's that PC gaming (in the wake of the rise of the console) is suffering a slow and painful…
PS3 fanboys rejoice! Playstation 3 outselling Xbox 360 by 28%
Champagne glasses must be tinkling at Sony HQ and in the homes of PS3 fanboys alike today, as figures are now showing that Sony have turned the console race around to become leaders of the pack. 14.3 million PS3s were…
Apple sell 3 million iPads in 80 days
The iPad; the giant iPod Touch, the machine that doesn't know whether it wants to be a PC, a games console or a party piece, the one the analysts couldn't see selling. Well, it's time to put the naysayers to…
