Research company Gartner says worldwide mobile device sales reached 325.6 million units in the second quarter of 2010, a 13.8% increase year-on-year. 19% of all those sales were smartphones, up 50.5% from Q2 2009.
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ABI Research says it expects expects mobile application downloads from iOS (the Apple operating system) and Android to account for 78% of all app downloads in 2010. Just over half of all apps – 52% – will be for iOS.
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More than 321 million mobile handsets were shipped globally in the second quarter of 2010, according to ABI Research. That's an increase of 5.9% on the previous quarter and 19.4% year-on-year.
Figures from Strategy Analytics differ slightly; they've calculated a 13% year-on-year growth to 308 million devices.
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Secure mobile voice calling provider Cellcrypt has launched a secure conference call service. As well as encrypting the voice call to prevent unauthorised 'listening in', it also authenticates each device to ensure that only authorised people can join the call.
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Iain, James and Mark take their regular look at the week's mobile industry headlines - from quarterly results to texting sharks - and also talk to Ross Catley about the problems and opportunities with smart metering.
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