IDC said in 4Q10, worldwide sales of smartphones were 100.9 million, and that Samsung leapfrogged HTC to become No. 4.
(a)
(i) Press release: Android Rises, Symbian^3 and Windows Phone 7 Launch as Worldwide Smartphone Shipments Increase 87.2% Year Over Year, According to IDC. Feb 7, 2011.
http://www.idc.com/about/viewpressrelease.jsp?containerId=prUS22689111§ionId=null&elementId=null&pageType=SYNOPSIS
("Samsung took top honors for having the largest year-over-year improvement for both the quarter and for the year, an accomplishment largely fueled by its popular Galaxy S series smartphones")
(ii) HTC loses spot as world's No. 4 smartphone maker to Samsung. Central News Agency, Feb 9, 2011.
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aALL&ID=201102090018
(b) As well as Gartner, IDC in mid-January 2011 had released global personal computer sales for 4Q11, which was 92.1 million. Thus in 4Q11, smartphones outsold PCs for the first time.
--------------------------Separately
(1) Ben Dobbin, Consultant in Corning secrets theft gets 2 1/2 years. Associated Press, Feb 8, 2011.
http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1110ap_us_corning_theft.html
(2) 诺基亚新总裁:公司到了危机关头. BBC Chinese, Feb 9, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2011/02/110209_nokia_crisis.shtml
※ 修改:.choi 于 Feb 9 13:48:45 修改本文.[FROM: 129.10.0.0]