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Here’s a summary of top news and trends for mobile this summer…</p> <p><strong>Smartphones</strong> are popular phones. According to <a href="http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/06/30/nielsen-androids-growth-curve-flattened-in-2011-while-the-iphones-got-a-boost/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+fortuneapple20+(FORTUNE:+Apple+2.0)">Nielsen</a>, 38% of Americans now own smartphones, and 55% of those who purchased a new handset in the past three months bought a smartphone (rather than a dumb one), up from 34% a year ago. Android’s growth curve flattened in 2011 while the iPhone’s got a boost. Collectively, Android and iOS are activating over 800k devices per day.</p> <p><img title="Smartphones last 3 months" src="http://www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Screen-shot-2011-06-30-at-2.13.31-PM.png" alt="" width="553" height="312" /> <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/06/30/summer-mobile-trends/#more-2682" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Summer mobile trends">(more…)</span></a></p> </div> <div class="meta"> <ul> <li>Posted in <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/category/business-management/" rel="category tag">Business</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/06/30/summer-mobile-trends/#comments">1 Comment</a></li> <li>Tags: <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/google/" rel="tag">google</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/ios-apple/" rel="tag">IOS (Apple)</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/ipad/" rel="tag">IPad</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/mobile/" rel="tag">mobile</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/research-in-motion/" rel="tag">Research In Motion</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/smartphone/" rel="tag">smartphone</a>, <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/tag/webos/" rel="tag">WebOS</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </main> <footer id="footer"> <div class="container"> <nav class="page-nav"> <ul> <li id="menu-item-4498" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-4498"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/">Home</a></li> <li id="menu-item-4497" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4497"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/about/">Mission & history</a></li> <li id="menu-item-4499" class="popup menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-4499"><a title="popup" class="js-btn-show-popups" href="#wrapper">Browse topics</a></li> <li id="menu-item-4666" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4666"><a href="https://www.idea.org/blog/contact/">Contact IDEA</a></li> <li>Copyright © 2025 <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog">IDEA</a></li> </ul> </nav> </div> </footer> </div> <script type='text/javascript'> /* <![CDATA[ */ var wpcf7 = {"apiSettings":{"root":"https:\/\/www.idea.org\/blog\/wp-json\/contact-form-7\/v1","namespace":"contact-form-7\/v1"},"cached":"1"}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='//www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/includes/js/scripts.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='//www.idea.org/blog/wp-content/themes/ideaorg/js/jquery.main.js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='//www.idea.org/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js'></script> </body>  <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-Y68B45MT0H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-Y68B45MT0H'); </script> </html>

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