Apple and Samsung control half of the global smartphone market
Research firm Gartner released its numbers today for “Worldwide Mobile Device Sales” during Q1 2012. There are not many surprises in the report when it comes to Apple, but Gartner estimated Samsung sold 38 smartphones during the quarter, which is less than the 42.2 million estimated by IDC earlier this month and more than the 32 million by IHS iSuppli. With Apple confirming 35.1 million iPhones sold during the quarter, Gartner’s numbers put Samsung as the both the No. 1 smartphone and overall mobile device vendor. The report also noted Samsung and Apple together accounted for 49.3-percent of the global smartphone sales, which is up from just 29.3 percent in Q1 of last year.
Apple and Samsung continue to be dominant leaders in the smartphone market, pulling further away from competing handset makers such as HTC, Nokia and Research in Motion.







Finnish handset maker Nokia has accused Apple of intentionally changing Siri to suggest that the iPhone is the best smartphone when asked. Previously, the voice assistant feature had been claiming that the Nokia Lumia 900 was the best smartphone available, but it now answers “the one you’re holding” or “you’re kidding, right?” when asked that question. Nokia believes that Apple is unfairly changing the Siri programming to alter its responses.
The iPhone Dev-Team has released an update to 





