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=prUS2 ("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.