Another marketleader, SMI, perhaps the most advanced research-led company in the space, carries no information about a partnership with Samsung on its website either.
"The use of text-mining algorithms was critical in this endeavor and helped secure a complete picture that would not have been available using traditional marketresearch, " says Michael Cavaretta, Ford's technical leader for predictive analytics and data mining.
Samsung was the leader in the smartphone market in in the first quarter of 2013, according to research firm IDC, and it looks like its latest offering will help it hang on to that top spot for the time being.