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Monday 14 January 2013
Worldwide PC shipments decline over 6% on year in 4Q12, says IDC
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 89.8 million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, down 6.4% compared to the same quarter in 2011 and worse than the forecast decline of 4.4%, according...
Thursday 27 December 2012
IDC cuts forecast for 2012, 2013 chip market growth
IDC has cut its forecast for 2012 chip market growth to less than 1% from the 4.6% estimated previously. The market research firm also revised downward its projection for 2013 to...
Tuesday 18 December 2012
China market: 300 million smartphones to be shipped in 2013, says IDC
There will be 380 million handsets shipped in the China market in 2013, growing by 5% from 2012, of which 300 million units will be smartphones, hiking 44%, according to IDC China.
Wednesday 5 December 2012
Worldwide mobile phone growth expected to drop to 1.4% in 2012, says IDC
The worldwide mobile phone market is forecast to grow 1.4% on year in 2012, the lowest annual growth rate in three years despite a projected record number of smartphone shipments...
Wednesday 7 November 2012
Taiwan market: 3Q12 projector shipments slightly up sequentially, says IDC
There were 23,125 projectors shipped in the Taiwan market during the third quarter of 2012, increasing by 1.7% on quarter but decreasing by 13.4% on year, according to IDC Taiwan.
Monday 5 November 2012
Lenovo to launch a table-shaped all-in-one PC
Lenovo plans to launch a Windows 8-based all-in-one PC that features a similar industrial design as Microsoft's Surface, a table-shaped PC. The machine features four legs and when...
Friday 2 November 2012
China market: Over 310,000 x86 servers shipped in 2Q12, says IDC
There were 316,000 x86 servers shipped in the China market during the second quarter of 2012, increasing by 5.6% on year. Of the shipments, 26,700 were 4-way units, up 33% on-year,...
Tuesday 30 October 2012
Smartphones drive 3Q12 growth in worldwide mobile phone market, says IDC
The worldwide mobile phone market grew 2.4% year over year in the third quarter of 2012, driven by heavyweights Samsung and Apple as Nokia dropped off the top-5 list of smartphone...
Thursday 18 October 2012
Asia Pacific PC market takes a pause, posts 5% on-year decline in 3Q12, says IDC
IDC's preliminary results show that the Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) PC market grew 4% sequentially but declined 5% on year in the third quarter of 2012 to reach 31.4 million units,...
Friday 12 October 2012
New iPad leads surge in Vietnam tablet market, says IDC
According to a report by research firm IDC, the Vietnam tablet market registered growth of 110% on quarter during the second quarter of 2012. Pent-up demand for Apple's new iPad 3...
Thursday 11 October 2012
PC market struggles ahead of Windows 8 launch, says IDC
The worldwide PC market contracted sharply in the third quarter of 2012, with shipments declining 8.6% from the third quarter of 2011, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC...
Thursday 27 September 2012
Smart connected device shipments to grow by 14% annually through 2016, says IDC
New research from IDC shows that the worldwide market for smart connected devices – a combination of PCs, smartphones, and tablets – reached 267.3 million units shipped...
Wednesday 12 September 2012
Taiwan market: 1.42 million smartphones shipped in 2Q12, says IDC
There were 1.42 million smartphones shipped in the Taiwan market in the second quarter of 2012, dropping on quarter by 13.9% but rising on year by 43.6%, according to IDC Taiwan.
Wednesday 12 September 2012
Taiwan market: PC shipments down in 2Q12, says IDC
There were a total of 720,117 notebooks and desktops shipped in the Taiwan market in the second quarter of 2012, decreasing 8.7% on quarter and 11% on year, while the corresponding...
Friday 31 August 2012
China to overtake the US in smartphone shipments in 2012, says IDC
Strong end-user demand and an appetite for lower-priced smartphones will make China (PRC) the largest market for smartphones in 2012, overtaking the US as the global leader in smartphone...