Smartphones are selling faster than previously predicted by IHS iSuppli and will make up more than half of global cell phone shipments next year. The company updated its prediction Tuesday. Just last year, IHS iSuppli said smartphones ...
Chinese handset maker ZTE showed off a new high-end phone on Wednesday. The Z5 has a 5-inch screen, a 13-megapixel camera and a quad-core processor. The Z5 is part ZTE’s new line of Nubia devices, according to the company’s ...
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Nokia has dropped off the list of the top five smartphone vendors in the third quarter, facing stiff competition from Samsung and Apple globally, and from high-growth vendors like Huawei in China, where Nokia was the dominant player as ...
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Microsoft has said it is increasing its investment in China as it looks to take advantage of the growing market. The company will invest in new hires, more research for local requirements, and an expansion to additional cities and ...
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Global smartphone shipments will reach 1.7 billion in 2017, with emerging markets experiencing particularly strong growth, according to Ovum’s ‘Smartphones in Emerging Markets: Shifting Landscape’ report. The analyst ...
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In third-quarter 2012,global mobile phone market shipments were 444.5 million mobile phones,up 2.4%on 434.1 million units in Q3/2011,according to the Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker of market research firm International Data ...
Even though sales of some mobile devices are booming,overall confidence in the tech sector continues to erode as economic weakness puts downward pressure on the computer market. The Nasdaq Computer Index slumped Friday afternoon,hitting ...
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Taiwan’s HTC Corp. sold 2.8 million smartphones in mainland China in the third quarter of 2012, nearly double the amount it sold a quarter earlier in the mainland, according to market consulting firm Canalys, Meanwhile, the sale ...
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Apple iPhones and Android smartphones will replace BlackBerry as the top smartphones used by workers around the world in 2012,IDC said in an updated forecast. The IDC report on enterprise use of smartphones notes that businesses are ...
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Lenovo,already China's top PC seller,is expected to take the title for the country's top smartphone vendor in 2013,Gartner said. It made the prediction as Lenovo's swift growth in China's smartphone market has exceeded the research firm's ...
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Lenovo said Thursday its net profit for the fiscal second quarter increased by only 13% year-over-year, marking a shift from the high profit growth the company has previously seen. For the fiscal second quarter ending on Sept. 30, ...
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Global smartphone shipments grew 34.8%annually from 120 million units in third-quarter 2011 to 161.7 million units in third-quarter 2012,according to the report'Global Smartphone Shipments Reach 162 Million Units in Q3 2012'from the ...
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Taipei,Sept.13,2012(CENS)--Global shipments of smartphones are likely to nearly double by 2016 from 2012's projected 567 million systems thanks to more rollouts of exciting products as iPhone5,according to market research organization NPD ...
To benefit from a growing Chinese market, Microsoft on Thursday said it is increasing its investment in the country, with new hires, more research for local requirements, and an expansion to additional cities and provinces to bring cloud ...
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Computerworld - China will overtake the U.S. as the global leader in smartphone shipments this year, according to IDC. China will receive 26.5% of all smartphone shipments for 2012, compared to 17.8% for the U.S. In 2011, the U.S. had ...
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