Apple will not create a new, inexpensive iPhone just for the sake of offering a cheaper alternative, Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a speech on Tuesday. The company's focus is on creating great products, and it will not make a smartphone that ...
BlackBerry says launch sales of its new BlackBerry 10 handsets in Canada and the U.K. have beaten previous company records, but it isn't releasing actual sales figures. "In Canada, yesterday was the best day ever for the first day of a ...
Surface RT finding a place in the tablet market "is not going to happen" while Surface Pro isn't "going to make a dent either". So said ex-Microsoft senior vice president Joachim Kempin when asked to assess the company's chances of ...
Tags: Surface RT, Surface Pro, tablet market
Wireless will lead IC spending this year growing by 13.5% to $69.6 billion, says IHS. Of the other six major IC application areas, five will show growth of up to 6.5% and one will decline 1.7%. Total semiconductor spending will rise ...
Tags: Wireless, IC spending, IC application
BlackBerry said this week that launch sales of its new BlackBerry 10-based handsets in Canada and the U.K. have beaten previous company records. However, the company formerly known as Research In Motion has declined to release actual ...
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According to a number of reports, Apple is experimenting with watch-like wearable devices with some smartphone capabilities, as the company looks at new product categories to populate. Apple has discussed the design with manufacturing ...
Tags: Apple, watch-like wearable devices, smartphone capabilities
Dell reportedly is closing in on finalizing a deal to take the company private and all the speculation is shining a renewed spotlight on the PC maker, say analysts. "The buyout speculation is helping Dell in that investors and customers ...
Tags: Dell, PC maker, Buyout Deal
Michael Dell Dell is close to finalising a deal to take the company private, with all the speculation shining a renewed spotlight on the fledgling PC maker, according to a number of analysts. “The buyout speculation is helping ...
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According to data recently released by IDC, Apple’s share in the Tablet PC market fell to 43.6% from 51.7%, while Samsung's jumped from 7.3% to 15%. However, iPad’s dominance remains unshakable in tablet market. In addition, ...
Tags: tablet, iPad, Samsung, market share
Worldwide tablet sales jumped in the fourth quarter beyond even some of the most optimistic forecasts to 52.5 million - a growth rate of 75 per cent. The preliminary survey by business research firm IDC showed the tablet market grew 75.3 ...
Tags: tablet sales, tablet market, Apple
Apple and Samsung Electronics led the tablet market in the fourth quarter of 2012, but new entrant Microsoft did not make it to the top five with its Surface tablet. The market share of Apple also continued to drop in the quarter, IDC ...
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Samsung was the key beneficiary of a strong Q4 for tablet sales, which saw the Korean electronics manufacturer double its market share while Apple's lead in the sector slipped once again, according to research by IDC. Worldwide tablet ...
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Samsung is doing to Apple in tablets what it did to them in smartphones. According to analysts IDC, Samsung’s Q4 market share in tablets was 15% and Apple’s was 44%. Last year Samsung’s share was 7.3% and Apple’s ...
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IDC said on Friday that Microsoft shipped an estimated 900,000 Surface RT tablets last quarter, barely missing the top five device makers, and illustrating that demand was “muted at best”. “There is no question that ...
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Worldwide tablet sales jumped in the fourth quarter beyond even some of the most optimistic forecasts to 52.5 million - a growth rate of 75 per cent. The preliminary survey by business research firm IDC showed the tablet market grew 75.3 ...
Tags: tablet, sales, fourth quarter