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Smartphone Shipments Outnumbered Feature Phones in Q1 2013 Says IDC

Posted on 30 April 2013. Tags: , , ,

According to IDC smartphones outshipped feature phones for the first time in the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13)

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Half of the Tablets Shipped this Quarter Were Under 8 Inches, Says IDC

Posted on 14 March 2013. Tags: , , ,

A surge of smaller, lower-priced handsets in the tablet market has led IDC to increase its 2013 forecast for the worldwide tablet market to 190.9 million, up from its previous forecast of 172.4 million units. One in every two tablets shipped this quarter was below 8 inches in screen size.

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Samsung and Apple Still Dominate the Smartphone Market, Says IDC

Posted on 25 January 2013. Tags: , , ,

Research firm IDC reports that the worldwide mobile phone market grew 1.9% year over year in Q4 2012, boosted by strong holiday smartphone sales. IDC also reports that the high-growth smartphone market, was dominated by Samsung and Apple.

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IDC Revises its Tablet PC Shipment Forecast Upwards for 2012-2016

Posted on 05 December 2012. Tags: , , ,

IDC has been surprised by surging Android tablet shipments and robust demand for Apple’s new iPad mini. As a result the IT analyst firm has had to increase its 2012 forecast for the worldwide tablet market.

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Android Tablet PCs Taking Market Share from Apple iPad According to IDC

Posted on 05 November 2012. Tags: , , ,

According to IDC, the tablet market grew by 9.5% year over year in 3Q12. Android shipments, led by Samsung and Amazon, surged during the quarter, at the expense of Apple, which saw its share slip notably during the quarter.

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IDC Smartphone Market

Android Smartphones Still More Popular than Apple – According to IDC

Posted on 28 May 2012. Tags: , , ,

The latest market research from IDC shows that Android powered smartphones were the most popular in Q1 2012, accounting for almost 60% of the 152.3 million world-wide unit sales.

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Free App Downloads

Android Users Are the Biggest Free Down-loaders – Says Strategy Analytics

Posted on 06 March 2012. Tags: , , , ,

Recent research from Strategy Analytics shows that Android owners download a higher proportion of free apps than Apple and Blackberry owners.

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The Global Mobile Phone Market Grew in Q4 2011, Despite Weaker Demand for Feature Phones

Posted on 06 February 2012. Tags: , , , ,

According to the latest research from International Data Corporation (IDC), the global cell phone market grew 6.1% year over year in Q4 of 2011, but the feature phone market declined faster than anticipated.

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IDC - Smartphone App Usage

Mobile App Survey Shows That Users Are Not All the Same

Posted on 26 January 2012. Tags: , , , ,

International Data Corporation’s (IDC) latest research has identified six distinct types of consumer who download mobile apps – useful information if you’re in the business of selling mobile apps or using free apps as a marketing vehicle.

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AT&T Empowers Businesses to do Their Own Cloud-Based Mobile App Development

Posted on 15 November 2011. Tags: , , ,

AT&T has released a new service aimed at business users. Its a development Platform as a Service (PaaS) which empowers business users to build, develop and deploy their own cloud-based business apps

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