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Gartner predicts 119m media tablet sales in 2012
Analyst firm Gartner has issued its latest numbers on the media tablet market, claiming that 119m of these devices will be sold to people (note: not merely shipped to retailers) in 2012. That’s up 98%...
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89% of app downloads will be free in 2012 says Gartner
Free apps are set to dominate download totals on smartphones and tablets in 2012, according to analyst firm Gartner’s latest forecasts for the industry. The company claims that the number of downloads...
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How many smartphones were actually SOLD in Q3 2012?
Most analyst estimates in the smartphone market are based on shipments, leaving industry folk to guess how many of those devices are in the hands of actual people, versus sitting on shelves or in...
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PC sales slip as consumers embrace tablets
Worldwide PC sales declined 4.9% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2012, as consumers moved their computer use towards tablets. Gartner said that PC shipments totalled 90.37m in Q4, down from...
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Mobile ad revenue to reach $11.4bn – but there’s a bubble brewing
Mobile ad revenue will reach $11.4bn this year, according to Gartner, although the analyst is warning of a bubble reminiscent of the early days of web advertising. Gartner said that, while mobile ad...
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Gartner breaks down smartphone sales (NOT shipments) for Q4 2012
As we regularly note, most analyst estimates for mobile phone sales focus on shipments to retail, not actual sales to people. Gartner does that though, so its Q4 2012 figures are worth a look. The...
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Android and iOS extend dominance of smartphone market
Android and iOS handsets represented 91.1% of all smartphones shipped in the last quarter of 2012, reaching “a new watermark” according to IDC. The analyst said there were 159.8m Android phones shipped...
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PC shipments to tank among tablet-happy consumers
PC shipments will decline this year and continue to fall, as consumers realise that tablets are sufficient as their main computing device, according to Gartner. The analyst says shipments of desk-based...
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Gartner says hybrid apps will dominate mobile app market by 2016
Hybrid apps, which offer a balance between HTML 5 web apps and native applications, will account for more than 50% of all mobile apps by 2016, according to Gartner. The rise of hybrid apps will come...
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Android accounted for three quarters of smartphone sales in Q1 2013
We’ve seen a few analyst estimates of how many smartphones were shipped in the first quarter of this year, but how many of those were actually sold to people, rather than remaining in the warehouses of...
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