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Huawei shocks smartphone market with 3rd place finish in 2012: IDC

, Jan 27th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week we're having a bit of a double-take on the IDC's release outlining the fourth quarter mobile device market share breakdown for the end of 2012, with none other than Huawei taking third place. This is absolutely surprising as all get-out as Huawei has never before cracked the top 5 smartphone vendors in the world - it's only been inside the top 10 before now. Groups like LG, Motorola, and Nokia do not appear in the top 5 for smartphone sales in the quarter, while Nokia sits pretty in second place for total mobile phone "Vendors, Shipments, and Market Share" for 2012 (that includes non-smart phones). Read The Full Story

Samsung and Apple one-brand manufacturing puts competition on notice

, Jan 23rd 2013 Discuss [0]

This week it’s been made clear – or perhaps just clearer than ever before – that a company able to manufacture its own device components is a company that will thrive. According to the readouts from Gartner showing 2012′s top consumers in the semiconductor universe specifically, Samsung and Apple are out in front of the pack – by a significant margin. Semiconductors, mobile processors, and hardware from displays to memory cards are all a part of this puzzle, and as the two next entries on that list show with double-digit percentage drops show, it’s not just Apple and Samsung that are floating upward here coming into 2013, it’s mobile smart devices as a whole (and all their little bits and pieces).

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comScore: Facebook ends 2012 as #1 mobile app in the USA

, Jan 23rd 2013 Discuss [0]

According to the latest comScore Mobile Metrix ranking working with the audiences of the top mobile apps in the USA, Facebook has taken a relatively massive leap ahead of Google Maps through 2012 to become the top app in the USA. This listing includes polling of users aged 18 years or older on both iOS and Android devices with a time frame between March and December of 2012, and you'll find that this isn't the first month in which Facebook has taken the lead. Google Maps and Facebook have been nearly neck-and-neck since the earliest results from March of 2012, with Google Maps in the lead until September where usage of Google's mapping solution appears to take a bit of a fall off of a cliff while Facebook continues to steadily rise. Read The Full Story

iPad mini projected to drive AND cannibalize iPad sales in Q1 2013

, Jan 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

As Apple's financial Q1 2013 sales report looms (set for the 23rd of this month), Rob Cihra of Evercore Partners has updated projections on sales for the iPad, iPad mini, and everything in-between. Specifically regarding iPad and iPad mini sales, Cihra makes it clear that a 56 percent year-over-year growth is possible comparing Apple's sales of tablets in their financial Q1 for 2011, with a 71 percent boost appearing compared to the quarter immediately before the one about to be stated by the company officially. These numbers suggest the iPad market to be booming, but due to the projection here of iPad mini numbers alone, we're seeing some devouring of iPad sales as well. Read The Full Story

iPhone 5 in multi-colored plastic predicted in Apple 2013 roadmap

, Jan 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has released a projected roadmap of Apple products spanning the next 12 months, this map including no less than an iPhone 5S and a new iteration of the iPhone 5, complete with plastic casing. While an actual "official" leaked roadmap as such leaked from Apple would be a first sign of the apocalypse, we're ready and willing to have a peek at this possible vision for the future, especially given the relatively good future foretelling we've seen come from Kuo specifically in the past. Read The Full Story

ChangeWave: iPhone demand down but still dominant

, Jan 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week the folks at ChangeWave have shown off their quarterly consumer smartphone report, showing none other than Samsung as the big winner as far as market growth goes in the USA. This North American report covers the quarter leading up to the beginning of 2013, with the last quarter reported being December of 2012. This report asks several key questions, the main one being if those polled plan on purchasing a smart phone in the next 90 days, and if so, which one they'll get. Read The Full Story

Pew Research and NPD suggest tablets replacing e-readers and traditional print

, Dec 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

According to NPD analyst Stephen Baker, it's "the beginning of the end" for traditional e-readers, and according to Pew Research's most recent findings, it's full-color tablets that are replacing the segment - with traditional print dying out as well. According to Pew's newest survey, 23% of Americans ages 16 and older say they've read a real e-book over the past 12 months, this number jumping 16% compared to last year. This number becomes especially significant given their finding that number of people (16 and up) that read a printed book in the same amount of time fell 5% year-over-year. Read The Full Story

Samsung expected to ship over 500 million phones in 2013

, Dec 26th 2012 Discuss [0]

Samsung certainly had a big year, and despite some legal setbacks with Apple, the company saw record profits in its mobile division. They also became the world’s largest mobile phone vendor with shipments estimated to have reached around 420 million units. In 2013, the company expects to break that number and ship over 500 million phones. Read The Full Story

Nielsen 2012 recap puts Android and iOS on top

, Dec 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

This week the folks at analyst group Nielsen have released their "Tops of 2012: Digital" list and have found Android and Apple's iOS battling it out for top US Smartphone operating system to the supreme surprise of no-one - it's the fact that BlackBerry still commands 7% of the market that's most striking. The main chart from this Neilsen report shows Android in the clear lead with 52% of the market in Nielsen's third quarter of 2012 with Apple's iOS coming in with 35% of the market on the iPhone. Read The Full Story

Google Maps for iOS may not last long, according to analyst

, Dec 14th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you happened to jump on the Google Maps for iOS bandwagon a couple days ago, only because you thought Apple might take the app down, you're not alone. According to Technology Business Research analyst Ezra Gottheil, the new Google Maps app may not stay in the iTunes App Store forever, mentioning that a rejection into the App Store should've been "out of the question" in the first place. Read The Full Story

Apple HDTV tipped to include 3D Imaging Magic

, Dec 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

It would appear that the next-generation Apple TV set that's been rumored for many, many moons may well be coming with a bang - a 3D imaging bang that's more than twice its worth in bucks. It's being reported today by analysts at Morgan Stanley that Apple will not just be bringing a full-fledged TV set to the market very soon, but that it could very well be bringing with it a barrage of next-generation context-aware or otherwise 3D sensitive technology. This set of suggestions comes from a combination of a rather "ripe" market for an "iTV" product and the fact that Apple has filed a lovely collection of patents over the past set of years that together would create a magical device ready for hot sales and an imminent release. Read The Full Story

Polling gone wrong: Windows 8 “disinterest” sample heavily skewed

, Nov 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

A poll showing supposed Windows 8 disinterest earlier this week has been cut into pieces by a fellow by the name of Ed Bott. Mister Bott takes what's reported by AVAST in a report of a collection of their users and takes it apart systematically, starting with the sample size and demographic of those polled. As it turns out, things aren't as objective as AVAST makes it all out to be. Read The Full Story
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