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Global PC Sales Still Rising, over 71.5M Units Shipped in Q2 2021
After impressive sales figures in 2020 and a record-breaking first quarter of 2021, global PC shipments continued to rise in the second quarter of the year. According to data presented […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Smartphone sales to hit 1.4 billion in 2021, boosted by 5G
2020 saw a substantial dip in smartphone growth as shipments fell 7% due to the market conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021 will see the market recover, predict the […]
Smartphone sales down 20% in Q2, claims Gartner
The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to impact the global mobile phone industry, as worldwide smartphone sales to end users totalled 295 million units, a decline of 20.4% in the second […]
AI and Data Analytics Will Be Top Game-Changing Technologies
When it comes to business development, the latest technology trends are at the heart of it all. In recent years, the cloud has ruled as the most important technology to […]
Global smartphone sales down, Samsung and Huawei still top list
Global sales of smartphones to end users declined 2.7% in the first quarter of 2019, totalling 373 million units, according to latest figures from Gartner. Despite its absence from the […]
Growth in device spending as consumers become ‘less price sensitive’, says Gartner
Users of PCs, ultramobiles and mobile phones are buying new devices at higher average selling prices (ASPs), resulting in growth in end-user spending in 2017. Gartner Inc. estimates that […]
Europeans not interested in mobile TV, claims Gartner
It’s fair to say that the mobile TV backlash is well underway, since despite the promotional efforts of the mobile operators, us punters simply don’t seem keen. That’s backed up by a new study by industry analyst Gartner, which found that only 5% of Europeans are interested in watching TV or video on our phones in the next year.
Palm Foleo is too large, unwieldy and ugly says Gartner
If Palm was hoping its new Foleo device would revive the company’s fortunes, it’s got some work to do to win over the industry analysts. Gartner has come out with its verdict on the pseudo-laptop, and it ain’t exactly gushing.
T-Mobile is European frontrunner for exclusive iPhone deal, sources claim
According to ‘sources’, T-Mobile is the current favourite to become the exclusive distributor for the iPhone, closely followed by Vodafone.
The unnamed sources think that the two companies have already been shortlisted by Apple, but that T-Mobile, owned by Deutsche Telekom, has the edge.
Apple should quit the hardware business says analyst
In a report that many Apple aficionados will think is pure heresy, Gartner Research has suggested that Apple needs to get out of the hardware business, do a licensing deal between Apple and Dell, and concentrate on the software side….
