Android and iOS, the number one and number two ranked smartphone operating systems (OS) worldwide, combined for 91.1% of all smartphone shipments during the fourth quarter of 2012 (4Q12). According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, Android smartphone … Continue reading
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A steep drop in shipments of Android-based tablets offset a strong quarter from Apple and caused the media tablet market to miss projections for the first quarter of 2012 (1Q12). According to preliminary data from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Media … Continue reading
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Over 1 billion smart connected devices are expected to ship worldwide in 2012, reflecting consumers and businesses’ appetite for Internet connectivity. By 2016, IDC predicts shipments will reach 1.84 billion units, more than double the 916 million that shipped in … Continue reading
The number of mobile app downloads is forecast to soar from 38.2 billion this year to 182.7 billion in 2015, according to IDC’s latest forecast. While this number is impressive, the bigger story behind the numbers is an impending shift … Continue reading