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IDC: Tablets to outsell notebooks in 2013, all PCs in 2015

by Steven Sande (May 28th, 2013)

Well, that certainly didn't take long. The modern tablet, introduced by Apple with the first iPad in 2010, is completely changing the market for computing devices. IDC today released projections showing that tablet shipments will beat those of notebook computers this year, and that by 2015 more ...

IDC: Mac shipments down. Gartner: Mac shipments up.

by Steven Sande (Apr 11th, 2013)

It must be tough to be a market research firm these days. IDC released preliminary information of PC shipments for the first calendar quarter of 2013 today, showing the market to be dismal with an overall decline in PC shipments of almost 13 percent in the US year-over-year and Mac shipments ...

Daily Update for February 21, 2013

by Steven Sande (Feb 21st, 2013)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Consumer spending on mobile games tops that for portable consoles

by Steven Sande (Feb 21st, 2013)

The market for dedicated portable game consoles from Nintendo and Sony appears to be shrinking due to competition from iOS and Android tablets and smartphones. Data from IDC and App Annie shows that fourth-quarter 2012 consumer spending on game apps from the App Store and Google Play was ...

Apple sees huge growth in India, but trails behind competitors

by Matt Tinsley (Feb 8th, 2013)

TechCrunch reports that Apple has seen a huge gain in sales in India -- up to 400 percent -- in July through September 2012, but still has a long way to go compared to its competitors in the region. According to the research firm IDC (based on figures collated from that time period), Apple ...

IDC: Apple leads in tablet shipments, but overall market share slips

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 31st, 2013)

According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker, tablet shipments reached a record 52.5 million units worldwide in Q4 2012. Apple remains the leader in the tablet market with shipments of 22.9 million units and a 43.6 percent market share. This is a 48 percent year-over-year increase in ...

iPhone global market share grew to 25.1% in 2012

by Steven Sande (Jan 25th, 2013)

According to data published by IDC, Apple's global share of the smartphone market grew from 18.8 percent to 25.1 percent during 2012. That share is based on sales of 93.1 million iPhones in 2011 and 136.8 million sold in calendar year 2012. While that growth rate of 46.9 percent sounds good, it ...

IDC: Android and iOS accounted for 85 percent of smartphones shipped in Q2 2012

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 8th, 2012)

IDC's Q2 2012 numbers are out and the figures are encouraging, but not spectacular for Apple. According to IDC, Apple shipped 26 million handsets and grabbed 16.9 percent of the global smartphone market. This is a 27.5 percent increase over the same quarter last year. Despite its double-digit ...

IDC: Apple extends lead in tablet market

by Steven Sande (Aug 3rd, 2012)

In a bit of news that should surprise almost nobody, IDC & Macworld reported on Thursday that Apple has increased its market share of units shipped in the tablet market to almost 70 percent worldwide. By the numbers, Apple shipped a total of 17 million iPads in the April to June quarter of ...

Apple iPhone edges out BlackBerry in Canada

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 22nd, 2012)

Apple surpassed RIM as the top mobile phone manufacturer in Canada said Bloomberg on Thursday. Data from IDC and Bloomberg suggests Apple shipped 2.85 million handsets in 2011, while RIM shipped 2.08 million. This is down from 2008 when RIM out shipped Apple almost five to one. ...

iOS still holds edge in worldwide tablet shipments, despite Kindle Fire launch

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 14th, 2012)

The tablet market heated up in the last quarter of 2011 when Amazon went head-to-head against Apple with its Kindle Fire. Many expected the Fire to make a dent in the sales of the Apple iPad and the latest IDC numbers suggest their expectations were correct. Though overall iPad shipments ...

Daily Update for February 2, 2012

by Steven Sande (Feb 2nd, 2012)

Apple becomes world's third largest mobile phone manufacturer

by Steven Sande (Feb 2nd, 2012)

In just five short years, Apple has become the third largest mobile phone manufacturer in the world. International Data Corporation (IDC), as part of the continuing Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker survey, noted that the overall mobile phone market is still growing despite a major decline in numbers ...

Samsung battles Apple in Australia/NZ phone market as patent fight expands

by Steven Sande (Dec 20th, 2011)

There's rarely a day anymore that TUAW doesn't report on the status of one or more patent infringement lawsuits. The latest from the battle between Apple and Samsung is that the Cupertino company has now issued a notice of infringement to Samsung in Australia, noting that Samsung's case design ...

Apple jumps to no. 3 in US PC market, even without iPad

by Mike Schramm (Jul 14th, 2011)

Gartner and the market intelligence firm IDC have made their quarterly proclamation about PC retail shipments, and things aren't too great for that market: Growth is much slower than expected, picking up only 2.3%, way off from the predictions of 6.7 growth made in the first quarter of this ...