Do you remember back in September when IDC predicted Android tablets would not see any significant growth in the share of the market that they command? IDC probably hopes you have forgotten that in light of their report today showing some significant changes in the tablet market during the third quarter of 2012.
Apple continued to win out in terms of tablet market share this past quarter, according to the latest figures from ABI Research, with a 55 percent share of all shipments during the period. That’s a lead it has had since 2010 when the iPad was introduced, but it’s also the slimmest lead it’s ever had, and represents a dip of 14 percent versus the previous quarter.
Unquestionably Linux is still struggling to claim a respectable share in desktop market. The trend does not seem to vary drastically in enterprises too. However in contrast to Linux share in desktop...
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In its January 2013 Steam software and hardware survey, the gaming leader had some new stats to show in terms of market share the various OS had gained. Though, only two months since Ubuntu has been...
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We knew this Android thing was kind of a big deal, right? Well due to the fact that no other real competitor has stepped up to try and challenge Apple and Android, the two have benefited from the lack of competition in the tablet market. It was originally thought back in 2010 that both would lose market share in the tablet market due to outside competition.
Tablets have not been around for more than three years; iPad being introduced in 2010, however they seem to have become an integral component in our daily computing. Tablets are being used for...
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In today’s world, most of us have more than one computer device in the house. There is often at least one desktop PC and several laptops connected to the home network. And more recently, tablet...
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According to research report, Android extended lead while Apple iOS market share remained stagnant. Samsung grows its market share too.
Thanks to its complicated regulatory structure and the continuing popularity of Web-enabled feature phones, Japan’s mobile market is difficult for foreign companies to penetrate–but Apple has finally managed to work its way to the top, according to a report by Counterpoint Research (h/t TNW).
Apple took a 16 percent market share in Q4 2012 and 15% for the full year of 2012, taking the
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