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Gartner Says Global Smartphone Sales Grew 6% in 2021

by Artem Alekseenko

Worldwide smartphone sales grew 6% in 2021, according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphone sales rebounded in the first half of 2021, following a 12.5% decline in 2020. Previous year’s lower smartphone sales because of COVID-19 …

Tags:Apple| Gartner| Samsung| Smartphone Market

Global Smartphone Revenue Hits Record ~$450 Billion in 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Counterpoint Research posted a blog that highlighted the value of the smartphone market, which grew to be $448 billion in 2021, up 7% year on year in Q4. Apple’s market revenues …

Tags:Apple| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Xiaomi

Omdia: Sharp Drop in 2021 Amazon Alexa Shipments Drove Smart Speaker Market “Correction”

by Artem Alekseenko

A sharp drop in shipments of the Amazon Alexa drove a “correction” in the U.S. smart speaker market in 2021, with sales resuming a more normalized growth rate after record shipments in 2020, according …

Tags:Amazon| Analytics & Tools| Apple| Google

Links Week Ending 25th February 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are (quite!) a few from the second part of this week. (Apologies – this should have been …

Apple’s Getting its Mac Mojo Back

by Bob Raikes

Today, I’m going to get away from the techie details that I love so much and indulge myself by talking about the Apple Mac and the way that Apple seems to have re-discovered its …

Tags:Apple| PCs

Gurman Clarifies Expected Products

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg’s Apple watcher, Mark Gurman reported on the products that he expects to see this year in his Power On subscriber newsletter. He listed: A new Mac mini with an M1 …

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Links Week Starting 21st February 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Digitimes reported that Apple has conducted ‘second-phase …

Developers have uncovered references to a new Apple AR/VR operating system

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Developers have reported that there are references to a ‘RealityOS’ in Apple code. The existence of the OS was first suggested by Bloomberg back in 2017. (Apple Readying Standalone AR Headset …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Mixed Reality| Virtual Reality

Links Week Starting 7th February 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. G-Master Red Eagles GB3467WQSU and G4380UHSU-B1 have …

Smart TV Viewing Time Surges, Dongles Decline

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Protocol Entertainment reported data from Conviva that showed that we have reached a tipping point in the use of streaming dongles. Global viewing using dongles declined by 2% in the year …

ARtillery Intelligence Gives its Latest AR Revenue Forecast

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Chief Analyst Mike Boland of ARtillery Intelligence said in a video that the AR headset will rise from last year’s 250K units to just over 4 million in 2025 which is …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Forecasts| Market Data

Content is a Small Part of Streaming Leadership

by Andy Marken

Shortly after Tim Berners-Lee launched the world’s first web site, someone made the profound statement that, “if it’s on the Internet, it should be free!” So, how’s that working out for you? “Head down, …

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