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Q4 Marked First Ever Tablet Decline, Says IDC

by Tom Allen

Q4’14 saw tablet shipments fall for the first time since the market became mainstream in 2010, says IDC. Overall shipments of tablets and hybrids reached 76.1 million units, a 3.2% YoY decline. However, full-year …

Worldwide Tablet Shipments Experience First YoY Decline in Q4 While Full Year Shipments Show Modest Growth

by Helen Vince

Worldwide tablet shipments recorded a year-over-year decline for the first time since the market’s inception in 2010. Overall shipments for tablets and 2-in-1 devices reached 76.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2014 (4Q14) …

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Apple Enjoys Best Quarter of Best Smartphone Year in Q4

by Tom Allen

Apple closed the gap with Samsung in the worldwide smartphone market in Q4’14, while the products themselves set a new record for both the quarter and the year, according to IDC’s preliminary data. Vendors shipped …

IDC chart Top 5 EMEA PC Vendors Shipments

Western European PC Shipments Save EMEA Region

by Tom Allen

25.5 million PCs were shipped in the EMEA region in Q4’14, according to IDC: a 2% YoY increase. The market remained positive for the third consecutive quarter, thanks to strong consumer demand. Over the …

IDC Expects Easing in APAC PC Contraction

by Tom Allen

The APAC PC market (excluding Japan) was down 6.3% YoY in 2014, to 101 million units. While still a fall, the decline was still an improvement on the 10.3% contraction experienced in 2013. The …

MEA Smartphone Market Booms as 4G LTE Shipments to GCC Grow 400%

by Vanessa Browning

GCC shipments of 4G LTE handsets have increased more than four times over the last year and are now close to accounting for one half of all smartphones sold in the region, according to …

Tags:IDC| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Smartphone Market

Dell Momentum Continues with 8 Consecutive Quarters of PC Gains in Global Share

by Helen Vince

Dell’s momentum in its client solutions (PC) business continued during the fourth calendar quarter of 2014 as it registered its eighth consecutive quarter of year-over-year gains in global share and grew faster than the …

Tags:Dell| IDC| Notebooks| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| tablets

MEA Broadcasters Must Enhance Customer Experience in Bid to Counter the Flood of OTT Content

by Helen Vince

The acceleration of localized content production, the significant increase in the number of over-the-top (OTT) providers, and the defensive stances being employed by telcos and broadcasters against freemium services will all shape the coming …

Tags:Broadcast Market| IDC| OTT Video

PC Decline Slowed in 2014, Say Gartner and IDC

by Tom Allen

PC shipments increased 1% YoY in Q4’14, indicating a slow but steady improvement in the market after two years of declines. Shipments reached 83.7 million units, according to Gartner. PC displacements by tablets peaked …

Thin Clients Grow in PC Battle

by Bob Raikes

Thin clients achieved single-digit growth in EMEA in Q3’14, says IDC, competing directly (and intensely) for market share with commercial PCs. While these products are still niche in the region, they have grown faster …

Tablet Sales Still Growing in Third Quarter of 2014

by Helen Vince

idcTablet – This year we have heard a lot about the resurgence of the notebook PC and the demise of the tablet PC. The PC industry was almost ecstatic about the possibility of market …

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Enterprise Clients Fall Slightly After Year of Growth

by Raverstead

Following four consecutive quarters of growth, worldwide shipments of thin and terminal clients were down 1.8% YoY in Q3’14, according to IDC. Shipments totalled 1.35 million units, significantly lower than the forecast 5% growth, …