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The Advent of Wireless Power

by Steve Sechrist

Fresh into our new millennium (umm, that’s the next thousand years) we may finally be on the cusp of cutting the last cord. The power cable that is, at least to our most prevalent …

Tags:display technology| Market Data| Mobile Phones| Vol 22 - Issue 44| Wireless Charging

Mobile Technology Spending to Rise 33%

by Tom Allen

A new IDC report on mobile technology spending (http://tinyurl.com/n9d9ffl) predicts that spending will rise 33% between 2014 and 2019. In monetary terms, that is a rise from $901 billion to $1.2 trillion! The report …

Tags:IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Phones| Vol 22 - Issue 40

Augmented Reality Solutions for Business Applications are Spreading

by Norbert Hildebrand

When we refer to augmented reality technology we often make a mental connection to head-mounted devices, even though most augmented reality applications will continue to run on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. …

Tags:Advertising| Augmented Reality| Mobile Apps| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Phones

Device Forecast Falls From Q4

by Tom Allen

Worldwide device (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) shipments are forecast to reach 2.5 billion this year: up 1.5% from 2014, although down from the Q4’14 forecast of 2.8% growth. Gartner expects end-user spending …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Devices| Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Phones| PCs| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 28

Worldwide Device Shipments to Grow 1.5%, to Reach 2.5 Billion Units in 2015

by Helen Vince

Worldwide combined shipments of devices (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) are expected to reach 2.5 billion units in 2015, a 1.5 percent increase from 2014 and down from the previous quarter’s forecast of …

Tags:Gartner| Mobile Phones| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)

Rumor: Nokia Getting Back into the Phone Business?

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to an article by Re/Code, Nokia is planning on getting back into the mobile phone business. After the sale of its device business to Microsoft, many analysts believed that we had seen the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Phones| Nokia| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 17

Global Devices Shipments to Grow 2.8% in 2015, says Gartner

by Helen Vince

Worldwide combined shipments of devices (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) are estimated to reach 2.5 billion units in 2015, an increase of 2.8 percent over 2014 (see Table 1) according to Gartner, Inc. …

Tags:Gartner| Mobile Phones| PCs| tablets

Mobiles Continue to Outperform Other Device Market Segments in 2015

by Tom Allen

Worldwide device (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles (ultrabooks of various form factors) and mobile phones) shipments will rise 2.8% this year, to 2.5 billion units according to Gartner. However, the computing devices (PCs and ultramobiles) category …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Gartner| IDC| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Phones| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| PCs| Smartphone Market| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 13| Worldwide

Module Competition Drives Down Smartphone Costs

by Tom Allen

Global shipments of mobile phone display modules will rise just 4% YoY in 2015, says IHS, to 2 billion units. The result will be stronger competition among manufacturers of these units. Chinese makers are …

Tags:China| IHS DisplaySearch| IHS Markit| LCD Modules| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Phones| Pricing| Vol 22 - Issue 11| Worldwide

The Phone Changed our Lives, Now the Phone Market is Changing Itself

by Norbert Hildebrand

The good old phone changed our lives and our environment for good after its invention in the 1870s. Depending on on your perspective, different people can be credited with the invention, however, phones changed …

Tags:Mobile Phones| Smartphone Market| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 10