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PC Decline Will Slow says MIC

by Milos Pavlovic

The Market Intelligence and Consulting Institute (MIC) in Taiwan believes that sales of PCs will decline less in 2017, with notebooks forecast to decline by just 1.9% in the year, compared to 8% in …

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Parents Share Concerns with Buying Laptops and Smartphones for Kids This Year

by Isaac Oburu

FatWallet.com, the savings resource for millions of online deal hunters, announced results of its Back to School Tech Survey (*Survata), which revealed 28% of parents plan to purchase student laptops and/or smartphones during back …

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Notebook Rebound Boosted EMEA PC Shipments

by Tom Allen

PC shipments in EMEA were slightly above expectations in Q2’16, says IDC, at 16.1 million units shipped – although this still represented a 4.7% YoY fall. Western Europe stabilised at -0.8%, while CEE and …

PC Industry Rejects Its Salvation

by Ken Werner

Financial analyst and investment advisor Richard Windsor publishes a daily newsletter for his clients called Radio Free Mobile (www.radiofreemobile.com), which covers the mobile technology industry. In the June 6th number, he noted that the …

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PC Market “Shows Some Signs of Improving”

by Tom Allen

Worldwide PC shipments reached 64.3 million units in Q2’16, down 5.2% YoY – the seventh consecutive quarter of declines, says Gartner. However, the market is showing some signs of improvement. Weakening local currencies against …

IDC Revises PC Forecast Downward

by Tom Allen

PC shipments will fall 7.3% YoY in 2016, according to an updated forecast from IDC, followed by progressively smaller declines through 2017, and stabilisation in 2018. The new forecast is roughly 2% lower than …

BC5 BOE Differentiates Professional and ‘Link’ Devices

by Bob Raikes

Leono (Chao) Guo is Vice Chief Strategic Marketing Officer for BOE and he talked about the “PC” being an “irreplaceable Link for the post PC era” PCs and smartphones have been enabled by Moore’s …

PC Vendors Must Look to New Areas for Profit

by Tom Allen

The PC market saw one of its lowest-ever growth rates in Q1’16 (PC Decline at Worst Point in Nine Years), but – says Gartner – profit opportunities still exist for PC makers. “Over the …

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EMEA Decline Reflects World Market

by Tom Allen

The EMEA PC market declined in-line with worldwide totals in Q1’16, with clear splits between the consumer/commercial and regional markets. Shipments were down 10% YoY to 19.5 million units, compared to a 9.6% fall …

PC Decline at Worst Point in Nine Years

by Tom Allen

Global PC shipments fell 9.6% YoY in Q1’16 – the sixth consecutive quarter of declines. Shipments reached 64.8 million units: the first time that they have fallen below 65 million since 2007, says Gartner. …

Gartner Lowers IT Spending Forecast

by Tom Allen

Worldwide spending on IT devices and services will fall 0.5% YoY in 2016, says Gartner, to reach a total of $3.49 trillion (from $3.5 trillion). The new forecast is a revision from the previous …

Smartphones Falling, but PCs Will Rebound

by Tom Allen

Worldwide smartphone sales will grow at a single-digit rate for the first time this year, says Gartner. The firm expects growth of just 7% in the global market, which will reach 1.5 billion units. …