Tag Archives: gartner

Nov
15

Smartphone sales are up strongly

GALAXY S III Gartner has released its latest figures for mobile phone sales, and while the overall numbers are down slightly, the proliferation of smartphones is ever-increasing. In the third quarter of this year,.. more
Posted in All Tech News, Mobile Phone News: Networks, Handsets, Mobile Computing, Smartphone News
Oct
29

Mobiles to overtake PCs next year

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 As the most common devices used to access the web Research firm Gartner has been gazing into its crystal ball recently, and the company reckons that as soon as 2013, mobile.. more
Posted in All Tech News, Computer News: Hardware, Tablet PC's, Computing, Mobile Phone News: Networks, Handsets, Mobile Computing
Oct
11

Lenovo ousts HP as top PC vendor

Lenovo IdeaPad U300 Lenovo is now the biggest PC manufacturer on a global scale, according to the latest figures from research firm Gartner. HP has held that title for a long time, and Lenovo.. more
Posted in All Tech News, Computer News: Hardware, Tablet PC's, Computing
May
17

Global mobile sales down 2 per cent

According to Gartner figures, the first quarter of 2012 saw 419 million mobile phones shifted worldwide, but that actually represented a decline of 2 per cent on Q1 2011. This is the first quarter in which sales have seen a slump since Q2 2009. And.. more
Posted in All Tech News, Mobile Phone News: Networks, Handsets, Mobile Computing, Smartphone News
Apr
11

Apple to stay ahead in tablet game

The latest report on global tablet sales has been released by Gartner. It estimates that worldwide slate sales will reach 119 million in 2012, practically a doubling of 2011′s figures (60 million). Apple’s iPad is set to remain the dominant force throughout this year, taking.. more
Posted in All Tech News, Apple News: iPad, iPhone, iPod and Mac OSX, Computer News: Hardware, Tablet PC's, Computing, iPad News, Tablet PC news
Feb
09

PC sales down 20% in the UK

The UK market for PCs is looking decidedly rocky according to the latest figures from Gartner. The research firm, which doesn’t include media tablets in its PC stats as do some rivals, estimated a year-on-year decline of 19.6% in overall fourth quarter PC shipments for.. more
Posted in All Tech News, Computer News: Hardware, Tablet PC's, Computing
Sep
27

Smartphones putting company security at risk

According to research carried out by Gartner, smartphones may be endangering company security as their popularity continues to grow. More and more employees are using smartphones instead of laptops to access company email and connect to company networks when they are out of the office... more
Posted in All Tech News, Mobile Phone News: Networks, Handsets, Mobile Computing, Smartphone News
Sep
23

Gartner predicts continued iPad dominance for 2011

Analyst firm Gartner has produced a new piece of research which focuses on the near future of the tablet market. And the rather unsurprising headline fact is that the iPad is expected to continue its domination. However, some folks had expected Apple’s tablet market share.. more
Posted in All Tech News, Computer News: Hardware, Tablet PC's, Computing, Tablet PC news
Aug
10

Windows 7 will be on almost half of PCs globally end 2011

Gartner has pushed out another piece of research, this time concerning the proliferation of Microsoft’s latest desktop OS, Windows 7. And the headline fact regarding the operating system is that according to analyst estimates, it will be ensconced on 42% of PCs around the world.. more
Posted in All Tech News, Computer News: Hardware, Tablet PC's, Computing
Aug
05

Mobile connections to hit 5.6 billion this year

Mobile connections worldwide will shoot up to 5.6 billion this year according to a Gartner report. That means an 11 percent hike on the amount of connections to mobile services as compared to last year, says the research company. This means that the cash spent.. more
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