Smartphone sales set to lead in 2013

Smartphone sales set to lead in 2013

More smartphones are forecast to be shipped globally than feature phones in 2013 – the first such occurrence in the mobile phone market on an annual basis.  According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors...

China tops US in smartphones

China is now the biggest market for smartphones and tablets. This is according to Christopher Riley, MD of The Notebook Company. “Right now China is reporting the highest number of active iOS and Android devices. “Additionally, it is among one of the fastest growing...

Tablets, smartphones fuel telepresence

Smartphones and tablets continue to nab market share from more traditional computing technologies, such as netbooks, as they are integrated into the enterprise arena. Apple’s iPad and tablets featuring Android-enabled operating systems, for example, have given...

Mobile phone sales decline in 2012

Worldwide mobile phone sales to end-users totalled 1,75-billion units in 2012, a 1,7% decline from 2011 sales, according to Gartner. Smartphones continued to drive overall mobile phone sales, and the fourth quarter of 2012 saw record smartphone sales of 207,7-million...

Smartphones, tablets drive printing

The explosion of smartphone and tablet adoption will impact printing, scanning, document management and print volumes in surprising ways over the next five years. According to a new International Data Corporation (IDC) survey of 800 unique respondents, smartphone and...