The global PC market saw sales of desktops, notebooks and entry-level servers rise during Q3, despite negativity over consumer spending and component shortages, said iSuppli. – The global PC market in the third quarter posted growth of 7 percent
sequentially and 10.3 percent year-over-year, meeting expectations
despite a “growing chorus of negativity regarding the market,” iSuppli
reported Nov. 5. While netbooks and tablets tend to dominate the
consumer conversation, i…
Apple will stop selling its Xserve system at the end of January, offering the Mac Pro and Mac mini armed with the latest Intel chips as server alternatives. – Apple is will no longer sell its Xserve server after the end
of January 2011, instead giving customers new configurations of its Mac Pro
systems powered by Intel’s latest Xeon processors or Mac mini line.
In a message posted on its Website Nov. 5, Apple officials said they are quot;transitioning…
Microsoft predicts quarterly sales of 5 million Kinect units for Xbox 360, says a new Bloomberg report, as it seeks to compete against Sony’s PS3 and Nintendo’s Wii. – Microsoft predicts sales of its Kinect hands-free controller
will top 5 million units during the quarter, according to Bloomberg. The device,
which allows Xbox players to control their onscreen avatars through body
movement, will battle for marketplace dominance against both the Nintento Wii
and…
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 is reportedly selling well in international markets, but the smartphone platform’s U.S. launch awaits. – Windows Phone 7 sales seem to be off to a solid start in
international markets, according to reports from around the world.
DigiTimes
reported in a Nov. 3 article that sales of HTC-built Windows Phone 7
smartphones are “better than expected” in Europe and Australia. Stocks of the
HTC HD7 and H…
The appearance of Apple’s popular iPhone on Verizon Wireless’ No. 1 wireless network in the U.S. has been something of a mythical unicorn for the past two years. But that legend has taken on some verve in the last few months, most recently thanks to Fortune. The publication Oct. 29 confidently confirmed the iPhone would come to Verizon early next year and actually called it Verizon’s "Dream Phone" in the headline, which can only be seen as an exercise in editorial hyperbole. We don’t know about that Dream Phone moniker. What we do know is that the smartphone ecosystem is evolving rapidly and that Verizon users who are tired the BlackBerry or who scorn Android have been begging for the iPhone. The Phone has captured a quarter of smartphone market share in the U.S. in three years. But it has seen its growth blunted by Google Android, which commands 20 percent of the market in just two years. Research in Motion, the market leader at roughly 40 percent, is fading, while Microsoft with Windows Phone 7 and Palm, after selling to HP, are poised to go on comeback trail this year and next with new smartphones. However, there is nothing on the market with more potential to disrupt smartphone market than the iPhone on Verizon’s network. This is why eWEEK is taking a look at the vendors that will feel the greatest impact from a Verizon iPhone in this slideshow. – …
Microsoft’s week involved strong earnings powered by strong Windows 7 and Office 2010 sales. News from its PDC Conference also dominated. – Microsoft had positive news this week, as it reported strong
results for its first fiscal quarter of 2011 and
solid sales of Windows 7. The companys revenues of $16.20 billion
represented a 25 percent rise over the same quarter last year, when businesses
and consumers kept their wallets firmly s…
Apple”s iPhone range has outdone BlackBerry, as one of the world”s biggest mobile phone companies, new figures have suggested. Apple shipped 14.1 million handsets during the most recent financial quarter, up 91 per cent on the same quarter last year, according to analysts at Strategy Analytics. Bumper sales of Apple”s flagship iPhone 4 has seen [...]
The introduction of Apples iPad, Kindle e-readers, Droid smartphones and other devices are pushing mobile chips sales. By 2014, In-Stat expects sales to top 4 billion units. – The mobile processor market is set to reach 4 billion units by 2014,
market research firm In-Stat reported Oct. 26. Mobile device growth,
said the firm, is reshaping the high-tech industry, and with rising
sales of smartphones and converged devices is coming an increased need
for everything from…
Security researchers analyzing spam and virus activity in third quarter 2010 saw an uptick in virus activity, hinting at new botnets on the rise. – Spammers are bombarding users with malware-laden spam in order to build up
new botnets, just in time for the holiday season, security researchers said
Oct. 19.
The Google Postini Services team analyzed spam and virus data collected
during the third quarter by Googles security and archiving servi…
Although Apple iPhone commands the lion’s share of ad impressions on Millenial Media’s network, the company said mobile ad revenue from Android handsets lead iPhone. – With 14.1 million iPhones sold in the recent quarter it makes sense that Apple is also ruling the roost in mobile ad impressions.
Apple’s iPhone accounted for 30 percent share of hardware impressions on Millenial’s network, with iPhone racking up 46 percent of smartphone operating system impressi…
Apple reported 4.19 million iPads last quarter. That disappointed some analysts, but Apple’s evolving store channels could increase sales. – Apple CEO Steve Jobs may have appeared unexpectedly on his companys
Oct. 18 earnings call to trumpet a $20 billion quarter, but Wall Street
analysts seemed somewhat disappointed by sales and margins for the iPad.
For the fiscal 2010 fourth quarter, Apple reported sales of 4.19
million iPads a si…
Apple Mac sales jumped 58 percent in the last quarter. While analysts have suggested that iPads will cannibalize notebook sales, theyre having the opposite effect on desktops. – iPad growth? Sure. But perhaps more surprising is news that Apple desktops are also riding high.
On Oct. 18, Apple posted its first-ever quarterly revenues in excess of $20 billion, which were partly attributable to sales of its industry-birthing iPad and the iPhone 4. While there has been much…
iSuppli raised its iPad shipment forecasts for the next few years, expecting Apple to sell 2.5 million tablets each month by the end of 2010.60.3 million in 2012. – More Apple iPads will wind up in the hands of consumers than was previously expected, according to an Oct. 18 report from research firm iSuppli.
The news follows Apples fourth-quarter earnings announcement on Oct. 18. During the report, Apple executives said the company shipped 4.2 million iPad…
IBM saw a net income boost of 12 percent to $3.6 billion for its third quarter of 2010, based on increased Systems and Technology, Services and growth market sales. – IBM announced third-quarter 2010 net income of $3.6 billion, compared with $3.2 billion for the third quarter of 2009, an increase of 12 percent driven by significant increases in systems and technology sales and IBM services as well as a boost in growth markets.
Total revenues for the third quart…
Apple iPad and other tablets will sell 19.4 million units in 2010, according to a new Gartner research note, pressuring the market for devices such as mini-notebooks. – Wordwide media tablet sales will reach 19.4 million units in
2010, according to a new research note from Gartner. Thats good news for
manufacturers such as Apple, whose bestselling iPad is driving much of that
growth. However, Gartner also suggests that tablet sales are having a negative
impact …
Video game hardware and software sales continue to suffer declines, but sales of accessories picked up in September. – A struggling video game industry saw another decline in the month of
September, with hardware sales plunging nearly 20 percent to $383 million,
compared with $472 million in September 2009. Video game software sales fell 6
percent to $614 million, from $649 million the previous September. And tot…
The index measuring purchases excluding automobiles climbed 6.2% from a year earlier in August, after gaining 6% in July, the Statistics Department said today. Including vehicles, which are sold subject to government caps, total retail sales fell 1.2 percent, less than the median forecast for a 5.3% decline in a Bloomberg News survey of 8 economists.
Worldwide PC shipments were below estimates in Q3, according to Gartner and IDC, which pointed to consumers holding off on purchases until the promised new tablet PCs arrive. – Worldwide PC shipments fell below expectations during the third
quarter, according to market research firms Gartner and IDC. Each found
commercial refresh projects to be on target, but consumer spending
sluggish, a trend each partly attributed to the hype surrounding tablet
PCs, such as the Appl…
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