Posts Tagged ‘2012’

First Tizen Devices in H2 2012!?

May 22nd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Tizen | No Comments »

If thing go according to plan, the first devices running Tizen should land in stores in the second half of 2012. Main investors in Tizen, Intel and Samsung, are expected to take the lead in releasing Tizen devices. HTC is rumoured to follow.

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Nielsen: Consumers Download More Apps than Ever!

May 20th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

A new report from Nielsen shows consumers are downloading more apps than ever before. Currently, the average U.S. consumer has 41 apps installed. That’s 28% up from 32 apps a year before.

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Digitimes: Tablet Sales Take a Dive

February 21st, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

It seems the rush for tablets is cooling down a little as tablet sales are expected to drop a massive 30% in the first quarter of 2012. Digitimes calculated the dip in sales based on the number of deliveries from vendors in Taiwan.

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IDC: 17 Million Tablets Sold in 2010, iPad Dominates

January 20th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to research from IDC, vendors have shipped 17 million tablet computers in 2010. From Q2 to Q3, distribution grew 45.1%. The number of iPad sales in that period grew from 3.3 million in Q2 to 4.8 million in Q3.

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Gartner’s Android Predictions for 2012

October 21st, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Gartner has put some research in the future of Android and it seems the OS is here to stay. The company expects that Android will outsell iPhone OS in about two years but might not be able to beat Symbian.