As part of its latest Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, IDC has gazed into its crystal ball to predict what the top five mobile operating systems will be in 2014. It sees a market that will comfortably support five operating systems: Worldwide Converged Mobile Device Operating System Market Shares and 2010-2014 Growth Operating System 2010 Market Share 2014 Market Share […]
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Palm sales not meeting analyst expectations
It appears that sales of the Palm Pre and Pixi are not meeting some expectations. Both Macquarie Research and Merrill Lynch downgraded their stock ratings on Palm, triggering a stock sell-off today. Palm launched its webOS operating system to great fanfare over a year ago but is facing stiff competition in the mobile space. According to Macquarie Research, Palm sales […]
Smartphone market to be a tough nut to crack for PC makers?
Market research firm expects that many personal computer (PC) vendors will jump into the smartphone arena over the next few years (or already have). With computer sales not growing as they used to, PC vendors will need to look at new opportunities for continued growth. The smartphone market shows a lot promise. In 2009 alone, it grew by 29 percent […]