by Bogdan Bele, 4 weeks ago

Smartphone sales have surpassed those of feature phones for the first time ever in this year’s first quarter, according to IDC. Out of the 418.6 million total phones shipped worldwide in this Q1 2013, no less…

by Bogdan Bele, 1 month ago

Credit: Intel/Flickr The decline of PC sales continues, with data from IDC showing the largest drop in shipments since data has been first tracked. The fact that Windows 8 has started shipping with PCs didn’t seem…

by Bogdan Bele, 1 month ago

The Apple – Samsung war shows no real signs of slowing down. The two manufacturers are almost equal in terms of unit shipment share in Q4 2012, according to IDC’s Smart Connected Device Tracker. In…

by Bams Sadewo, 2 months ago

Just a few months ago, we saw IDC gazing into their crystal ball and forecasting that Apple’s tablet market share will dip below 50% in 2016. The latest data from the analytics firm, however, indicates that…

by Ankit Banerjee, 3 months ago

Considering the year Samsung has had in 2012, it’s certainly not surprising that the company also dominated the Indian smartphone race in Q4 2012, both in terms of volume (33%) and revenue (38.8%) according to…

by J. Angelo Racoma, 5 months ago

Android is on a roll. Recent sales figures indicate that Android is becoming more and more dominant in terms of sales and activations. According to recent IDC figures, Android owned 75% of the market in…

by Bogdan Petrovan, 5 months ago

Research firms like IDC, Gartner, and others sometimes screw up their predictions big time. For instance, Gartner said in 2011 that Android will get 38% of the tablet market by, wait for it, 2015. And…

by Bams Sadewo, 5 months ago

For the longest of time RIM has been enjoying the support of the enterprise sector, but Android and Apple phones are relentlessly chipping away at the BlackBerry maker’s stronghold. The updated report on the worldwide…

by Bams Sadewo, 6 months ago

Wonder why Apple – under Tim Cook’s regime — changed its mind about releasing a mini version of the iPad? The latest IDC report on worldwide tablet shipments in Q3 2012 may provide some hints….

by Bams Sadewo, 6 months ago

It’s just another day at the office for Android handsets, kicking everybody else’s behinds. According to research firm International Data Corporation (IDC), Android-powered handsets maintain their commanding lead over Apple’s iOS devices and others in…

by Derek Ross, 8 months ago

There’s no denying that Google’s Android is a force to be reckoned with. Android recently hit an impressive 500 million globally activated devices and a whopping 1.3 million new devices being activated daily. If those…

by Ankit Banerjee, 9 months ago

IDC (International Data Corporation) is a global market research and analysis firm that specializes in IT and telecommunication technology. Along with predictions and forecasts, the market intelligence firm periodically releases reports showing the current state…

by Chris Smith, 11 months ago

The guys over at the International Data Corporation (IDC) issued a new press release yesterday to announce that Android is expected to “reach its peak this year as mobile phone shipments slow.” Sure, analysts have…

by Bams Sadewo, 1 year ago

Mobile phone tracker firm IDC has released the latest numbers of worldwide smartphone shipment for the first quarter of the year. This period has all but confirmed the dominance of two particular mobile platforms, Android…

by Bams Sadewo, 1 year ago

Research firm IDC has released the latest tablet shipment numbers for the first quarter of 2012, and it’s not what the Android crowd has been waiting to hear. According to IDC, worldwide tablet shipments dropped…