Apple tends to get a lot of credit for releasing gadgets with solid specs, sleek design, and excellent build quality. But the company actually outsources a lot of its components. For example, Apple tends to tap rivals like Samsung or LG for its displays. Now Bloomberg reports Apple is developing its own display technology in-house, […]
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Report: 8.1 million smartwatches shipped last quarter (beating Swiss watches)
Smartwatches may not be as ubiquitous as their old-fashioned mechanical and digital counterparts yet. But according to Strategy Analytics, smartwatches outshipped Swiss-made watches for the first time in the fourth quarter of 2015. Of course, the distinction might become moot soon, now that Swiss watch makers are starting to produce smart wearables. I think the […]
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Report: Chinese smartphone market may be done growing
Research firm IDC reports that nearly 100 million smartphones shipped within China during the first quarter of 2015. That’s a lot of phones… but it’s 4 percent fewer than the number from a year earlier. That’s the first time in 6 years that IDC has seen a year-over-year decline and it could suggest that the […]
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Analysts: Netbook sales to grow as notebooks remain steady
In our latest episode of “as the netbook sells,” DisplaySearch expects nearly 33 million netbooks to ship in 2009, while shipments of larger notebooks is expected to remain steady. In fact, the analysts suggest that part of the reason for flat shipments in traditional laptops is because netbooks are selling so well. While most PC […]
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Pricegrabber: A lot of people are buying netbooks
According to PriceGrabber a growing number of laptops being sold are netbooks. No real surprise there. But the report (PDF link) also makes a few other interesting claims. First, Pricegrabber says that 91 percent of the people they surveyed who said they have a netbook also have a full sized laptop and 87 percent own […]
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Report: Ultra Mobile Device sales to skyrocket
Ultra Mobile Computing devices, including netbooks, UMPCs, Mobile Internet Devices or MIDs currently account for $3.5 billion in sales. But ABI Research expects that number to grow to $27 billiion by 2013. That number doesn’t look too surprising to me, given the growing popularity of netbooks, which have only been around for a year or […]
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Report shows netbooks are fueling laptop sales growth
Laptop sales are continuing to climb and low cost ultraportables like the Asus Eee PC deserve at least some of the blame/credit. That’s according to a new report from IDC. The report shows that desktop PC sales are down a bit this year in the US, but are still on the rise in other parts […]