Taiwan market: Projector shipments down in 1Q13, says IDC

May 3, 16:04

There were 19,452 projectors shipped in the Taiwan market during the first quarter of 2013, decreasing 20.9% on quarter and 24.4% on year, according to IDC Taiwan.

Worldwide tablet market surges ahead on strong 1Q13 sales, says IDC

May 2, 12:28

Worldwide tablet shipments continue to surge, growing 142.4% year over year in the first quarter of 2013, according to research firm IDC. Tablet shipments totaled 49.2 million units...

PC shipments post the steepest decline ever in a single quarter, says IDC

Apr 11, 15:24

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 76.3 million units in the first quarter of 2013, down 13.9% compared to the same quarter in 2012 and worse than the forecast decline of 7.7%, according...

Worldwide smart connected device shipments cross one billion units in 2012, says IDC

Mar 27, 11:18

Worldwide shipments of smart connected devices grew 29.1% on year in 2012, crossing one billion units shipped with a value of US$576.9 billion, according to IDC. The market expansion...

Taiwan market: 117,240 inkjet, 49,000 laser printers shipped in 4Q12, says IDC

Mar 27, 10:04

During fourth-quarter 2012, 117,240 inkjet printers were shipped in the Taiwan market, decreasing 17% sequentially and 22% on year, according to IDC Taiwan, and laser printer shipments...

PC monitor demand to continue declining in 2013, but large display segment set to grow, says IDC

Mar 22, 13:48

A decline in demand for PC desktops has led International Data Corporation (IDC) to lower its estimate of PC monitors shipped in the fourth quarter of 2012 to 36.3 million units,...

February PC shipments reflect slow 1Q13, says IDC

Mar 19, 12:33

New monthly PC tracking in the world's top PC markets from IDC reveals slower than expected growth in China during the first quarter of 2013. Although the slowdown is partially due...

Low-priced products drive forecast increases in the tablet market, says IDC

Mar 13, 15:20

A predicted surge of smaller, lower-priced devices in the tablet market has led IDC to increase its 2013 forecast for the worldwide tablet market to 190.9 million, up from its previous...

PC market to decline for a second consecutive year in 2013, says IDC

Mar 5, 15:58

Despite intense industry efforts to overcome market inertia, 2012 nonetheless ended on a sour note with global PC shipment volume shrinking 3.7% on year. With limited initial traction...

Smartphones expected to outship feature phones for first time in 2013, says IDC

Mar 5, 15:40

More smartphones are forecast to be shipped globally than feature phones in 2013, the first such occurrence in the mobile phone market on an annual basis, according to IDC. Handset...

China market: 4Q12 smart device shipments up 7.2% sequentially, says IDC

Feb 25, 11:57

There were 90.65 million smart terminal devices shipped in the China market during the fourth quarter of 2012, increasing 7.2% sequentially, according to IDC China.

Mobility reigns as the smart connected device market rises 29.1% in 2012, says IDC

Feb 25, 10:28

When looking at a holistic view of smartphones, tablets, and PCs, one thing is clear: smartphones and tablets are driving mobility growth. According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly...

Worldwide large format printer shipments decline 3% in 4Q12, says IDC

Feb 19, 14:44

Most regional markets posted on-quarter growth in the worldwide large format printer (LFP) market during the fourth quarter of 2012 while on-year sales declined, according to the...

Android, iOS combine for 91.1% of worldwide smartphone OS market in 4Q12, says IDC

Feb 18, 11:25

Android and iOS, the number one and number two ranked smartphone operating systems (OS) worldwide, combined for 91.1% of all smartphone shipments during the fourth quarter of 2012,...

Tablet and smartphone users debunk printing, scanning, and document management myths, says IDC

Feb 7, 15:16

The explosion of smartphone and tablet adoption will impact printing, scanning, document management, and print volumes over the next five years, according to research firm International...

Tablet shipments soar to record levels during strong holiday quarter, says IDC

Feb 5, 14:03

Worldwide tablet shipments outpaced predictions reaching a record total of 52.5 million units worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to research firm International Data...

Taiwan market: 4Q12 projector shipments up on quarter, down on year, says IDC

Jan 31, 10:11

There were 24,607 projectors shipped in the Taiwan market in fourth-quarter 2012, increasing 6.4% sequentially but decreasing 8.6% on year, according to IDC Taiwan.

Strong demand for smartphones, heated competition characterize global handset market in 4Q12, says IDC

Jan 28, 11:24

The worldwide mobile phone market grew 1.9% on year in the fourth quarter of 2012, as strong holiday smartphone sales raised shipments of these devices to levels nearly equal to those...

Japan mobile device market grows 25.6% in 3Q12, says IDC

Jan 14, 21:15

In the third quarter of 2012, the Japan mobile device market, including PCs, smartphones, tablets, mobile cards, and personal routers, grew 25.6% on quarter, shipping 13.56 million...

Worldwide PC shipments decline over 6% on year in 4Q12, says IDC

Jan 14, 16:11

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 89.8 million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, down 6.4% compared to the same quarter in 2011 and worse than the forecast decline of 4.4%, according...

IDC cuts forecast for 2012, 2013 chip market growth

Dec 27, 15:55

IDC has cut its forecast for 2012 chip market growth to less than 1% from the 4.6% estimated previously. The market research firm also revised downward its projection for 2013 to...

China market: 300 million smartphones to be shipped in 2013, says IDC

Dec 18, 14:21

There will be 380 million handsets shipped in the China market in 2013, growing by 5% from 2012, of which 300 million units will be smartphones, hiking 44%, according to IDC China.

Worldwide mobile phone growth expected to drop to 1.4% in 2012, says IDC

Dec 5, 21:42

The worldwide mobile phone market is forecast to grow 1.4% on year in 2012, the lowest annual growth rate in three years despite a projected record number of smartphone shipments...

Taiwan market: 3Q12 projector shipments slightly up sequentially, says IDC

Nov 7, 09:32

There were 23,125 projectors shipped in the Taiwan market during the third quarter of 2012, increasing by 1.7% on quarter but decreasing by 13.4% on year, according to IDC Taiwan.

Lenovo to launch a table-shaped all-in-one PC

Nov 5, 22:57

Lenovo plans to launch a Windows 8-based all-in-one PC that features a similar industrial design as Microsoft's Surface, a table-shaped PC. The machine features four legs and when...

China market: Over 310,000 x86 servers shipped in 2Q12, says IDC

Nov 2, 12:09

There were 316,000 x86 servers shipped in the China market during the second quarter of 2012, increasing by 5.6% on year. Of the shipments, 26,700 were 4-way units, up 33% on-year,...

Smartphones drive 3Q12 growth in worldwide mobile phone market, says IDC

Oct 30, 13:52

The worldwide mobile phone market grew 2.4% year over year in the third quarter of 2012, driven by heavyweights Samsung and Apple as Nokia dropped off the top-5 list of smartphone...

Asia Pacific PC market takes a pause, posts 5% on-year decline in 3Q12, says IDC

Oct 18, 15:55

IDC's preliminary results show that the Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) PC market grew 4% sequentially but declined 5% on year in the third quarter of 2012 to reach 31.4 million units,...

New iPad leads surge in Vietnam tablet market, says IDC

Oct 12, 10:31

According to a report by research firm IDC, the Vietnam tablet market registered growth of 110% on quarter during the second quarter of 2012. Pent-up demand for Apple's new iPad 3...

PC market struggles ahead of Windows 8 launch, says IDC

Oct 11, 14:00

The worldwide PC market contracted sharply in the third quarter of 2012, with shipments declining 8.6% from the third quarter of 2011, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC...

Smart connected device shipments to grow by 14% annually through 2016, says IDC

Sep 27, 01:35

New research from IDC shows that the worldwide market for smart connected devices – a combination of PCs, smartphones, and tablets – reached 267.3 million units shipped...

Taiwan market: 1.42 million smartphones shipped in 2Q12, says IDC

Sep 12, 13:51

There were 1.42 million smartphones shipped in the Taiwan market in the second quarter of 2012, dropping on quarter by 13.9% but rising on year by 43.6%, according to IDC Taiwan.

Taiwan market: PC shipments down in 2Q12, says IDC

Sep 12, 13:47

There were a total of 720,117 notebooks and desktops shipped in the Taiwan market in the second quarter of 2012, decreasing 8.7% on quarter and 11% on year, while the corresponding...

China to overtake the US in smartphone shipments in 2012, says IDC

Aug 31, 15:34

Strong end-user demand and an appetite for lower-priced smartphones will make China (PRC) the largest market for smartphones in 2012, overtaking the US as the global leader in smartphone...

IDC lowers PC outlook as shipments decline in 2Q12 ahead of fall product updates

Aug 24, 12:27

The worldwide PC market is now expected to grow just 0.9% in 2012, as mid-year shipments slow. According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker, 367 million PCs will ship into...