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White iPhone 4 released, hot on the heels of the iPad 2 – out this week!
Posted on April 24th, 2011 3 comments
The much delayed white iPhone 4 from Apple is out and in the UK.
Soon after the new white Apple iPad 2′s were released, further confirmation that Apple have conquered their camera/lens issues and have begun shipping the iPhone 4 smartphone.
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RIM’s research spending exposed
Posted on March 30th, 2011 1 commentC
anadian firm, RIM spent $1.35 billion on research and development in 2011 alone, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.These figures equate to a tripling of research and development expenditure by RIM since 2008. In that same three-year period, sales of RIM’s BlackBerry units did rise, although this has been blamed upon a general increase in interest across the smartphone market.
In fact, BlackBerry’s smartphone market share dropped 3.4% in 2010, from 19.7% to 16.3%; a reflection of the high-levels of choice now offered to smartphone consumers.
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New research shows iPad’s dominance in 2010
Posted on February 24th, 2011 1 comment
New research has revealed the true extent of Apple’s dominance of the tablet market in 2010, proclaiming that 93% of all tablet devices sold in Q3 were iPads.The figures – released by ABI Research – showed that 4.5 million tablet devices were shipped in Q3, of which a staggering 4.19 million were iPad devices.
However, ABI’s senior practice director, Jeff Orr does not expect such a monopoly to continue, as numerous challengers wait in the wings to release their own iPad competitors:
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Profit boost for ARM thanks to Apple’s iPad
Posted on January 31st, 2011 2 comments
Processor manufacturers, ARM are expected to post pre-tax profits of £160m for 2010 – a 70% increase from 2009.
This explosion in profits has been attributed to the success of Apple’s iPhone and iPad devices, which use the Cambridge based company’s processor chips.
The full year figures – due to be announced on Tuesday – are also expected to show that sales of ARM processors hit £400m in 2010; £100 million higher than in 2009.
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App developers brace themselves for a boom in the market
Posted on January 27th, 2011 No comments
Redearch from market analysts, Gartner has predicted an explosion in the app market, thanks to new tablet devices.The research foresees app downloads reaching a whopping 185 billion by the close of 2014 as each tech company weighs in with their own range of tablet devices.
The rise of Android smartphones – as well as other OSs – is also expected to have a positive effect on app downloads.
Gartner’s research has shown that 90% of apps downloaded in 2010 were accessed via Apple’s App Store; a percentage that looks likely to decrease thanks to increased competition from companies such as Nokia and Research in Motion.
