May 17th, 2013 by Music Ally

IDC has published its latest estimates for smartphone shipments in the first quarter of 2013. IDC pegs Android as taking a 75% share of smartphone shipments in Q1.

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March 27th, 2013 by Music Ally

128m tablets shipped in 2012 according to figures published by IDC yesterday, but it sees that growing to 190m units in 2013, overtaking desktop PC shipments for the first time.

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February 22nd, 2013 by Music Ally

IDC has published a report taking a wider view, tracking shipments of "smart connected devices" – PCs, laptops, tablets and smartphones.

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January 28th, 2013 by Music Ally

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IDC reports that Samsung sold 215.8m smartphones in 2012, up 129% year-on-year to take a 30.3% share of global smartphone shipments.

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December 6th, 2012 by Music Ally

Analyst firm IDC thinks that tablet makers will now ship 122.3m devices this year, up from its previous forecast of 117.1m.

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November 6th, 2012 by Music Ally

IDC estimates that 27.8m tablets shipped globally in Q3 of this year, whilst ABI Research claims that Android accounted for 47% of app downloads during Q2.

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November 6th, 2012 by Music Ally

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IDC estimates that 27.8m tablets shipped globally in Q3 of this year, whilst ABI Research claims that Android accounted for 47% of app downloads during Q2.

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October 29th, 2012 by Stuart Dredge

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It’s becoming clearer than ever how important a role smartphones will play in digital music growth in the coming years, in the developed and developing worlds alike. The release of new stats for...

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August 31st, 2012 by Music Ally

According to analyst firm IDC, by the end of 2012, China will account for 26.5% of global smartphone shipments, compared to 17.8% in the US.

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