Android and iOS, the number one and number two ranked smartphone operating systems (OS) worldwide, combined for 91.1 percent of all smartphone shipments during the fourth quarter of 2012 (4Q12).
Despite a 10% year-over-year increase for the full year 2012, the color laser market declined 1% in Q4 as ongoing weakness in the global economy finally caught up with this segment.
Despite lingering weakness in the global economy and continuing uncertainty in technology markets, the outsourced manufacturing industry is expected to post moderate revenue growth this year.
Enterprise app stores promise greater control over the apps used by employees, greater control over software expenditures, and greater negotiating leverage with app vendors.
The need for context awareness in mobile applications has increased with the capabilities of mobile devices, causing developers to consider both hybrid and native architectures.
Although Amoled televisions headlined last month?s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), shipments of these high-end panels will remain limited in the coming years.
Global NAND flash memory market revenue fell 7% in 2012 as disappointing Ultrabook sales negated the impact of surging demand from Apple for its iPhone line.
Global revenue generated by mobile operators grew by 5.2% year-on-year to $1.16 trillion in 2012, driven by growth in developing economies that now account for 4 out of every 5 mobile connections worldwide.
With the introduction of its BlackBerry 10, RIM is making the final charge in its struggle to become the third viable smartphone brand alongside market giants Apple and Samsung, as well as the No. 3 operating system vendor after Apple and Google's Android.
After two straight years of contraction, the global DRAM market has the opportunity to rebound to double-digit growth in 2013, but major risks ? including potential continuing weakness in the PC market ? easily could undermine hopes for a sales increase this year.
