Lenovo is not just a PC company based out of China anymore. 8 years after the acquisition of the IBM personal computer business it is now a close No. 2 in the PC industry. This is one of the few successful acquisitions by an Asian company. With the PC ind...

We are quite impressed with Firefox OS. The demos we saw showed the OS to be solid but relatively unexciting. Some devices running Firefox had a few glitches and some of the transitions weren’t super smooth. However these are devices that are expected...

In February, Grey market phone shipments succeeded to rebound mostly backed by Mediatek's smartphone solution, growth was more than 50% year on year. Smartphones were 54% of the market in February. The $400 price band now starts to shrink and 44% of Andr...

One of the remarkable things about an otherwise fairly unremarkable Mobile World Congress, was the absence of non-smart phones. Nokia was the only manufacturer that was loud and proud about its feature phone line-up. The borderline between smartphones and feat...

Aggregated from the top 1,000 models sold in 22 countries and  500 brands with Price data (transfer price) this database provides the full list of Global hit models of handsets and smartphone along with the actual sales data. It is a powerful tool for ...

January sell through was similar to December at 153M units, due to the Chinese New year. Grey market phone shipments were strong growing 50%MM. And Smartphones were 57% of the market in December. Samsung's market share slumped a bit, but Apple and LG'...

December sell through was slightly lower than November but-in shipment grew during the month so inventory is rising. And Smartphones were 53% of the market in December. Apple's market share was weaker than November. We take a look at what's going on i...

To recap 2012, we can probably say it was the Year of Apple vs. Samsung. Apple shows chinks in the armor and Samsung takes advantage. Android showed huge dominance and tablets continued to grow silently in the background. Predictions on the other hand are...

To recap 2012, we can probably say it was the Year of Apple vs. Samsung. Apple shows chinks in the armor and Samsung takes advantage. Android showed huge dominance and tablets continued to grow silently in the background. Predictions on the other hand are...

We take a look at the Mobile Device Market in November this time. First we take a glance of the OverallGlobal Landscape and draw Key Takeaways This month’s topic is the iPhone 5 and Sailfish OS. We also supply the key performance indexes in the market...

We take a look at the Mobile Device Market in Ocober. First we take a glance of the Overall Global Landscape and draw Key Takeaways This month’s topic is Microsoft’s new Surface and Windows 8. We also supply the key performance indexes looking v...

The Tablet market is growing fast but have you noticed it’s just the iPad vs. all the others? Why have all other brands failed to take significant market share? This report takes a look at what’s shaping the tablet market and what is needed for ...