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The trouble with halos
The Mac grew at 28% while the overall PC market contracted at 3%. The Mac has outperformed the PC market overall for 20 consecutive quarters. Prices increased sequentially and year-to-year. I’ve mentioned the increasing…
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The Android step function
There is precious little data on Android units sold. There are estimates but no actual summary. Google themselves don’t seem to know as they don’t report sales, preferring to report “activations.” Assuming that…
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First quarter PC forecast: Windows down 2%, Mac+iPad up 250%
Charles Arthur of The Guardian writes that PC sales “may have passed their peak“. That’s a powerful, concise statement. It’s backed up by a quote from Gartner’s Mikako Kitagawa: “This was the third consecutive quarter of…
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HTC and self-determination
HTC’s market cap has just overtaken Nokia’s. While market capitalization is a fickle thing, shifting with sentiment, this is still a remarkable feat. Nokia’s market capitalization has almost halved in the space of a year…
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Which mobile users will platforms harvest first?
When tallying up the race to a billion users, I noted that both iOS and Android seem to have the potential to reach that size of user base. However, that raises the question of where those users will come from. We have…
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The billion dollar Smart Cover
I was only half-joking when, on first sight, I tweeted that I will buy a new iPad 2 to go with my new Smart Cover. The new iPad cover is enchanting. It also seems to be enchanting to many. I’m estimating that at least…
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The Race to a Billion
I last looked at the race to a billion in September 2010. I’ve now added a few more data points to the tracked platforms and also added points for the major console game platforms and Symbian. The chart shows the…
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iOS distribution: do operators hold the keys?
As iPad shipment volumes increase and as the iPod touch becomes the de-facto iPod, it’s time to look at the overall split between iOS devices. I will focus the discussion between iPhone and iOS “others” because I believe…
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Flummoxed, again
The last time I took a snapshot of the iPad death watch it was March 9th, 2010. Almost a year ago. The now-classic quotes are reproduced here. Last May I wrote: Apple keeps a tight lid on new products so that competitors…
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Apps are 15 times more popular than ebooks
“It doesn’t matter how good or bad the product is, the fact is that people don’t read anymore,” he said. “Forty percent of the people in the U.S. read one book or less last year. The whole conception is flawed at the top…