Most buyers would still choose regular notebooks over netbooks, says IDC

Nov 25, 16:58

The average household in the Asia Pacific excluding Japan region in 2009 has two PCs and bought a mini-notebook (netbook) as an additional PC, according to a recent IDC survey-based...

Quanta aims to ship more than 4 million all-in-one PCs in 2010

Nov 18, 15:39

Quanta Computer expects its all-in-one PC shipments to surpass four million units in 2010 and it will remain as the global largest all-in-one PC maker, according to the company.

Global PC processor shipments jump 23% sequentially in 3Q09, says IDC

Nov 10, 16:57

Worldwide PC processor shipments in the third quarter of 2009 rose substantially by an all-time record level for a single quarter, according to data from IDC. PC processor unit shipments...

Worldwide smartphone market continues to grow despite economic malaise, says IDC

Nov 9, 15:04

The worldwide smartphone market continued to weather the economic recession and reached a new record for shipments during a single quarter. According to IDC, vendors shipped a total...

Handset market turns corner in 3Q09; more gains expected in 4Q09, says IDC

Nov 3, 10:22

The worldwide handset market saw mild sequential growth in third-quarter 2009, according to IDC. On-year growth remained negative, but improved from the first half of 2009. Handset...

Digital photo frame market to decline in 2009 and 2010, says IDC

Oct 29, 15:08

Global digital photo frames shipments grew 6.3% on year to 9.1 million units in 2008, with the US being the dominant region of nearly 5.9 million units, according to IDC. The global...

PC shipments rise 2.3% as HP recaptures lead in US and Acer moves ahead of Dell worldwide, says IDC

Oct 19, 11:23

Global PC shipments rose 2.3% on year in the third quarter of 2009, according to IDC. The increase was an important continuation of recovery from yearly declines of 6.8% in the first...

Netbooks salvage PC volumes, but take a toll on shipment value, says IDC

Sep 18, 14:59

Worldwide PC shipments fell 2.4% on year in the second quarter of 2009, while shipment value was down 19.1% over the same period, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker.

Taiwan market: Server shipments and revenues drop over 20% in 2Q09

Sep 17, 15:13

Taiwan's server market continued to suffer drops in both shipments and revenues in the second quarter of 2009. Taiwan's server revenues in the second quarter dropped 20.6% on year,...

Overall PC market in Canada sluggish in 2Q09, says IDC

Aug 20, 15:58

The overall client PC market (including desktop and portable PCs, but excluding x86 servers) in Canada performed very close to forecast, with shipments in the second quarter down...

Taiwan market: Projector shipments in 2Q09 drop below 20,000 units, says IDC

Aug 17, 10:25

Front projector shipments in the Taiwan market dropped to only 15,300 units in the second quarter of 2009, lower than the previous seven-quarterly average of over 20,000 units, according...

Three HTC handsets listed among top-10 best-selling smartphones in US in 2Q09, says paper

Newswatch - Aug 11, 15:38

Sales of HTC (High Tech Computer) smartphones are gaining momentum in the US market with three models listed among the top-10 best-selling smartphones in the second quarter of 2009,...

Worldwide PC processor market rebounds in 2Q09, says IDC

Aug 7, 12:03

Worldwide PC processor shipments in the second quarter of 2009 rose notably, according to new data from IDC. While the increase was unusually positive for the second quarter of a...

Acer performs well in North America and Western Europe in 2Q09, says IDC

Aug 4, 16:19

Acer shipped 2.56 million notebooks in Western Europe during the second quarter of 2009, a sequential growth of 8.6% in contrast to a 10.2% decrease for the whole market, according...

Acer market share rises to 18.5% in 2Q09, says IDC

Aug 3, 15:08

Acer shipped 6.65 million notebooks in the second quarter of 2009, pushing its share in the global notebook market to 18.5%, compared to 17% in the first quarter, according to data...

Smartphone growth encouraging, yet worldwide handset market still expected to shrink in 2009, says IDC

Jul 31, 15:50

The worldwide handset market recorded another quarter of on-year decline in the second quarter of 2009. According to IDC, handset vendors shipped a total of 269.6 million units worldwide,...

PC shipments in Asia Pacific excluding Japan return positive in 2Q09, says IDC

Jul 21, 15:37

IDC's preliminary results show that the Asia Pacific PC market excluding Japan grew 19% sequentially and 8% on year in the second quarter of 2009 to reach 19.9 million units. This...

PC outlook improves in 2Q09 as consumer spending stabilizes shipments, says IDC

Jul 17, 16:12

Global PC shipments again came in slightly ahead of expectations in the second quarter of 2009, lessening fears over the extent of the PC market slump. Worldwide PC shipments (including...

Worldwide server revenues and shipments drop in 1Q09, say IDC and Gartner

Jun 10, 13:35

Factory revenues in the worldwide server market declined 24.5% on year to US$9.9 billion in the first quarter of 2009. This is the third consecutive quarter of on-year revenue decline...

Worldwide processor market remained weak in 1Q09, says IDC

May 12, 16:37

Worldwide PC processor shipments in the first calendar quarter of 2009 fell significantly for the second quarter in a row, according to new data from IDC. While the decline was slightly...

Worldwide handset shipments decline almost 16% in 1Q09, says IDC

May 5, 11:35

The worldwide handset market began 2009 with an expected sequential downturn, exacerbated by the challenges of the ongoing worldwide recession. According to IDC, vendors shipped a...

HP takes the lead in the US PC market, says IDC

Apr 17, 11:08

While the economic crisis continues to unfold, low-cost portable PCs continue to appeal to consumers and support growth in the PC market. Worldwide PC shipments (including desktop...

Taiwan market: Handset sales to contract 8-9% in 2009, says IDC Taiwan

Apr 16, 14:11

The Taiwan handset market is likely to contract 8-9% in 2009, widening from a mere 1% contraction in 2008, according to an estimate of market research firm IDC Taiwan.

Taiwan market: Enterprise spending on servers drops 20% in 2008, says IDC

Apr 2, 17:00

Enterprise spending on servers dropped 4.9% on year in the Asia Pacific market excluding Japan during 2008, of which, Taiwan dropped 20%, according to IDC.

Taiwan market: PC shipments dropped over 9% sequentially in 4Q08, says IDC Taiwan

Mar 17, 16:25

Taiwan's PC shipments (including desktops and notebooks) in the fourth quarter of 2008 reached 688,300 units, a sequential drop of 9.1%, but holding level on year, according to IDC...

IDC predicts worldwide handset shipments to fall over 8% in 2009

Mar 16, 11:07

The worldwide handset market felt the full effects of the economic crisis in the fourth quarter of 2008 as shipments fell 11.6% on year, marking the first time the holiday quarter...

Taiwan market: LCD monitor revenues drop 20% in 4Q08, says IDC

Mar 10, 12:07

LCD monitor revenues in the Taiwan market decreased 20% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2008 mainly due to significant price reductions by retailers to stimulate demand, although...

Smartphone sector sees healthy growth in Western Europe in 4Q08, says IDC

Mar 5, 15:24

The Western European smartphone market experienced good performance in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to IDC's European Mobile Phone Tracker. Vendors shipped 9.3 million units,...

Worldwide IT spending to grow only slightly in 2009, says IDC

Feb 27, 16:51

The continued erosion of the global economy, including the prospect of negative GDP growth in many major countries, has led IDC to update its forecast for worldwide IT spending in...

Global semiconductor sales to fall 22% in 2009, says IDC

Feb 26, 16:21

IDC has forecast a further revenue decline of 22% in the global semiconductor market in 2009, due to double digit declines in unit shipments of key system markets, low utilization...

Mobile industry to grow slowly in 2009, says IDC

Feb 26, 14:16

The mobile sector has emerged as the dominant driver of the global telecommunications industry. The US$700 billion mobile industry now serves almost half of the world's population...

Global server market contracts sharply in 4Q08, says IDC

Feb 26, 12:01

According to IDC, factory revenues in the worldwide server market declined 14% year-over-year to US$13.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2008, marking the second consecutive quarter...

BenQ third place in China LCD monitor and projector markets in 4Q08

Feb 19, 16:46

BenQ made it to the top-three rankings in both the LCD monitor and projector markets in China in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to data from research firms.

Global PC processor market to decline through 1H09, says IDC

Feb 11, 14:37

Worldwide PC processor shipments fell significantly in the fourth calendar quarter of 2008, according to IDC. A further demand decline in the first quarter of 2009 points to a very...