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Apple declared world's largest smartphone manufacturer
Pipping Samsung to top spot 5 August 2011 12:26 GMT TweetBack in July, when Nokia posted details of its operating loss of £424 million and smartphone shipment figures of 16.7 million, we told you how it meant that Apple had leapfrogged the Finnish company in terms of smartphone manufacturing.
Well,...
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PC market growth falls to single digits for Q4 2008
Netbooks the only hope 19 January 2009 15:57 GMT TweetThe PC market's growth across Europe, the Middle East and Africa fell to low single digits in the fourth quarter of 2008, following several quarters of double digit growth, preliminary data released by IDC EMEA suggests.
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Vodafone to bid for Wayfinder
"Exciting new location-aware products and services" promised 9 December 2008 12:25 GMT TweetVodafone is to make a cash offer for a Swedish navigational software firm Wayfinder, that values the Swedish company at 239 million Swedish krona, around £19,800,000.
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Global PC market is ours, says HP
...and two worldwide reports 18 January 2008 14:12 GMT TweetNow is the time for corporate reports and market analysis, and two of the latest name Hewlett-Packard (HP) as king of the PC manufacturing market.
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PC users opt for Laptops over Desktop computers
Laptops will account for more than 50% of the martket by 2011 23 March 2007 1:29 GMT TweetPC users are embracing the laptop like never before according to research from IDC.
According to the research house in the UK, laptop sales are up by 26.3% in 2006 compared to 2005 while desktop sales are up by just under 2% in the same...