Personal computer (PC) vendors are eyeing up the booming smartphone market to offset a slump in computer sales, according to Gartner, Inc.Worldwide smartphone sales will grow by 29 percent year-over-year to reach 180 million units in 2009, overtaking notebooks in total unit terms, said a Gartner statement.Currently smartphones account for 14 percent of overall mobile device sales, but Gartner expects...
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code.Gartner raised its revenue forecast for the global chip industry on Monday due to stronger than expected demand for PCs and mobile phones, as well as government stimulus programs that have boosted demand for chips.The market researcher predicts global chip revenue will reach US$226 billion this year, down 11.4 percent from $255 billion last year. The revised figure is an improvement over Gartner's...
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Worldwide sales of personal computers, which had been forecast to decline this year, will instead post modest gains, Gartner research group said Monday.Gartner said worldwide PC shipments are expected to total 298.9 million units in 2009, a 2.8 percent increase from 2008, and grow by 12.6 percent next year to 336.6 million units.The Stamford, Connecticut-based Gartner had forecast in September that...
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Global semiconductor sales is expected to decline by 11 per cent this year to touch $226 billion, according to research firm Gartner.This is, however, an improvement over the previous estimate of a 17 per cent drop.Revenue is projected to drop this year to $226 billion, an 11.4 per cent decline from last year's $255 billion, Gartner said in a statement.In 2010, the revenue is expected to bounce back...
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Revenues in 2009 may fall 11 per cent, says Gartner.Semiconductor revenues in 2010 are expected to bounce back to the same levels as in 2008 at $255 billion, analyst firm Gartner said in its latest outlook.However, the worldwide revenues in 2009 is expected to fall 11.4 per cent to $226 billion compared with the 2008 levels. This forecast, however, is better than the third quarter projections of Gartner...
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code.Money transfers and payments over mobile phones will be among the top 10 most important mobile applications by 2012, market research company Gartner said on Wednesday.Mobile money transfers top the list, beating out location-based services, search and browsing. Money transfers are already popular in a number of developing countries, and will continue to attract more users, according to Sandy Shen,...
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Personal computer (PC) vendors are eyeing the booming smartphone market to offset a slump in computer sales, according to Gartner, Inc, an information technology research and advisory company. Worldwide, smartphone sales will grow 29 per cent year-over-year to reach 180 million units in 2009, overtaking notebooks in their total unit terms, says the report.Presently, smartphones account for 14 per cent...
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Driven by mobile PC shipments, global computer market is expected to grow 2.8 per cent in 2009, a research firm said today.According to Gartner's preliminary fourth-quarter forecast, worldwide PC shipments are expected to total 298.9 million units in 2009, a rise of 2.8 per cent over that in last year. In 2010, PC shipments are projected to reach 336.6 million units.The forecast for shipments is more...
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NEW DELHI: Global semiconductor sales is expected to decline by 11 per cent this year to touch $226 billion, according to research firm Gartner. This is, however, an improvement over the previous estimate of a 17 per cent drop. Revenue is projected to drop this year to $226 billion, an 11.4 per cent decline from last year's $255 billion, Gartner said in a statement. In 2010, the revenue is expected...
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this week's Gartner Symposium in Sydney, the analyst firm presented its top 10 strategic technologies for 2010.Gartner senior analyst and mobile guru, Nick Jones, presented the strategic technologies, and defined them as the ones which will impact CIOs within the mainstream enterprise between the next 12 to 36 months."Strategic technologies will drive significant change, disruption, modifications to...
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