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The time is here for OS X to put a serious dent in Windows

The time is here for OS X to put a serious dent in Windows

Posted by | Oct 25, 2012 | , |

With the Mac having around 13% of the computer market share in the U.S. and Microsoft making one boo-boo after another, the time has come for Mac OS X to put a serious dent in Windows’ marketshare.

Not only has the iPad put a dent in PC (but not Mac) sales, but the iPad mini is expected to accentuate the trend. In a note to clients J.P. Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz predicts the smaller Apple tablet will steal even more sales away from the weakening personal computer market.

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Mobile phones to overtake computers as most common web access device

Mobile phones to overtake computers as most common web access device

Posted by | Oct 24, 2012 | |

The Gartner research group (www.gartner.com) predicts that by 2013 mobile phones will overtake personal computers as as the most common Web access device worldwide and that by 2015 over 80% of the handsets sold in mature markets will be smartphones.

However, only 20%of those handsets are likely to be Windows phones. By 2015 media tablet shipments will reach around 50% of laptop shipments and Windows 8 will likely be in third place behind Google’s Android and Apple iOS operating systems.

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ICE dumping Blackberries for iPhones

ICE dumping Blackberries for iPhones

Posted by | Oct 22, 2012 | |

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) will end its contract with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion in favor of the iPhone, reports “Reuters” (http://macte.ch/BrhEZ).

The agency said in a solicitation document posted last week that it intends to buy iPhones for more than 17,600 employees — a purchase worth US$2.1 million. According to “Reuters,” the agency said RIM “can no longer meet the mobile technology needs of the agency.”

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Apple rumors: iPad 2 phase-out, Jobs’ TV vision

Apple rumors: iPad 2 phase-out, Jobs’ TV vision

Posted by | Oct 22, 2012 | |

Here are the latest Apple rumors from the blogosphere:

“Apple is bucking industry trends and outperforming its peers by creating its own growth through hardware and software innovation — an aggressive strategy that one analyst believes could lead to Apple phasing out the $400 iPad 2.” — “AppleInsider” (www.appleinsider.com)

“What was Steve Jobs’ vision for the future of TV?” — “TechHive” (www.techhive.com)

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Analyst: ‘iPad mini’ to be ‘competition’s worst nightmare’

Analyst: ‘iPad mini’ to be ‘competition’s worst nightmare’

Posted by | Oct 19, 2012 | |

In a note to clients — as reported by “AppleInsider” (www.appleinsider.com) — Sterne Agree analyst Shaw Wu thinks the rumored “iPad mini” (expected to be officially announced next week) — will be the “competition’s worst nightmare.”

He says those competitors are already struggling to compete against the US$399 iPad 2 and $499 iPad. Apple hitting an even lower price point will only expand its share of the tablet market, Wu says.

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