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Digital Lifescapes | by David H. Deans - Sep 27, 2008
From a virtual standing start of just 10 million units in 2008, shipments of ultra-mobile devices (UMD) -- the umbrella term for ultra-mobile PCs, netbooks and mobile Internet devices -- are expected to exceed 200 …
Digital Lifescapes | by David H. Deans - Sep 23, 2008
It's true, touch screens have been available for some time, and are found in a variety of fixed and portable devices, but it was the launch of the Apple iPhone that refocused people's attention. Shipments in 2007 of …
Also tagged: asia pacific, mobile, handheld, device, adoption
Digital Lifescapes | by David H. Deans - Sep 9, 2008
Ultra-mobile computing could far outsell desktop and notebook PCs in the long-run, and is now garnering much attention from semiconductor firms, according to the latest market study by In-Stat. Apparently, Intel is …
Also tagged: mobile, battery, handheld, device, semiconductor
Digital Lifescapes | by David H. Deans - Aug 15, 2008
Ready for your designer handset? Dior recently introduced its own line of in-house designed mobile phones. Other prestige brands are also adding cellular handsets to their product lines. As personal items used …
Also tagged: mobile, marketing, wireless, competition, device
Digital Lifescapes | by David H. Deans - Aug 9, 2008
When will the wireless sector reach total market saturation? Apparently not anytime soon. The worldwide mobile phone market continued solid double-digit growth in the second quarter (2Q08) as competition in high-end …
Digital Lifescapes | by David H. Deans - Jul 30, 2008
Households in the U.S. are increasingly looking to the remote control as their link to easing the complexity of control and search among the growing number of disparate consumer electronic systems in their homes …
Digital Lifescapes | by David H. Deans - Jul 28, 2008
As consumers increasingly surf the Web on their mobile phones, handset vendors are looking toward open-source browsers such as WebKit -- the browser engine at the heart of the iPhone's Safari browser. However, despite …
Also tagged: usability, software, mobile, broadband, handheld
Digital Lifescapes | by David H. Deans - Jul 26, 2008
Worldwide PC shipments continued to grow at a healthy pace in the second quarter of 2008 (2Q08), according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. Shipments were up 15.3 percent from a year ago -- slightly more than …
Also tagged: europe, asia pacific, usability, pc, ce, adoption
Digital Lifescapes | by David H. Deans - Jul 18, 2008
According to ABI Research, faced with stiff competition in the cable market and from telcos vying for TV viewers, traditionally risk-averse cable operators are now bipolar -- supporting a road-map that requires …
Also tagged: europe, asia pacific, tv, cable, telco, latin america, stb
Digital Lifescapes | by David H. Deans - Jul 10, 2008
The United Kingdom PC market demonstrated solid performance in 1Q08, as overall PC shipments for the quarter reached more than 3.25 million units, an increase of 14.3 percent year on year, according to IDC's latest …