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Wireless chipset sales hit two billion worldwide

...chipsets to approximately two billion in 2010, according to new estimates from ABI Research. This figure represents a 22-percent increase over 2009, the research... Read more

27 January, 2011 by Tyler Thia

Tablets fail to kill off netbooks, e-readers, says analyst

The hype about tablets simply didn't become a reality, according to ABI Research... Apple's iPad accounted for 85 per cent of tablet sales... Read more

21 April, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Rise of the tablet device: 11 million coming this year

...tablets to ship this year - some 11 million - according to analyst house ABI Research, which has significantly revised its forecast, almost tripling its prediction of... Read more

22 July, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

Mobile app downloads fly high, with Apple highest

Almost eight billion app downloads in 2010, says ABI Research... Read more

11 March, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Android passes 10 billion app milestone

...had cumulatively downloaded over 18 billion apps. Also in October, analysts at ABI Research noted that, overall, people had begun downloading more Android apps than... Read more

7 December, 2011

O2 pilots 100Mbps 4G mobile network in London

...it can use LTE connectivity in its operations. According to analyst house ABI Research, LTE connections are expected to hit 16 million by the end... Read more

14 November, 2011 by Jo Best

Android 'new leader' in mobile app market, analysts say

...s customers download more on a per-person basis. The analyst firm ABI Research said this week that Android now had a 44 percent share... Read more

26 October, 2011

Global data traffic to hit 60,000 petabytes by 2016

...8,000 petabytes expected in 2011, according to a new report from ABI Research. The research firm said in a statement on Tuesday that global... Read more

12 May, 2011 by Jason Ng

Tablet sales set to hit 58 million units in 2014

...of standardisation in the operating systems adopted by workers. Separate figures from ABI Research suggest Apple iPads have dominated tablet sales so far, but in... Read more

1 March, 2011 by Shelley Portet

Microsoft unveils enterprise heir to Windows Mobile

...upgradeable to the second version.Kevin Burden, vice president of mobile at ABI Research, told ZDNet UK on Thursday that the number of manufacturers choosing... Read more

17 June, 2010 by David Meyer
Motorola unveils rugged ES400 Windows Mobile phone

Motorola unveils rugged ES400 Windows Mobile phone

...ruggedised, but the issue is the devices have always been too big," ABI Research's vice president of mobile Kevin Burden told ZDNet UK on... Read more

17 June, 2010 by David Meyer

IBM Innovate: That Was The Week That Was

...expected to be a standard feature in vehicles by 2015 according to ABI Research." So add it to your Word (or other) dictionary now. Finally... Read more

14 June, 2010
Mobile Security: Finally a Serious Problem?

Mobile Security: Finally a Serious Problem?

...have exploded in popularity in recent years. According to market analysis firm ABI Research, 370 million smartphones were in use globally last year. Many users... Read more

7 June, 2011

iPad's success cuts laptop and e-reader sales

...slight reduction in the iPad's market share. A separate survey by ABI Research reported that in the third quarter of 2010, Apple iPads made... Read more

17 March, 2011 by Shelley Portet

Apple iPad dominates booming tablet sales

...5 million units shipped in the third quarter of 2010, according to ABI Research. Apple led the way in tablet shipments with iPads making up... Read more

25 February, 2011 by Shelley Portet

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