Galaxy View available through Bell, but ‘not a tablet’

Media | 10/29/2015 7:07 pm EDT

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has released a new touch-screen device, powered by Android software and suitable for web browsing and video streaming, but it is "not a tablet," according to a company spokesman. Samsung and BCE Inc. said in a joint press release Thursday that the new Galaxy View, with its 18.4-inch...

Wearable shipments more than doubling this year: IDC

Media | 09/14/2015 1:49 pm EDT

International Data Corp. said Monday that wearable shipments will reach 76.1 million units this year, up 163.6 per cent from the 28.9 million units shipped in 2014. It said in a press release that total shipments of basic and...

Wearables market to grow 173.3% this year: IDC

Media | 06/18/2015 1:43 pm EDT

International Data Corp. predicted Thursday that the global wearable market will grow 173.3 per cent this year. The technology research company said in a press release that 72.1 million wearable devices will be shipped this year,...

IDC downgrades tablet forecast for 2015

Media | 03/12/2015 2:54 pm EDT

International Data Corp. has lowered its forecast for tablet and 2-in-1 hybrid shipments in 2015 following previous figures that showed the first ever year-on-year decline for this market in the fourth quarter of last year. IDC...

Smartphones lead growth of ‘connected’ devices: IDC

telecom | 06/17/2014 5:23 pm EDT

Growing adoption of smartphones around the world will help drive growth in the total number of "smart connected devices" shipped to 1.8 billion this year, an increase of 15.6 per cent over last year, research company International Data Corp. said Tuesday. IDC said in a news release that such connected devices include personal computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones. It said growth in connected devices, which will grow further to 2.4 billion by 2018, is driven by smartphones, noting that sales of PC and tablets saw "a weak first quarter" this year. Jitesh Ubrani, a research analyst with IDC, said in the release that smartphones are becoming "the first and primary computing device for many." IDC said growth in smartphone sales will be led in emerging...