Stories by Lexton Snol

Apple iPhone 5C to smash sales through the roof

Rumoured Apple iPhone 5C to lead budget phone charge that will account for half of all smartphone sales by 2018.

Average iPhone broken in just 10 weeks

Clumsy iPhone users break a new iPhone in the first 10 weeks, and even earlier for the latest models that can last less than six weeks.

145 million tablets in 2013

145 million tablets will ship worldwide in this year, with increasingly affordable devices and greater adoption in business but little device innovation.

Android big winner in smartphone forecast

302 million smartphones shipped in 2010, up 71 percent on 2009 shipment levels.

Windows tablet 'delayed till 2012'

In the same week that Apple released version 2 of its iPad tablet PC arch rival Microsoft is rumoured to be delaying its own version of Windows for tablets until late next year.

DNLA software push for home networks

The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) has been busy certifying hardware, with more than 9,000 consumer electronics products receiving its stamp of approval. Now its software certification is the spur to new growth in home media networks.

Apple bans Steve Jobs doll

Apple's sharp-shooting legal swat team has put the frighteners on a firm selling an action figure doll of its CEO Steve Jobs.

Green gadget chargers go massive

Markets for advanced charging technologies (including solar-powered handsets, solar chargers, wireless power units, fuel-cell battery charging products and public charging kiosks), worth about $1.5 billion in 2010, are forecast to grow at a robust Co...

11 million iPad-like tablets in 2010

11 million tablets, led by Apple's iPad, are expected to be sold by the end of 2010. This is three times the estimate ABI Research made just six months ago.

Mobile video revenue to top $2 billion in 2013

Revenue from mobile video services is expected to top US$2 billion worldwide in 2013, according to the latest data from ABI Research.

Apple ranks 4th in e-retailer Hot 100

Apple ranks fourth in the latest UK Experian Hitwise Hot 100 E-Retailer list, ahead of PC makers such as Dell and HP and even UK retail giant Tesco.

iPad and UMDs set for business adoption

While Apple's iPad, a device belonging to the ultra-mobile device (UMD) category, is all the rage among consumers, enterprise suppliers are already preparing it for business use, even though UMDs add even more support and control complexity for IT ma...

Linux smartphone to beat entire market in 2010

Linux-enabled smartphones, led by the success of Google's Android, will comprise 33 percent of the worldwide smartphone market by 2015. With more than 60,000 smartphones shipping per day, Android has catapulted ahead of other Linux mobile platforms.

Smartphones, iPad to eat network data traffic

According to a report on US mobile operator network traffic, <a href="http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/index.cfm?prodcatid=18">smartphones</a> and connected computing devices will be the primary drivers of data traffic over the next five years. By ...

Wi-Fi shipments to pass 770 million units in 2010

Global shipments of Wi-Fi ICs have experienced an extraordinary growth in recent years, due to the increasing demands for wireless-enabled devices and enterprise level applications.