IDC predicts a surge in sales toward the end of the year, with new products from Apple, Amazon, and others. Research firm IDC, whose numbers came in fairly similar to those of Canalys, expects that trend to reverse later this year. Samsung was its nearest competitor, and in fact the only competitor to reach double digits, nearly tripling its share from 7.8% to 21.6%.Īs impressive as the year-over-year numbers are, they still show a 10% decline from the first quarter. They're smaller and lighter than the products of a year ago - better, but not revolutionary.Īccording to the numbers, Apple iPad's share of overall shipments dropped 14.2%, to 42.7% in the quarter.
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Most of those shipments were for tablets packaged with Google's Android software, so the sales are spread among many manufacturers. In the second quarter, 34 million tablets shipped, an increase of 43% year-over-year, according to the latest numbers from technology analysis firm Canalys. The tablets that are selling are in the $150 to $350 price range, and stepping over that line appears to be a near-fatal move.
The competition among tablet manufacturers is already hot, and will get hotter from now through the holiday season, but profit margins are shrinking. (If you're making this decision, you may be interested in ZDNet's report on a British health-care non-profit that upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7, and found itself on a forced trek through a jungle of outdated and forgotten applications.)Ģ.
The Washington Post reports signs of "a tidal wave" of activity at technical consultancies in the Washington, DC, area, spurred by customers scrambling to make sure their businesses can keep running into spring 2014. Regional media has begun to highlight the XP dilemma. But most of those XP users are small and medium-sized businesses that operate well outside the tech-centric world.
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Some analysts believe that the refresh cycle forced by the impending death of Windows XP has already happened, merely cushioning the blow of declining PC sales earlier this year. However you count it, Windows currently has a share below 2% of mobile. Current market share of mobile devices is overwhelmingly dominated by Apple, followed by Google's Android, though the figures combine smartphone and tablet sales. Microsoft pointed out that all of the benefits of its choice include compatibility with the company's existing XP apps.īut Microsoft has to work harder, because it's starting from behind - at least for those PC users who will move on to mobile devices.
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Just this week, the company announced that Japanese insurance company Meiji Yasuda has gone with Windows 8 tablets custom-built by Fujitsu for its sales professionals, all 30,000 of them. Here's the fly in that ointment: As ComputerWorld points out, we don't know how many owners of desktops with Windows XP also own a tablet, and have decided that it meets all of their computing needs - business, personal, or both.Įither way, Microsoft is working hard to keep them from straying from its operating system. But desktop or mobile, their likely choices boil down to Microsoft Windows, Google Android, or Apple iOS. Many-perhaps most-will move to mobile devices. (Only 16.4% of American desktop owners are still running it, compared with 72.1% in China.)ĬomputerWorld estimates that the owners of 570 million machines around the world will be forced to transition from their 12-year-old PCs to a more modern system. On April 8, 2014, Microsoft will stop supporting it, meaning it is decision time for millions.Īn estimated 37.2% of the world's desktop PC users are still using Windows XP, according to research firm Net Analytics. They'll be battling each other for market share in a rapidly changing world.ĭoomsday is nigh for Windows XP, the elderly but still ubiquitous version of Microsoft's Windows operating system. There are at least three big changes in the wind that ought to keep them hopping at Microsoft, Google, Apple, and Amazon, in particular. This year should be more interesting than most. It's the dog days for most of us, but August is the start of the busy season for technology companies, as the back-to-school buying season kicks off and the new products for the holiday season are rolled out.
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