PC Shipments Continue to Rise
iSuppli Corp. announced that global PC shipments continued to increase in the third quarter of 2010, rising by 7% sequentially and 10.3% compared to a year earlier.
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TVs Moving to Silicon Tuners
iSuppli Corp. announced that television manufacturers are rapidly moving to single-chip silicon tuners, with more than 60% of TV sets expected to employ the technology by 2014.
Samsung Galaxy Tab More Phone than iPad
iSuppli Corp. announced that its latest analysis of the Galaxy Tab GT-P1000 suggests that Samsung has positioned it as a large-scale smart phone, rather than as a true competitor to Apple Inc.’s iPad. According to the statement, the Galaxy Tab carries a Bill of Materials (BOM) of $205.22, significantly less than iSuppli’s $264.27 estimate for …
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iSuppli Ups iPad Forecast
iSuppli Corp. announced that it is raising its iPad shipment forecast to 13.8 million units in 2010, up from its July outlook of 12.9 million.
Apple TV is an iPad at Heart
iSuppli Corp. announced that, according to its teardown analysis, the internal design and key components of Apple’s latest Apple TV are almost exactly the same as the iPad and iPod Touch. According to the statement, the new Apple TV carries a Bill of Materials (BOM) of $61.98 and, when manufacturing is added in, production cost …
Slow TV Sales Fuel LCD Panel Oversupply
iSuppli Corp. announced that shipments of large-sized Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) panels vastly exceeded end-market sales of televisions, monitors and notebook PCs in the first half of 2010, spurring a major buildup of inventory.
Samsung Leads Vizio in LCD TV Sales
iSuppli Corp. announced that the battle for the top spot in the U.S. LCD television market heated up in the second quarter as the gap in market share between No. 1 Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and No. 2 Vizio Inc. dwindled to less than 1%.
iSuppli to Acquire Screen Digest
iSuppli Corp. announced it has entered into an agreement in principle to acquire Screen Digest. According to the statement, while the financial terms of the deal are not public, Screen Digest and its wholly owned subsidiary Adams Media Research (AMR) will become part of iSuppli. The acquisition is expected to be completed before the end …
Vizio Pleased With Q1 Results
Vizio announced that many of its newest high performance products and technologies found greater success in Q1 2010. According to the statement, notable among these are the growth in LED and large screen (50″+) HDTVs that resulted in an average selling price that grew 27% for the quarter. Vizo, which sold 1.066 million LCD HDTVs …
Challenges Loom for 3D TV Sales
iSuppli Corp. announced that although consumers have started to buy 3D TVs, a number of challenges (including standardization, content availability and interoperability) must be resolved before the new television technology can take off. According to the statement, worldwide shipments of 3D TVs are expected to reach 4.2 million units in 2010. Global 3D TV shipments …
Car Rear Seat Entertainment Exploding
iSuppli Corp. announced that the popularity of Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) systems is growing, with worldwide sales expected to nearly double during the next five years.