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Android slides while Apple shines in tablet wars

An Amazon Kindle e-reader device

Market watcher IDC reveals a 'disappointing' first quarter for tablets and e-readers

04 May 2012

Windows 8 set to take on Apple and Android

New smartphone leader Samsung lands a blow for Android

Taking the tablets

Tablet computers spilling from a pill bottle

With unit shipments set to double this year, will tablets be just the tonic for the mainstream IT channel in 2012, asks Doug Woodburn

20 Apr 2012

Unwanted tablets caught in channel U-bend

Elonex to branch out from tablet stronghold

Asus and Philips LCD sales surge despite shrinking market

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Category's revenue in western Europe fell 13 per cent in Q1 but two vendors buck trend

13 Apr 2012

What's in store for solid state?

Dave Stevinson bets on increased SSD sales for 2012

21 Feb 2012

Change afoot in the PC market

Vendors, distributors, resellers and retailers must clarify their business models in an increasingly confusing, complex PC market, Fleur Doidge discovered at this year’s Distree EMEA conference in Monte Carlo

17 Feb 2012

Asus reseller pulls Transformer Prime tablet from shelves

But vendor refutes claims that its new device is not up to scratch

03 Feb 2012

No Christmas cheer for western European PC market

Lack of consumer demand means market remains in the doldrums, Gartner numbers reveal

12 Jan 2012

Samsung enjoys tablet ASP rise as market continues to soar

Context numbers pick out Korean manufacturer as a clear best of the rest in western Europe after an impressive Q4

03 Jan 2012

Dell axes consumer netbooks

Hardware giant calls time on consumer netbook sales

16 Dec 2011

Double-digit drop for apathetic European PC market

Channels loath to stock up and consumers more interested in mobile devices, says IDC

20 Oct 2011

Q2 tablet shipments top expectations

IDC claims growing demand for Apple iPads and new Android devices is driving tablet growth across EMEA

20 Sep 2011

Touch point for convenience

Pricing will be key for tablet vendors wanting a slice of Apple, says Salman Chaudhry

19 Sep 2011

Inventory pile-up leaves mark on Q2 PC sales

Western European shipments nose-dive 21 per cent, with Acer the worst hit, says IDC

21 Jul 2011

Acer plunges two places in global PC market

Vendor's recent inventory woes have caused a ranking slump

14 Jul 2011

Acer agony but Lenovo lives it up in Q1 PC market

Big three vendors all decline as Lenovo gets aggressive on price

14 Apr 2011

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BYOD: balancing IT risk and productivity

Organisations must strike a balance between worker productivity and the security of social media/mobile devices

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Smart working in the 21st century

Overcoming technological limitations and traditional office cultures to free employees to do more with less from wherever they want to


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Lessons learned

I've discovered that iPads are great for consuming, not so good for creating

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Dave the dealer

Life's a beach

With a triumvirate of VARs getting into sporting sponsorship, Dave runs the rule over the brand-building opportunities

View from the channel

Views from the Channel

Why Apple wants bigger bite of channel

Latest distribution sell-through figures indicate a softening in Apple's stance towards the channel, says CRN deputy editor Doug Woodburn