http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/23/gartner.sees.pc.sales.back.up.in.2009/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/aceraspireoned250-android.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The economy has bounced back quickly enough that the computer business will have seen a slight boost this year, Gartner said in a study published on Monday. The analyst group estimates that shipments will have overall climbed 2.8 percent in 2009 to about 298.9 million computers. It marks a sharp reversal from a forecast as late as September that had computers sinking 2 percent. A recovery of th... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/23/gartner.sees.pc.sales.back.up.in.2009/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/16/gartner.sees.pcs.hitting.all.time.high/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/windows7notebooks.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Gartner today said the computer industry is recovering much faster than expected. Based on processor sales, the analyst group estimates PCs have turned from double-digit year-over-year declines at the start of the year to slight increases by the end. It still expects processors, flash memory and other chip technology to face an 11.4 percent decline for all of 2009 but also anticipates levels jum... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/16/gartner.sees.pcs.hitting.all.time.high/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/12/only.rim.nokia.top.smartphone.share/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/iphone3gs-bell.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has extended its influence on the smartphone market even further, Gartner says in its data for the summer. The combined iPhone platform leapt from 12.9 percent to 17.1 percent of worldwide share in the summer, or third place, where the next-best competitor, HTC, topped out at 6.5 percent after increasing from 4.5 percent a year earlier. Samsung was near-flat and moved up just slightly to 3... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/12/only.rim.nokia.top.smartphone.share/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/14/two.leaders.nearly.tied.in.us.distribution.numbers/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/delllatitudez.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Dell's computer shipments have continued a steep decline, as competitors including Acer, Toshiba and Apple have gained market share. The latest data from research firm Gartner appears to corroborate many points from an earlier report issued from IDC.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/14/two.leaders.nearly.tied.in.us.distribution.numbers/ Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/25/gartner.on.pc.drop.in.2009/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/windows7rc.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Analysts at Gartner today warned that the computer industry is on track to ship 6 percent fewer systems this year than it did in 2008. The new forecast has all companies shipping about 274 million computers versus 292 million and is blamed on both the poor world economy and the move away from desktops, which may plunge by 15.7 percent to make up 125 million of all computers sold. Gartner notes t... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/25/gartner.on.pc.drop.in.2009/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/20/gartner.phone.share.q1.09/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0905/iphone3g-3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has managed to more than double its smartphone market share from year to year in the first quarter of 2009, according to Gartner data. iPhones jumped from 5.3 percent of the industry in early 2008 to 10.8 percent a year later. The jump has made Apple the third-largest smartphone maker in the world and gives it twice as much share as HTC, which had just 5.4 percent of the market and grew sl... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/20/gartner.phone.share.q1.09/ Wed, 20 May 2009 14:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/15/gartner.pc.shipment.report/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0812/macbookpro2008.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Gartner Research on Wednesday released a report detailing PC shipments for the first quarter in the U.S. and abroad. HP took the lead in the domestic market, pushing Dell out of the top spot, while Mac sales showed a slight decline of 1.1 percent compared with the first quarter of 2008. The analysts believe Apple's lackluster performance can be attributed to higher ASPs compared with competitors, ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/15/gartner.pc.shipment.report/ Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/02/gartner.on.pc.sales.plunge/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/macbookaluminum.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Anaylst firm Gartner on Monday warned that it expects the steepest-ever decline in PC unit sales this year. The company sees numbers continuing to weaken to where the industry ships about 257 million PCs, or about 11.9 percent less than what was shipped in 2008. The figures will eclipse previous drops of 2001-2002 and are directly attributed to the world economic crash, which should slow demand.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/02/gartner.on.pc.sales.plunge/ Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/23/gartner.sees.music.cds.end/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0812/ipodnano4g-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Music labels should all but phase out CDs as a key source of income in as little as a year, analyst group Gartner says today in a new report. Research VP Mark McGuire argues that the shift towards direct online music downloads is now so well underway that the industry has little choice but to push the format heavily and that the market share for CDs is declining too quickly to ever properly recov... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/23/gartner.sees.music.cds.end/ Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/12/mac.sales.up.down.under/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0808/macaustralia.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />New figures show a sharp increase in Apple's market share in Australia over the past year, according to ZDNet Australia. Two analyst firms, Gartner and IDC, came up with different figures, but both showed a dramatic increase in Mac Sales. Garner says Apple's market share in the second quarter of 2008 was 5.3-percent -- up from 3.8-percemt in the same period of 2007. IDC says Apple's Market share h... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/12/mac.sales.up.down.under/ Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:00:00 GMT