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Eight out of ten smartphones shipped are Android or iOS
Kicking the shizzle out of RIM, Symbian and WinPho 7.
1bn mobile browsers will be HTML5-enabled in 2013
Infographic demonstrates the effect the tech will have on the app space.
Kindle Fire is extinguished as shipments plummet to 700,000 in Q1
Sales are turned to ash, falling from 4.8m.
78 per cent of developers will integrate HTML5 in 2012
Broad market survey reveals rising interest in web and hybrid apps.
China to become largest smartphone market in 2012
Emerging markets to drive the overall growth in the smartphone space.
Tablet shipments to hit 106m in 2012
IDC increases its outlook on the back of a higher than expected fourth quarter.
Nokia still bosses handsets - but market share falls five per cent
Finnish firm shipped 417m units in 2011, against 453m in 2010.
Strong iPad 2 sales spurred media tablet shipments to 13.6m in Q2
IDC ups its projections for 2011 as a whole to 62.5m units.
IDC predicts more US mobile internet users than fixed line users by 2015
Aided by an additional 700m new users joining in the next four years.
Smartphone shipments to overtake feature phones in Europe this year
The pull of Android and iOS will give smartphones 52 per cent of total mobile phone shipments.
IDC hails iPhone as king of the smartphone market in Q2 2011
Releases global shipment stats showing 65.4 per cent growth overall as Nokia falls to third place.
IDC ups its tablet shipment forecasts for 2011 to 53.5m
But analyst firm says the first quarter of 2011 was more sluggish than expected.
IDC predicts 183bn mobile app downloads in 2015
Expects the apps industry to shift towards 'postdownload business models' using in-app purchases and advertising
IDC predicts Windows Phone will overhaul Apple's iPhone by 2015
But latest forecasts suggest Android will remain top dog in the global smartphone market.
Apple bagged 83 per cent of 2010 tablet market
But share fell from 93 per cent in 3Q10 to 73 per cent in 4Q10, says IDC.
Android: Europe's biggest mobile OS
Grew 1,580 per cent year-on-year to 7.9m units in 4Q 2010, says IDC.
