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According to DigiTimes Research, global tablet shipments are expected to rise 23.6 percent in 2014 to total 289 million units. The large growth rate pales in comparison to smartphone growth, however, as the tablet market has already entered the maturity stage (when sales peak as the product reaches...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is unlikely to release specific sales figures for the iPhone 5C, but a new manufacturing report is very revealing. According to DigiTimes, Hon Hai Precision Industries (OTC: HNHPF) will stop producing the iPhone 5C at its Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, northern China. The...

The solar photovoltaic (PV) market in Europe is set to recover in the fourth quarter. DigiTimes author Alex Wolfgram published a press release from Solarbuzz on Thursday noting that Solar PV demand decreased 11 percent in the third quarter. This was mainly due to uncertainty after a solar trade...

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) lower-cost tablets have been unable to thwart the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) empire. According to DigiTimes, the 2013 Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HDX have fallen below shipment expectations. This might be why Amazon has stopped talking about its market...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is expected to ship a large number of 9.7-inch tablets during the fourth quarter. According to DigiTimes, Apple will ship 10 million units of its fourth-generation iPad, which is officially known as the iPad Air. Promoted as the thinner, lighter and more powerful successor to...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has reportedly hired Quanta Computer (OTC: QUCCF) to build two new products. According to DigiTimes, Quanta will build the iWatch and the 12-inch iPad for Apple. Neither product has been confirmed, but Apple has been rumored to be developing both products for several months...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is reportedly planning to reduce the MSRP of its fourth-generation iPad and first-generation iPad Mini. According to DigiTimes, seven-inch tablets that are priced above $299 (in other words, all of the current iPad Mini units) will be reduced. The same goes for 10-inch tablets...

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) expects to sell a large number of low-cost tablets this fall. According to DigiTimes, Amazon has asked Taiwan-based ODMs (original design manufacturers) to ship more than two million units of its slightly revised Kindle Fire HD. Retailing for $139 (for the 8GB model) and $...

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) MacBook line of computers may endure a significant sales decline in 2013. In June, overall Mac sales declined 12 percent in the United States. Global Mac sales declined five percent during the entire April-June sales period. These declines were not offset by the 13-inch...

Sony Mobile (NYSE: SNE) may never compete on the level of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) or Samsung, but the company is expected to grow significantly in 2014. According to DigiTimes, Sony will ship 65 million smartphones during the fiscal 2014 (April 2014 through March 2015) period. Sony is projected to...

Is Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) being hurt by its late arrival to the tablet market? In the months and years after Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) released the iPad in April 2010, dozens of companies entered the fray. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) and Toshiba (...

Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) next-generation Surface tablets could prove to be more popular than the last. According to DigiTimes, the Windows maker sold 900,000 Surface tablets during the first quarter of 2013 and an additional 300,000 units during the second quarter. All told, Microsoft sold...

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) may greatly reduce the number of notebooks it ships next year. According to DigiTimes, the company is internally forecasting that it will ship 21 million notebooks in 2014. This is significantly lower than the 32 million notebooks it shipped in 2012. In 2015, Hewlett-...

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is expected to unveil another batch of Haswell-based processors on September 1. Used as a codename for the fourth-generation Core i processor series, Haswell machines first arrived at retail in June. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), which upgraded the MacBook Air this summer, was one of...

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) full-size iPad is not the only tablet being hurt by the company's hugely popular iPad Mini. It turns out that Samsung's (OTC: SSNLF) 10.1-inch tablets may also be falling victim to the success of Apple's 7.9-inch device. According to DigiTimes, Samsung has reduced orders...