Technology Market Insight Update December 2012

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bile operator EE is to roll out 4G networks

7 additional locations by March 2013.

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Windows 7.8 update for the Nokia Lumia

nes have been leaked this weekend ahead

s expected release early next year. Theate brings features present on higher-

wered Windows 8 software. (techradar)

le stock is now down 30% above targets

for this year. This is after the Iphone 5

ed to supply excitement with its launch in

na. (techradar)

gle has released its Maps app for the

one, in the wake of complaints about

le's Mapping software. (BBC)

John Lewis has begun selling the Microsoft Surface

tablet, as the computer firm tries to boost demand

for the Windows 8 device. (telegraph)

The Acer Aspire S7, may be one of the products

that could save Microsoft's latest operating system,

Windows 8. Windows 8 has received mixed reviewssince its launch however the new Acer Ultrabook

has received tremendous reviews. For the

following; good performance, excellent battery life,

high-res touch screen display, light and sleek, well

designed, however a negative point is that the

Ultrabook is highly priced. (techrader)

Channel 4 and Microsoft have announced a

commercial partnership, which brings the on-

demand 4oD app to Windows 8. The app brings

content from Channel 4's 30-year archive, including

Father Ted and The Inbetweeners. (telegraph)

YoY footfall gap widens at midweek average

5.1% (10th to 13th December 2012

(footfall.com)

Cyber Monday broke all online trading records i

the UK last week. Estimates suggest more tha

465m was spent online by UK shoppers oDecember 3. (retail-week)

John Lewis broke the million visits barrier to it

mobile website last week for the first time

Retailers are expected to pocket 3.5bn in sale

purchased on, or influenced by, smartphones th

Christmas, according to Deloitte. Deloitte expect

overall online retail sales to grow 17% th

Christmas. (retail-week)

Samsung is set to launch the world's largest 85

inch commercialized Ultra HD LED TV at CE

2013 (techradar)

Printing, the white-hot technology that's

mising to transform everything from car

air to bio medicine, is now moving into the

st mundane of locations: your local Staples.

uropean unit of Staples and Ireland-based

printing company Mcor have announced

ns to bring 3D printing to a handful of

opean Staples stores in early 2013, and

mise to roll it out to other countries shortly

r that. (Mashable.com)

'Stalking apps' could be banned in US. The Location

Privacy Protection Act would require firms to get

customers' permission before collecting location

data or sharing it with third-parties. Some apps are

actively marketed as spy software. They can record

and email all smartphone activities - including GPS

locations - to the software owner, while remaining

invisible to the owner of the phone.

(BBC)

Facebook has just got a lot faster for the Android

and iPhones. The Social network has released it

Android version 2.0 on Thursday 13th December

this was also followed by Apple doing the same

and updating to version 5.3. The update means

the site will open quicker in the handset and

you're also able to upload and view photos at a

quicker pace.

(Mashable.com)

Mobile Phone

Printers/Cameras Gaming & Apps Social Media & Internet

Computing Consumer Electronics/TV

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Windows 8 Sales Insight

16 Dec 2012

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ource : Business Insider, PC Pro

Microsoft sold

40 million

Windows 8

licensesMicrosofts claim for Windows 8 sales -

puts it ahead of Windows 7 over its

first month; third party reports suggest

slow sales growth.

Despite releasing an entirely newoperating system on 22nd Oct this year,

Windows PC sales shrank 21% between

21st Oct and 17th Nov versus the same

period last year.

With laptops down 24% and desktops

down 9% - suggesting Windows 8's

arrival has done little to help lift the PCmarket.

StatCounter notes 1.31% of users

running Windows 8 surfing the web,

compared to the 4.93% seen by

Windows 7 a month after its launch.

Windows 8 tablet sales during that

period were "almost non-existent"

just 1 percent of all Windows 8 sales.

Microsoft cut its order of Surface

tablets for the year to two million

units, down from four million.

Windows 8's sales are struggling, hit

by high device prices, low portfolio

for key products, and a market

flooded with cheaper Windows 7

PCs.

It's not all bad news. Touchscreenproducts accounted for 6% of

Windows 8 notebook sales, at an

average price of $867, helping to re-

establish a premium segment to the

Windows consumer notebook

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Iphone 5 sales top 2 million in

first week in China

16 Dec 2012


Apple has sold more than 2 million units of the iPhone 5 in China, setting a new record

for best first-weekend sales in the country.

The Cupertino, Calif. company made the announcement Monday, just three days after

the iPhone's Chinese launch on Dec. 14.

"Customer response to iPhone 5 in China has been incredible," Apple CEO Tim Cook

said in a statement. "China is a very important market for us and customers there

cannot wait to get their hands on Apple products."

The news is a turnaround for Apple, which saw its stock drop 4% in early trading on

Friday, falling to as low as $509 a share over concerns about low demand for the

iPhone 5 in China. Locals responded to the smartphone with less enthusiasm than in

previous years, according to the the Wall Street Journal.

"Apple's flagship store in Beijing's upscale Sanlitun shopping district began selling the

iPhone 5 for the first time on Friday in what was arguably the least eventful launch ofan Apple device in the company's four-year history in the Chinese capital.

Three days after the iPhone 5's initial launch on Sept. 21, Apple announced that it sold

more than 5 million units of the device, which was then available in the U.S., Australia,

Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the UK.

The company also reported that demand for the iPhone 5 exceeded its "initial supply."

Apple's flagship smartphone, which features a 4-inch Retina display, is its thinnest and

lightest ever.


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UK Replaces Japan as World

leader in Mobile use

16 Dec 2012

The U.K. is now a global leader in the mobile market, with its residents who consume more

data on their phones or tablets than any other country, according to an Ofcom report on

mobile use.

The U.K. uses 424 megabytes of data each month -- a 60% hike from last year. Second-runner-up Japan uses 392 megabytes per month, and the U.S. places sixth using 319

megabytes of data, The Guardian reports.

Ofcom also found that U.K. Internet users spend, on average, 728 minutes a week online, a

slight drop from last year's average of 746 minutes.

The increase in data usage could stem from U.K. users accessing television via Internet in

high quantities (even more than the U.S.), Ofcom suggests.

The Financial Times also reports that the U.K. has "one of the highest levels of penetrationof smartphones in the world at 58% of the population, while just fewer than one in five

owns a tablet computer."

The FTadds that there has been recent criticism of the U.K. stalling in rolling out 4G mobile

networks, which are better equipped to deal with the heavy data usage of the country's

residents.

But it is in online shopping and social network usage on mobile that the U.K. really has a

stronghold.


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Technology Market Insight Update December 2012