Peter King, Director at Strategy Analytics, said, “Global tablet shipments reached an all-time high of 26.8 million units in Q4 2011, surging 150 percent from 10.7 1000000 in Q4 2010. Demand for tablets among consumer, business and education users remains strong. Apple shipped a robust 15.4 million iPads worldwide and maintained its strong market leadership with 58 percent share during the fourth quarter of 2011. Apple shrugged off the much-hyped terror from entrance-floor Android models this quarter.”

Neil Mawston, Executive Director at Strategy Analytics, added, “Android captured a record 39 percent share of global tablet shipments in Q4 2011, rising from 29 percent a year earlier. Global Android tablet shipments tripled annually to 10.5 1000000 units. Dozens of Android models distributed across multiple countries by numerous brands such as Amazon, Samsung, Asus and others have been driving volumes. Android is so far proving relatively popular with tablet manufacturers despite nagging concerns about fragmentation of Android’s operating system, user-port and app store ecosystem.”

Other findings from the research include:

* Global pill shipments hit 66.9 million units in full-class 2011, surging 260 percent from 18.6 million in full-class 2010. Consumers are increasingly buying tablets in preference to netbooks and even entry-level notebooks or desktops;

* Microsoft captured a niche 1 percent global tablet contribution in Q4 2011. The upcoming liberation of Windows 8 this year cannot come quickly enough for Microsoft, so its hardware partners can start competing more effectively in the tablet space.

Recession Likely to Hit Smart Device Sales

There is a strong possibility that recessionary conditions will have an adverse impact on smartphone and tablet gross sales, particularly in the case of unsubsidised devices. Juniper’s view is that, given the extent to which smartphones have already become a near “must-have” device, the impingement here will be less significant than for tablets, where it whitethorn wellspring reduce the extent to which these devices penetrate the wider market, notably across Western Europe. The effect volition be most acutely felt in the premium tablet sector, where net device sales could plateau or even decline.

Conversely, the reduction in average purchasing power could conceivably benefit players such as Amazon and ARCHOS, inasmuch as cash-strapped consumers may opt for the lower berth-priced Kindle Fire or an ARNOVA-branded device rather than the iPad.

Top Ten Wireless Predictions for 2012

Please see below for a full list of the top ten wireless predictions, with each prediction explained in more detail in the complete whitepaper available to download from here on the Juniper Research website.

1. Recession Likely to Hit Smart Device Sales

2. London 2012 to Boost Mobile Advertising and M-Gambling, and Kickstart NFC

3. Mobile Coupons to Drive mCommerce Market Despite Economic Stagnation

4. 2012 – The Year of the Quad-Core Processor

5. Windows 8 OS to Fuel Nokia Revival & Disrupt Tablet Market

6. 2012 to see High Profile Malware Attacks on Mobile Devices

7. MEMs Accelerometers and Gyroscopes to Transform Sensor Market for Mobile Devices

8. Social Gaming to Become a Major Mobile Play with Introduction of Synchronous Gaming

9. Online, Mobile and Physical Will Begin to Fuse into One Retail Market

10. Cloud Mobility to Drive Collaborative Communications
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It was backrest in July when we first sawing machine the Motorola A45 Murano. Now it has been officially announced in Federative Republic of Brazil as MOTOCUBO A45. The epithet makes perfective tense good sense considering the twist look and feel – it is kinda ugly, to be funfair. Still, it offers the full slide-out QWERTY keyboard and is hence ideal for heavy texters. Rest of the specs include EDGE connectivity, QVGA blind, Bluetooth, music player, standard 3.5mm headset jack, 2-megapixel photographic camera, FM Radio with RDS, and a microSD enlargement one-armed bandit (2GB circuit card memory card comes in the loge). Pre-loaded software system includes Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Maps, some games (Spore, The Sims 2), and a mixer networking app that allows quick access to Facebook, Orkut and MySpace.

Perhaps the most notable affair about the MOTOCUBO is the fact that the 25 of the phone is made out of recycled plastic bottles, making it an ideal choice for eco-friendly texters… At least those who ar willing to earnings 549 Brazil reais (about $293) in ordering to snatch I.

Commonwealth of Australia’s Woolworths is connection the likes of Carefour and Tesco to go beyond retail business. They’ve announced plans to set up its own MVNO pre-paid overhaul called “Everyday Mobile River” with Optus.

The service will be offered to the customers in Woolworths and Safeway supermarkets, as well as BIG W and Dick Smith stores. Moreover, divagation from the mentioned places, credit recharge volition also be available at participating Caltex Woolworths co-branded fuel outlets, Dan Murphy’s and BWS stores.

According to Woolworths’ General Manager of Customer Engagement, Richard Umbers, with more than 21 meg pre-paid mobile recharge minutes organism processed through Woolworths grouping stores each class, the troupe already has extensive experience in the mobile marketplace. “Our stores ar already a destination for pre-paid mobile users. We also rich person a well established dispersion meshing of more than 3,000 stores throughout Commonwealth of Australia,” he added.

We’ll certainly watch this quad to see how retailers ar competing in this industry…