07/04/2011 - iSuppli: Apple’s A5 Microprocessor Builds on Success of Predecessor

Driven by the soaring sales of products including the iPad and the iPhone 4, Apple’s shipments of products based on its A4 microprocessor reached nearly 50 million units in 2010 from virtually zero sales in 2009, IHS iSuppli research indicates. Building on the success of its A4 microprocessor, Apple recently announced that its second-generation iPad line will be based on a new microprocessor, the A5, which the company said doubles the performance of the A4.

10/01/2011 - Amazon Opens Android Application Store to Developers

US-based online retailer Amazon has opened its mobile application store to submissions from developers. The Amazon "Appstore" is due to launch in the US during 2011 and will be available for Android devices that run versions 1.6 of the operating system and above.

15/12/2010 - iPhone 4 Turns up the Volume for MEMS Microphone Technology

Highlighted by their adoption in Apple's iPhone 4, microelectromechanical system (MEMS) microphones are set to achieve a more than 50 percent increase in shipments in 2010 and a fourfold rise by 2014, according to the market research firm iSuppli.

05/11/2010 - iSuppli: Wireless Carriers See Tiers as Key to Rising Profits

T-Mobile’s move to offer tiered pricing based on bandwidth usage represents the latest development in the wireless industry’s attempt to cash in on exploding demand for mobile data demand, according to iSuppli. Global mobile data traffic is expected to nearly double each year through 2014.

21/09/2010 - Smartphone and Tablet Sales Ignite Advanced LCD Market in 2010

Rapidly rising sales of smartphones and tablet PCs in 2010 will cause the global market for small- and medium-sized TFT LCD panels to expand at its fastest pace in three years, according to iSuppli.

02/09/2010 - Cell Phone Antenna Troubles? Radio Frequency MEMS Come to the Rescue

Help may be on the way for iPhone 4 users frustrated by dropped calls with the arrival of Radio Frequency Microelectromechanical Systems (RF MEMS), semiconductors that can improve the performance of antennas in cell phones, according to the market research firm iSuppli.

04/08/2010 - Apple to Rise to No. 2 in Semiconductor Spending by 2011

The phenomenal success of the iPad and iPhone is expected to make Apple the world’s second-largest semiconductor buyer in 2011, potentially positioning the company to become the world’s top chip purchaser in 2012, according to iSuppli.

28/07/2010 - Wireless Infrastructure Spending to Rise in 2011 as 4G Deployment Starts

Following two years of declining expenditures, global capital spending on wireless infrastructure equipment is set to return to growth in 2011 as carriers in the developed world start deploying next-generation 4G networks, according to iSuppli.

23/07/2010 - Four out of Five Cell Phones to Integrate GPS by End of 2011

With cell phones increasingly becoming the nexus of the burgeoning markets for navigation and Location Based Services (LBS), the use of GPS technology in such platforms is set to explode during the coming years, according to iSuppli.

16/07/2010 - iSuppli: Facebook Plans New Mobile Strategy

Facebook is set to move beyond its mobile application strategy as it plans to become a stand-alone mobile platform, which developers can distribute mobile apps with, says iSuppli.

15/06/2010 - iSuppli: HP’s Palm Acquisition Opens up a Tablet of Possibilities

Hewlett-Packard planned acquisition of Palm immediately puts the PC-centric company knee-deep in the smart phone race, but perhaps more importantly positions the company to compete in the burgeoning tablet market, says iSuppli.

11/06/2010 - iPhone 4 Sounds Starting Gun for Smartphone Gyroscope Market

Monday’s introduction of the iPhone 4 is set to trigger explosive growth in the market for gyroscopes used in cell phones, as a flood of competitors vie to emulate the feature, says iSuppli.

17/05/2010 - New iPhone Ad Platform Extends Services—and Raises Questions

The recent unveiling by Apple of its new iAd advertising platform extends the company’s array of inventive services for the iPhone, but also continues a distinctive collaboration-versus-competition dynamic between the giant technology trendsetter and its partner companies, according to iSuppli.

28/04/2010 - Mobile Handset Industry Considers Recession to be Over

According to recent iSuppli report, the mobile handset industry is proclaiming the end of the recession for the segment following an outstanding ?nal quarter of 2009 and a projected substantial growth for smart phones in 2010.

04/02/2010 - iSuppli: iPad Will Be a Sales Success for Apple

The research group iSuppli says while the iPad has met its lofty expectations and is likely to be a sales success for Apple, the jury is still out as to whether the tablet will define or redefine the technology market to the same degree the other products like Apple II, the Macintosh, the iPod and the iPhone have.

08/01/2010 - iSuppli: Nexus One Serves as Research Tool for Google

Google’s new Nexus One smart phone serves as a showcase for the latest version of the Android operating system and will allow the company to gather critical user data for developing new software, according to iSuppli.

"With a plethora of smart phones based on the Android operating system already on the market, questions have arisen as to why Google would begin selling its own phone equipped with the operating system," said Tina Teng, iSuppli senior analyst for wireless communications.

04/01/2010 - 3G and Wireless Data Boom in China

The release of 3G licenses in China is spurring a wireless data boom, with national revenue from such services rising by 18.9 percent in 2009 and nearly doubling from 2008 to 2013, says iSuppli.

According to the research group, as the one-year anniversary of the issuance of 3G licenses in China approaches, wireless data revenue, including both messaging and non-messaging service, is set to rise to $19.3 billion in 2009, up from $16.3 billion in 2008.

12/11/2009 - iSuppli: Does Google’s PND App Signal the Swan Song of Dedicated Devices?

For European Portable Navigation Device (PND) manufacturer TomTom and U.S.-based Garmin, Oct. 29, 2009 will indeed be remembered as the day everything changed.

“Google’s announcement that it plans to launch turn-by-turn navigation on the Android platform would be enough of a headache in itself, but giving it away for free? Sound the alarm!,” says Richard Robinson, iSuppli analyst.