New estimates from ABI Research show that 41.3 million branded tablets were shipped worldwide in the first calendar quarter of 2014.
Apple and Samsung accounted for 71% of the total, putting them well ahead of their competitors.
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Podcast - 14th May 2014
This week's podcast begins with a new keenly-priced flagship smartphone from Huawei. We then move on to talk about a UK price promise from Vodafone, mobile payments, feature phone upgrades, WiFi hotspots and the benefits of a Carphone/Dixons merger.
Iain Graham, James Rosewell and Mark Bridge condense all the biggest mobile industry news headlines from the past 7 days into a free 30-minute podcast.
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Last year, the number of WiFi hotspots around the world increased to 4.2 million.
ABI Research says this trend is expected to continue for the next few years, with a compound annual growth rate of 15% resulting in 7.1 million hotspots in 2015 and over 10.5 million in 2018.
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Podcast - 7th May 2014
We start this week's podcast with Tesco's plans for a Hudl-branded smartphone. Next comes some potentially good news about the 'patent wars' affecting the mobile industry - although there's certainly no sign of a ceasefire.
Later we discuss an announcement from Facebook about its mobile advertising scheme, an unfortunate mistake for O2's Travel service, a new 20 megapixel camera-phone and an automotive investment by Nokia.
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A recent survey published by Samsung Electronics has found that 37% of UK workers choose coffee shops based on the availability of free WiFi rather the quality of the tea or coffee.
WiFi was at the top of the list when people chose a ‘mobile working’ venue - 60% of respondents said it was important - with the ability to print coming in second place.
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