One of these days, experts from research company Gartner report prepared by market share in the U.S. computer manufacturers for the fourth quarter of last year, says MacRumors. According to them, during the period from October to December 2013 Mac computers captured 13.7% of the U.S. market and retained the third spot after gadgets from HP and Dell.

Share for the year increased by Mac 28.5% – in the fourth quarter of 2012 it was only 9.9%. It is worth noting that of all the companies listed in this ranking, sluggish growth distinguished only Dell and Lenovo. The rest suffered though not too noticeable, but still a loss.

According to experts, increase the popularity of Mac Apple helped a lot during the Christmas sales when buyers gave their preference to computers on OS X, but not on Windows . Nevertheless, up to the first place where there are battles between HP and Dell, the company is still far.

Analysts also noted that last year was a very noticeable trend towards a reduction in sales due to the tablet PC – they literally “eat” market share computers. In the U.S., for example, sales decreased by 7.5%, while in the rest of the world the situation is no better. Can not be said about Apple, which continues to conquer the American market.

And all would be good, but only a day after the publication of the report from Gartner their market data provided computers U.S. analysts at IDC. They argue that Apple’s market share is not increased, but decreased from 9.7% in 2012 to 9.3% at the end of last year. Divergent data and supply: Gartner expects 2.2 million corporations shipped Mac, while IDC puts the figure at 1.6 million.

Therefore, in contrast to Gartner, IDC put Apple in fourth place ranking after Lenovo.

In the web turned serious discussion about who can still believe in this case. It is recalled that not so long ago IDC already accused mistakes computing – then experts miscalculated share iPad , but then decided to make adjustments to the published data. Gartner for such “punctures” was observed.

In any case, the truth we’ll know the 27 of January, when Apple will present its report for the first fiscal quarter of 2014.

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Apple is actively involved in patent wars around the world, though with mixed results . “Victim” of the technology giant become his main competitors (eg, Samsung), and small companies that use certain technologies corporation. However, another lawsuit against Apple for patent is not on wireless technologies – under the threat posed her the honorary title of creator of iPhone.

According to news agency Bloomberg, three and a half years ago, the company NetAirus Technologies LLC has filed for Apple in federal court in Los Angeles to ban the sale of all generations of iPhone. The plaintiff refers to the patent, dated 1997, which describes the symbiosis of mobile phone and computer – a smartphone. Apple has rejected all allegations against him.

The technology, which is mentioned in the lawsuit, was already well known before, when NetAirus has applied for a patent. While independent observers patent just used this company to restrict the flow of illegal patents, – said the representative of Apple.

It is strange that the owner of the patent in the first place addressed the claims against Apple. Among the devices that produce its competitors also have smartphones, and very high quality. Based on the logic of Representatives NetAirus, the court must prohibit the sale of smartphones of all manufacturers around the world or force them to pay us a royalty for every smartphone released. Agree, it’s not just sounds silly and absurd.

During the presentation of the first iPhone in 2007, Steve Jobs said that this was a completely new product “as follows patented.” Why did not the company filed for Apple to court earlier, immediately after the release, if the similarity with its smartphone technology was so obvious? Pat has more than 16 years.

Rather, we are dealing with yet another patent “troll” who decided to take a very high bar. Only I can not help feeling that it’s not enough time or money. And judging by the fact that things have started to consider the court after three and a half years after the submission of the application process is complete a very long time. It is unlikely that the verdict would be against Apple. In the extreme case, it is Barack Obama .

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We remember that Apple has reported that over the first weekend it managed to sell a record 9,000,000 new iPhone. However, the company did not specify what proportion of this volume amounted iPhone 5S , and which took place at 5c. However, the trend of the last days it can be concluded that the iPhone does not use plastic at buyers demand.

Media reported that just two U.S. retailers – WalMart and RadioShack – decided to significantly reduce the price of the new smartphone. Earlier iPhone 5c offered for $ 99 at the conclusion of a two-year contract. Now when you purchase the gadget at RadioShack customers receive a gift card for $ 50. Thus, from now on the customers of the retail network are able to buy contract iPhone 5c for just $ 49. Buyers Network WalMart to get a better offer: the end of the Christmas season, they will be able to buy a smartphone for $ 45 with the same two-year contract.

Information that do not plan to do the same Russian resellers unavailable. However, it is known that some “gray” dealers offer iPhone 5c at substantially lower prices than last year sold the iPhone 5. Obviously, the model 5s causes buyers to more enthusiasm than 5 seconds, which was originally seen as a budget version of the iPhone, but in the end was nowhere near as cheap as expected.

According to the materials MarketWatch.com

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