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Canalys

  1. Hear from Steve Brazier,CEO of Canalys about the launch of CCF APAC & exciting developments in CCF’s history. tinyurl.com/ccfa12scene
  2. Welcome on board to Lenovo as sponsor of the Canalys Channels Forum APAC @lenovo
  3. HP shares up >10% in after-hours trading on better than expected results. Sad for those who will be cut but +ve contrast to Dell earlier
  4. Loyalty to the channel gets results: Lenovo reports $7.5 billion for the quarter up 54%, Dell reports $14.4 billion down 4%
  5. Google completes Motorola Mobility acquisition and is 17,000 patents richer, with software and now hardware development resources
  6. Welcome on board to EMC as a keynote sponsor of the Canalys Channels Forum APAC @EMCcorp
  7. Android smart phone volumes will grow by 56% in 2012, while Symbian and BlackBerry shipments will fall 60% and 17% respectively.
  8. The Asia Pacific region will drive much of the growth in 2012 growing by 52% versus 2011, with China and Japan the key markets.
  9. Our latest smart phones forecasts predict that the global market will grow by 34% in 2012 to 653 million units.
  10. Pre-orders of the Galaxy S3 hit 9m. With the next iPhone yet to launch, Samsung is in position to lure consumers out of the Apple ecosystem.
  11. Welcome on board to Avaya as sponsor of the Canalys Channels Forum APAC @AvayaAPAC
  12. Apple's patent ruling against HTC has stopped the One X & EVO 4G LTE at US customs. Bad news for HTC but it may increase publicity & demand.
  13. NTT DoCoMo's new lineup includes 16 smart phones on ice cream sandwich & no feature phones. A major leap in the shift to smart phones.
  14. China Unicom will reduce per device subsidy on entry level smart phone by 20%. Operators start to benefit from intense price competition.
  15. Baidu partners with tier-3 local vendor ChangHong on a low-end smart phone. The user experience of Baidu's cloud services is key to success
  16. Samsung is the latest tier-1 vendor announcing smart phones for RMB1,000 segment in China, posing a significant threat for local vendors.
  17. Canalys press release: Candefero Channel Partner of the Year Awards tinyurl.com/cmwygmt
  18. Confirmed speaker: Edzard J. C. Overbeek, President, Asia Pacific, Japan and Greater China from Cisco to Keynote at CCF APAC @ciscoapac