People familiar with Microsoft's product plans have said the company didn't anticipate the rise of sub-8-inch tablets, which comprised nearly half of the tablet market in the fourth quarter, according to IDC.
After failing to anticipate the meteoric rise of smartphones and spending months languishing in the ever-growing shadow of the two smartphone giants, rivals and erstwhile market leaders, Research in Motion and Nokia, seem to have finally gotten their act straight.
Going forward, we anticipate production volumes to rise even further driven by low car ownership rates in major emerging economies like China and India.
While we anticipate that the number of registered users on Facebook will rise to 2.3 billion by the end of our forecast period, Trefis members expect the user count to cross 2.6 billion.