Surface is, according to Canalys, doomed to the same fate as the Zune media player.
Canalys reported today that global client PC shipments rose 12% year on year in Q2 2012.
Tim Shepherd, senior analyst at Canalys, says Nokia isn't getting the credit it deserves.
Latest statistics from IT research company Canalys show that China has overtaken the US in smartphones sales.
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' Canalys estimates that shipments of the Kindle Fire were below 500, 000 in Q2, down significantly compared to previous quarters.
Chris Jones, Canalys VP and Principal Analyst, added, 'Microsoft has upset some partners by bringing its own hardware to market.
Google in the fourth quarter dethroned Nokia as the world's largest maker of smartphone software, according to market researcher Canalys.
Canalys does not expect the launch of Windows 8 to arrest Microsoft's market share decline until Q3 2013 at the earliest.
Canalys has advised PC vendors (Microsoft's OEMs) to postpone launches of Windows RT pads until Microsoft rethinks the high license fee.
First, doing so vaults Apple into third place globally in Q4 among PC vendors, behind HP and Acer, according to Canalys.
Apple has 74% of that market, according to research from Canalys.
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Apple's 19.6 million iPhone shipments to China and 1.4 million to Brazil last year dwarfed the 460, 000 units sent to India, according to Canalys.
Apple and other smartphone device makers will increasingly rely on China growth to drive sales this year, according to market research firm Canalys.
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Canalys doesn't believe Windows 8 or RT moved the needle for demand, noting that laptop shipments were flat year-over-year where tablets surged 75 percent.
Pete Cunningham, principal analyst at Canalys put it even more bluntly.
There were 170 million phones shipped to India last year, with Nokia's 26% of the market just ahead of Samsung's 22%, according to research firm Canalys.
Smartphone shipments topped PCs for the first time ever last year, by 73 million units, according to figures published by research firm Canalys on Friday.
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Canalys is still staking its market share estimates on the view that mobile tablets are as relevant to PC market share as desktops and laptops.
There were 170 million phones shipped to India in 2012, with Nokia's 26% share just ahead of Samsung's 22%, data from Singapore-based mobile research firm Canalys shows.
We expect the Surface pads to have a similar impact on the PC industry as the Zune did in portable music players, ' commented Canalys Analyst Tim Coulling.
"We expected that Nokia's third quarter was going to be tough for its smartphone business due to the announcement of Windows Phone 8, " said Pete Cunningham at Canalys.
The Canalys data covers paid-for apps, in-app purchases and subscriptions.
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Chris Jones, a principal analyst at Canalys, shared that sentiement.
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'Reports that poor economic conditions and the wait for Windows 8 hurt the PC industry this quarter do not tell the whole story, ' said Tom Evans, Canalys Research Analyst.
The result is that Apple shipped more than 252, 000 iPhones to India in the quarter through December, more than triple the number in the previous three months, according to research firm Canalys.
Based on daily App Interrogator surveys, Canalys estimates that just 25 developers accounted for 50% of app revenue in the US in these stores during the first 20 days of November 2012.
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Market research firm Canalys made a gutsy move today: it became the first major market tracker to start lumping consumer tablets like the iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab together with other PCs.
Low-cost smart phones have drastically accelerated the decline of feature phones in China and this trend is expected to be seen in more emerging markets in the next three years, Canalys researchers said.
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Buying a new PC is an expensive proposition, but research firm Canalys believes that Microsoft should dig deep and chip in a few dollars to help make your new PC a little bit cheaper.
According to Canalys analysts, if Windows 8 is to be a success, Microsoft will have to subsidize at least some of the extra cost that touchscreen hardware will add to a new Windows 8 PC.
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