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» Print Netbooks Blamed For Falling Prices in Notebook Market | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] Mini-notes [also known as netbooks] have been a [3] significant contributor to volume growth in the portable PC market as their very attractive price points make owning a secondary computer viable for many consumers, said John F. Jacobs, director of notebook market research with DisplaySearch. [...] Netbooks are [1] once again a boon to a hurting portable PC market, stated DisplaySearch in a [2] report on quarterly notebook PC shipments. But it warned that the main reason for their success (i.e. low prices), is encouraging a problematic trend. [...] [1] once again a boon to a hurting portable PC market. [...]
Netbooks Blamed For Falling Prices in Notebook Market | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] Mini-notes [also known as netbooks] have been a significant contributor to volume growth in the portable PC market as their very attractive price points make owning a secondary computer viable for many consumers, said John F. Jacobs, director of notebook market research with DisplaySearch. [...] However, the lower [average selling price (ASP)] of these devices are clearly having a negative impact on portable PC market revenue. For 2009, we expect continued ASP erosion across all portable computer categories, leading to the first [year-over-year] decline of portable computer revenue, Jacobs added. [...] Netbooks are once again a boon to a hurting portable PC market, stated DisplaySearch in a report on quarterly notebook PC shipments. But it warned that the main reason for their success (i.e. low prices), is encouraging a problematic trend. [...]
Netbook Growth Expected To Slow Going Forward | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] For 2010, we expect further erosion of [average selling prices] across almost every portable computer segment. However, unit growth should be sufficient to offset ASP decline, leading to flat [year-over-year] revenue for the portable PC market. [...] While the swelling netbook category increased the overall size of the portable PC market, sales of the inexpensive devices were still not enough to offset revenue declines in the ultra-portable and portable classes of notebook PCs. [...] Netbook sales are expected to reach $11.4 billion (£7.1 billion) for 2009, up from $6.65 billion (£4.1 billion) in 2008. Ultraportables, however, fell from $8.93 billion (£5.6 billion) in 2008 to an estimated $6.92 billion (£4.3 billion) in 2009. The overall portable PC market fell from $117. [...]
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Growth In PC Market To Rocket Thanks To Apple iPad | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] The PC industry will be overwhelmingly driven by mobile PCs, thanks to strong home growth in both emerging and mature markets, George Shiffler, research director at Gartner, said in a statement. [...] While mobile PCs accounted for 55 percent of PC shipments in 2009, Gartner expects them to account for 70 percent of shipments by 2012, and 90 percent of PC growth over the next three years. [...] Apple's iPad is just one of many new devices coming to market that will change the entire PC ecosystem and overlap it with the mobile phone industry. This will create significantly more opportunities for PC vendors as well as significantly more threats. . [...]
» Print Growth In PC Market To Rocket Thanks To Apple iPad | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] 1 Comment To Growth In PC Market To Rocket Thanks To Apple iPad. [...] Print Growth In PC Market To Rocket Thanks To Apple iPad. eWEEK Europe UK. [...] Mini-notebooks are again forecast to boost mobile PC growth in 2010, but their contribution is expected to decline noticeably afterward, as they face growing competition from [3] new ultra-low-voltage (ULV) ultraportables and next-generation tablets, Shiffler continued. [...]
» Print Microsoft Escalates Competition With Apple | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] On the PC front, however, Microsoft is aiming to solidify or even gain market share with the [2] release of Windows 7 on 22 Oct. Both consumers and business volume purchasers will be targeted for massive price cuts and promotional offers as Microsoft attempts to push the operating system worldwide as fast as possible. [...]
World Waits Expectantly For Apple’s Tablet Announcement | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] Today is the day Apple is expected to release its fabled tablet device, but what can consumers (and businesses) expect, and how will it affect the portable PC market. [...] Michael Oh, president and founder of TechSuperpowers, an Apple care and retail specialist and founder of Codex Development, specialising in mobile applications, released a white paper on the tablet called Apple Tablet Myths. The Impact of a Multi-Touch Enabled Tablet Device on the Market, in which he and co-author Alex Bartfield identify the ecosystem the device might survive in. [...]
PC Chip Sales Soaring, Says IDC | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] In particular, a lot of growth in the third quarter was fuelled by the mobile PC chip market, including systems powered by Intel's Atom mobile chip in netbooks, or what IDC refers to as mini-notebooks. A big market for those systems was China. [...] This bodes well for the market going into 2010, according to IDC. In a report it found that PC processor units jumped 23 percent compared to the previous quarter - about double the normal season growth between the two quarters - and revenue increased 14 percent from the second quarter, to $7. [...] While it's clear our concerns about the second half of the year [regarding the overall chip market] weren't necessary, we're still watching for a 'gotcha,' possibly in 1Q10, Rau said in a statement. The market's growth has been due to shipments of inexpensive Atom processors being sold into markets like China, which is being stimulated by government incentives there. [...]
» Print PC Chip Sales Soaring, Says IDC | eWEEK Europe UK
[...] In particular, a lot of growth in the third quarter was fuelled by the mobile PC chip market, including systems powered by [1] Intel's Atom mobile chip in [2] netbooks, or what IDC refers to as mini-notebooks. A big market for those systems was China. [...] Print PC Chip Sales Soaring, Says IDC. eWEEK Europe UK. [...]
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