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Netbooks hanging on in there say analysts
Posted on April 21st, 2011 2 comments
Despite having a great 2010, tablet devices have not succeeded in killing off the stubborn netbook say analysts.A report from ABI Research showed that, although tablet devices experienced massive growth over the second half of last year, markets for alternative devices – such as e-readers and netbooks – also expanded.
Jeff Orr, senior practice director at ABI Research noted that the dominance of tablet devices had been slightly exaggerated.
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Canonical backs netbooks over tablets for its Ubuntu operating system
Posted on April 7th, 2011 2 comments
Canonical have announced that it is committed to the netbook market and that it has no plans to develop the Linux-based Ubuntu OS for tablets, as yet.Company founder, Mark Shuttleworth stated over the weekend that Canonical have remained un-swayed by the astronomical successes of tablet devices over the past year, and that the company remain loyal to the netbook and laptop PC markets.
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Acer experience poor first quarter
Posted on March 26th, 2011 No comments
PC giants, Acer today reported that they expect a 10% reduction in sales, quarter-on-quarter, by the end of Q1.The Taiwanese company blamed a weak demand for netbooks and PC products in key zones such as Western Europe and the U.S., as interest shifts towards tablet devices.
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Asus unveil new U30S netbook
Posted on March 15th, 2011 No comments
Asus have unveiled their new netbook, the Intel Sandy Bridge powered U30S.No pricing has yet been confirmed for the 13.3 inch device, and Asus are also yet to confirm when the device will be officially launched.
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Tablet market will top $35bn by 2012, say analysts
Posted on February 28th, 2011 2 comments
Market analysts, JP Morgan have predicted that the tablet market will be worth $35.2bn by the end of 2012.As if there wasn’t enough speculation into the demise of the netbook already, the research also identified netbook and notebook PC devices as the major fall guys of the tablet’s continuing success story.
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Splashtop Operating system now available for all Windows based PCs
Posted on February 26th, 2011 1 comment
Californian software company, Splashtop have announced a wide release for their operating system, Splashtop OS. The platform should theoretically run on any Windows based PC.Previously compatible with just a few Windows notebooks and netbooks, the OS is now considered stable enough for a Windows-PC-wide release, placing it in direct competition with Google’s lauded Chrome OS.
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Asustek expect quiet first quarter
Posted on February 14th, 2011 1 comment
Taiwanese PC company, Asustek have announced that they expect slow sales in the opening quarter of 2011, after posting a sales decrease of 29% in Q4 of 2010.Asustek blamed the 29% fall – a decrease that was actually less than the one forecasted – on a “big slowdown in netbook growth”.
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Fujitsu unveils the LifeBook MH330 MeeGo netbook, as Nokia ponder future of the OS
Posted on February 11th, 2011 No comments
Fujitsu have unveiled their new netbook; a device running Nokia and Intel’s MeeGo operating system.Nokia had expressed concerns over the future of MeeGo – and of Nokia itself – after the Finnish company experienced poor sales over the past two years.
But Fujitsu have ploughed on, launching the LifeBook device in a move that Fujitsu’s vice president Lim Teck Sin called a “big step forward”:
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U.S. carriers defend pricing for Motorola’s Atrix laptop dock
Posted on February 10th, 2011 1 comment
Following the recent furore surrounding the Motorola Xoom, consumers are once again up in arms over the planned pricing of the Motorola Atrix netbook dock.American carrier, AT&T have rushed to the aid of the device, proclaiming it “more than just a netbook.”
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Netbooks aren’t dead yet, experts say
Posted on February 1st, 2011 No comments
Experts are predicting a resurgence in the netbook market as consumers get the “tablet jitters” out of their system.
The influx of new and exciting tablet devices in the past 10 months, as well as various computer companies announcing the death of the netbook, caused a sort of panic amongst consumers and retailers alike, anxious to get swept along with the tablet wave.
