Articles tagged with: Netbooks and Ict

2009 Will Be Year of the Mini-Notebook in Asia Pacific

Shipments of mini-notebooks in Asia Pacific will reach four million units in 2009, growing by a robust 82 per cent over 2008, according to Gartner. Growth will stabilise at 20 per cent or more in 2010 and 2011, when mini-notebooks will account for more than 14 per cent of all mobile PCs shipped.  more

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Mobile Workers Consider Company Laptops Their Own Property

..sinesses need to keep a close eye on company assets such as netbooks, laptops and other mobile devices to prevent inappropriate, illegal or irresponsible use, we don't want to get to a situation where attitudes change to such an extent that pol more

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Cellular Modem Shipments Exceeded 35 Million in 2008

Shipment data for the cellular modems used to connect laptops and netbooks to the Internet indicate that more than 35 million of the devices hit the market in 2008. Of that total, the majority were the external USB modems that mobile operators have been pushing for some time. Continued growth has been bolstered as mobile operators have bundled USB modems with netbooks in attractively subsidized price plans.  more

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Industry Big Guns with no Bullets to Fire

..lting in an estimated loss of about 5,000 to 6,000 jobs. Intel is now looking at netbooks to save the PC market in 2009. However, if traditional laptops and PC sales do not pick up, then low cost netbooks will eventually decrease margins of chi more

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