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Gartner says netbook market share go on falling due to tablets

Published on: 2nd September, 2010

It is likely that netbook market share keeps falling mainly due to tablets and this could last a few years, according to a study by Gartner. The portables have lost market share during the first two quarters of this year and they are supposed to be on a long slide leading to a drop to [...]

ASUS brings the 8-inch Eee Tablet costing $599, in October

Published on: 11th August, 2010

The ASUS’ eight-inch Eee Tablet will be released in October, according to sources from the company. The e-book reader is provided with a 64-grayscale TFT-LCD display without a backlight and will cost $599. The release is scheduled a month later and the device will be between $300 and $400 more expensive than it was expected [...]

Windows Phone 7 handset of ASUS spotted in Pakistan

Published on: 11th August, 2010

The likely finished design of ASUS’ first Windows Phone 7 handset has been spotted in Pakistan. A rather different hardware than the prototype presented at the Mobile World Congress, but also consistent with the design traits of ASUS, the device has a metal effect or brushed metal front. The three-button layout conforms to Microsoft’s Windows [...]

Apple credited with 8.8 percent US computer share and is closer to Acer

Published on: 18th July, 2010

Apple is closer to Acer’s third place in the United States computer market, as IDC estimates. Apple claims now 8.8 percent of market share and is ranked fourth, after a growth situated above the average year-over-year rate. It has 1.62 million Macs. Acer is third but has dropped from 12.3 percent to only 11 percent. [...]

Acer and ASUS may have new netbooks only after mid-August

Published on: 14th July, 2010

PC makers from Taiwan Acer and ASUS currently wait to sell off current netbook inventories prior to ship new products, says a recent report. Unnamed sources from the industry told to Digitimes that this would not happen until mid of August. The companies are waiting to see the reaction of the market before committing to [...]

Apple – the only US computer assembler to beat industry average

Published on: 11th June, 2010

Apple has been the only American assembler of computers to beat the average for growth of the industry in the beginning of 2010. With Macs climbing 32.4 percent year-over-year, Apple gained 3.4 percent market share of total computer sales worldwide, which means the seventh place. Hewlett Packard and Dell have grown slower than the 22.7 [...]

Acer and ASUS to conquer the European market

Published on: 28th May, 2010

Acer and ASUS have grabbed large shares of the western European computer market during the first months of this year. Acer has managed to be ranked first in the continent, first quarter figures indicating 23.4 percent, while its Taiwanese rival ASUS is in fourth place with 7.9 percent versus the previous 4.8 percent. This data [...]

New ASUS creation for summer – 17-inch 3D notebook

Published on: 21st April, 2010

The ASUS G51J-3D 15-inch notebook will soon be followed by a 17-inch model, as sources from Samsung, LG Display and CMI (Chimei Innolux Corporation) claim. All these three companies are negotiating with ASUS to provide displays for the notebook which was estimated to have an early 2010 release. According to the new information, however, the [...]

ASUS outs new notebook with Core i3 and Optimus graphics switching

Published on: 7th April, 2010

ASUS brings one of the more advanced ultraportables 13-inch sized. The U30Jc is the first device to combine the power of the Core i3 processor with the Optimus graphics switching of NVIDIA and provides both performance and battery life at the same time. The 2.26GHz Core i3 and GeForce 310M chipset combined allow users to [...]

ASUS to integrate USB 3.0 for the whole line

Published on: 29th March, 2010

ASUS is likely to plan the release of a whole range of products sporting integrated USB 3.0 connections. The line-up is believed to include 15 main boards, the N-series of multimedia notebooks, the Eee Box 1210U and 1510U desktop PCs and the Eee PC 1015, 1016 and 1018 netbooks as well. Products like digital media [...]

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