iPAD, other touch screen tablets to loose market appeal? ~ au.ibtimes.com
Amid the growing popularity of the iPad and other touch-screen tablets, research firm International Data Corporation said Monday that worldwide shipments are now expected to grow by just 4.2 percent in 2011, down from its February forecast of 7.1 percent.
IDC said that a combination of declining first quarter shipments, an increasingly conservative economic outlook, relative saturation among developed market consumers, and competing products will lead to slow growth in PC sales (desktops and laptops) in 2011 before a rebound in 2012. For 2012 through 2015, growth is still expected to fall in the 10 percent to 11 percent range.
Netbooks Out
IDC notes that consumer PC purchases have been a cornerstone of PC growth over the past five years. During this time, a transition to low-cost portables helped drive purchases by new users in emerging markets as well as replacement and secondary systems in more mature markets. The growth in 2009 was largely fueled by the mini notebook (also known as netbook) boom. Consumers in mature regions snapped up over 19 million mini notebooks in 2009 vs. just 6.6 million the prior year, and the jump accounted for over 80 percent of volume growth in the segment.
Netbooks Out
IDC notes that consumer PC purchases have been a cornerstone of PC growth over the past five years. During this time, a transition to low-cost portables helped drive purchases by new users in emerging markets as well as replacement and secondary systems in more mature markets. The growth in 2009 was largely fueled by the mini notebook (also known as netbook) boom. Consumers in mature regions snapped up over 19 million mini notebooks in 2009 vs. just 6.6 million the prior year, and the jump accounted for over 80 percent of volume growth in the segment.
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