Announcement posted by Gartner 29 Apr 2009
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, Inc. 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.
“The
mini-notebook is a great tool for casual and entry-level computing, especially
among younger users who are obsessed with social networking sites such as
Facebook," said Lillian Tay, principal research analyst at Gartner. “The
falling cost of mobile broadband as well as continued rollout of third
generation (3G) services and coverage in countries such as
Gartner
expects significant growth in shipments to the more mature IT markets such as
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