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Report: Netbook market grew by 160% in Q3, 2008
Liliputing —
While notebook and desktop PC sales aren’t selling as well as anticipated, netbooks continue to be a growth market. According to a report from DisplaySearch, the market grew by 160% betwen the second and third quarters of 2008.
That number’s not particularly surprising, since the netbook market was born just over a year ago. While most of the top PC makers have a netbook in their lineup now, several of those companies have only recently released their entries, which means we’ll probably see netbook sales climb a ...
Acer takes the "most netbooks sold" crown from ASUS
Engadget —
... The hotter-than-ever netbook market -- which has seemingly been headed Acer's way for a while now -- has seen its numbers for the third quarter of 2008 arrive, and the Aspire One has indeed overtaken ASUS Eee PC as top dog in units moved. Acer's captured 38.3 ...
Acer Holds Top Spot in Netbook Market
I4U News —
... its Aspire One is holds the most market share in the netbook realm. The One has 38.3% of the netbook market followed by Asus' robust Eee line with 30.3% of the market. Rounding out the top five in order are HP, MSI, and Dell. I believe one of the biggest factors helping Acer is the fact that Walmart has displays with the little netbook in its retail outlets in prominent positions to woo shoppers to buy. The Aspire One is the only netbook I have seen in Walmart stores to date. Via DisplaySearch Posted on Tue, 9 Dec 2008 07:20:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun ...
More "niche" netbooks sold in 3Q2008 than iPhones
jkOnTheRun —
You'd think that comparing netbooks to Apple iPhone isn't fair. After all, netbooks are phones and the iPhone isn't a notebook right? I think this is worth a comparison however, mainly because Apple continues to see netbooks as a "niche" product market and also due to some thoughts that the iPhone can replace a portable computer.
Putting aside the debate of whether we're comparing Apples to netbooks Apples or not, let's look at sales numbers for the third quarter. Last week we saw smartphone numbers out of Gartner and they showed 4.7 million iPhones shipped. DisplaySearch just reported netbook sales for the same quarter and ...
Acer takes first place on Top Netbook Manufacturers list
SlashGear —
... The numbers are in and it is undeniable that the netbook market has hit the ground running. DisplaySearch has released a Mini-Note PC Volume and Market Share 3Q 2008 report showing that Acer has come out way ahead of Asus. Acer came in at 2.15 million, while Asus only claimed 1.70 million, that’s a difference of 8 percent overall. ...
More "niche" netbooks sold in 3Q2008 than iPhones
The Tao of Mac —
... manufacturer and around half a dozen netbook manufacturers – the list can be summarized as ...
No. 1 in Netbooks? Not Asus but Acer
Crave: The gadget blog —
Asus created the Netbook category a little over a year ago when it introduced its first Eee PC. Acer jumped in this past summer with the Aspire One and has overtaken Asus for the top spot in the Netbook market. According to research firm DisplaySearch, Acer sold 2.15 million ...
Acer Now No. 1 in Netbook Sales
Asus Eee News, Mods, and Hacks —
Per DisplaySearch, the netbook category grew at more than 160% Q/Q in Q3’08 as most of the top tier brands have now entered the market. Asus, which had essentially created the market in late 2007, lost significant share as Acer surged to the top spot, capturing more than 35% of this market. ...
Acer Takes Lead In Soaring Netbook Market
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
... of min-laptop brands are partnering with telecom providers to subsidize netbooks much like they do mobile phones, DisplaySearch said. "Worldwide demand for these products is forecast to grow rapidly over the next few years with demand from a variety of sources, including early adopters, consumer and enterprise PC customers seeking a smaller or secondary notebook PC, as well as new PC customers in emerging markets," John Jacobs, director of notebook research at DisplaySearch said in a statement. Analysts with industry report firm DisplaySearch predict the netbook market to ...
Netbooks Now More Popular Than iPhone
Today @ PC World —
netbooks outsell iphone Have we entered the era of the netbook? For those not paying attention a netbook is an ultraportable notebook. It's also an ultra-affordable notebook most often priced below $500 ( See PC World's Top 5 Netbooks ). In recent months the form factor has become so popular sales figures are rivaling Apple's iPhone, according to sales data. According to the latest smartphone sales numbes from Gartner and DisplaySearch 's neetbook sales numbers, 4.7 million iPhones were shipped in Q3 2008 while a whopping 5.6 million netbooks were sold in the same period. [image] Actually, debates sparkled a couple of months ago about Apple releasing a small notebook computer, in ...
Acer Aspire top-selling netbook
Obsessable News Feed —
... . HP, MSI, and Dell fill out the distant third, fourth, and fifth places, respectively, in netbook sales according to a report by research firm DisplaySearch. ...
The last push needed by Steve Jobs to kick out Apple's netbook
PalmAddicts —
Not even when the global economy recession is dragging computer sales down in overall, or with the screaming of Mac fans because of the MacBooks new high price tag; these still haven't been able to melt and move the icy cold heart of Steve Jobs to introduce the ultra-affordable notebook that Apple is currently working on in secret.
But the latest smartphone sales numbes from Gartner ...
Lenovo follows HP, drops netbook prices by $50 [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network —
Does the Lenovo IdeaPad S10 netbook make your short list of portable device contenders? When we looked at the netbook, we liked what we saw: aside from the standard netbook features common to most, it offers a multi-touch trackpad, and the OneKey Rescue System that restores the factory new smell in a jiffy. Lenovo might be playing a game of "follow-the-leader" here because they just dropped pricing for the S10 by $50 across the board. This follows the $40 HP Mini 1000 price cut from earlier in the week, but to be honest, it doesn't matter who did it first. In the end, the consumer wins. Unfortunately, even the $50 savings can't make me overlook the small right-Shift key that's ...
End-of-Year Thoughts and Resources on Netbooks
OStatic blogs —
As 2008 approaches its curtain call, one of the biggest tech surprises to record for the year has to be netbooks--lightweight, small and inexpensive portable computers. Many of these are Linux-based, such as the Asus Eee PC that I bought near the beginning of the year (I'm kicking myself for not waiting a few months for the version with the larger display, but I still like it). Ever since Asus made its mark early in the year with the Eee PCs, other players have jumped into the fast-growing market. In fact, Acer's Aspire One netbooks, which feature larger keyboards than Asus', outsold the Eee PCs last quarter. If you are looking into getting a netbook, here are some thoughts and some good links to ...
End-of-Year Thoughts and Resources on Netbooks [OStatic]
GigaOM Network —
As 2008 approaches its curtain call, one of the biggest tech surprises to record for the year has to be netbooks--lightweight, small and inexpensive portable computers. Many of these are Linux-based, such as the Asus Eee PC that I bought near the beginning of the year (I'm kicking myself for not waiting a few months for the version with the larger display, but I still like it). Ever since Asus made its mark early in the year with the Eee PCs, other players have jumped into the fast-growing market. In fact, Acer's Aspire One netbooks, which feature larger keyboards than Asus', outsold the Eee PCs last quarter. If you are looking into getting a netbook, here are some thoughts and some good links to ...
Netbooks outsell iPhones, 5.6 million sold in Q3 2008
Obsessable News Feed —
According to third quarter sales numbers, total netbook sales edged out iPhone sales by about 900,000 units, with 5.6 million of the compact computers sold. While the iPhone is an undisputed success, some big names in the PC industry have publicly voiced their doubts about the usefulness of netbooks. The figures seem to speak for themselves; despite slightly lower-end performance than full-on laptops, the systems' pluses (light weight, slim form factor, low price) have apparently outweighed any negatives in the minds of consumers.
To be fair, this is comparing all netbook models against just one smartphone, but it's still a testament to the wide acceptance of this device ...
Netbooks Outsell iPhone
dailywireless.org —
Netbooks are now more popular than the iPhone, says the Washington Post. In recent months the form factor has become so popular sales figures are rivaling Apple’s iPhone, according to sales data.
The latest smartphone sales numbers from market researcher Gartner says 4.7 million iPhones were shipped in Q3 2008. By comparison netbook sales numbers from DisplaySearch in Q# show 5.6 million netbooks were sold in the same period.
Table 1: Q3’08 Mini-Note PC Volume and Market Share by Brand ...
Report: Netbooks Outsell iPhones
Cult of Mac —
(Credit: steve-chippy/Flickr)
Netbooks outsold iPhones in the third quarter of this year, according to two recent ...
The Trouble With Netbooks
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
Topics: Google The Trouble With Netbooks Posted by Thomas Claburn , Jan 2, 2009 04:35 PM [image] Rumor has it that Google would like to see its Android operating system powering more than mere mobile phones. VentureBeat and others claim that Google is positioning Android as an operating system for netbooks, the curious category of device that's somewhere between an underpowered laptop and an obese mobile phone. That would certainly be consistent with Google's philosophy that increased Internet usage benefits the company. But Google won't say if it has plans for Android-powered netbooks. "Google collaborated with members of the Open Handset Alliance, which includes hardware ...
Acer, Asustek and MicroStar Face Sales of Netbooks Dropping Below Expectations
X-bit labs —
... web-site. MicroStar International supplied only 200 thousand of its Wind-series netbooks. Shipments of all three vendors in Q1 2009 were considerably below their shipments in Q3 2008 , but the first quarter is traditionally rather slow. Officials for the aforementioned companies did not comment on the numbers. Observers quoted by the media outlet claim that slow sales were a result of maturing of key sales regions as well as incomplete penetration into emerging markets. But there could be different reasons as well: sales of all personal computers were below expectations ...
