IT trends researcher Gartner cut its forecast for 2011 worldwide PC shipment growth from 18.1% to 15.9%. That’s still very robust for PCs, but it’s an early sign that the iPad’s wild popularity is taking a toll on the rest of t…
Research company Gartner lowered its forecasts for global computer shipments in 2010 and 2011, saying that growing demand for tablet devices will eat into personal computer sales.
PC shipments this year will rise 14.3% to 352 million units, Gartner said, according to Reuters. Gartner forecast that shipments will increase by 15.9% in 2011.
Previously, the research company predicted…
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Gartner: Tablets Will Cut Into PC Sales in 2010 and 2011 originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 29 Nov 2010 08:47:00.
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Research In Motion (RIMM) will sell its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer in North America with a price tag of less than $500.
“The product will be very competitively priced,” Co-CEO Jim Balsillie told Bloomberg News. Balsillie declined to be more specific on the price.
RIM hopes that the price tag will help give the BlackBerry Playbook an edge over Apple’s (AAPL) iPad, an early…
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Research In Motion Tablet Computer to Sell for Less Than $500 originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:58:00.
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Verizon Wireless is introducing Apple’s (AAPL) iPad tablet computer today.
Verizon will offer the popular tablet bundled with a MiFi 2200 device for Internet access through the operator’s 3G network
Customers who buy one of the three iPad/ MiFi bundles on offer will be able to take advantage of the carrier’s monthly access plan, which offers 1 GB of data for $20.
Apple sold about 4…
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Apple iPad Hits Verizon Wireless Stores Today originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:49:00.
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Verizon Wireless is introducing Apple’s (AAPL) iPad tablet computer today.
Verizon will offer the popular tablet bundled with a MiFi 2200 device for Internet access through the operator’s 3G network
Customers who buy one of the three iPad/ MiFi bundles on offer will be able to take advantage of the carrier’s monthly access plan, which offers 1 GB of data for $20.
Apple sold about 4…
Continue reading Apple iPad Hits Verizon Wireless Stores Today
Apple iPad Hits Verizon Wireless Stores Today originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:49:00.
Filed Under: Company News, Technology, Media, Apple, AT&T, Verizon, Retail