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ABI Research: Global Netbook Market On-Track for 35 Million Shipped in 2009
Nov 07, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) --
According to the latest market data from ABI Research, almost 35 million netbooks will be shipped by manufacturers in 2009; a forecast the firm first made in February.
The research group further noted that ASUS dominated the netbook category in 2007 when it debuted the Eee PC, and Acer made a big push in Q4'2008 to lead the second year.
"74 percent of 2008 netbook shipments bore the brands of three vendors: Acer, ASUS, and Samsung," says senior analyst Jeff Orr. "However, the rapid growth of netbooks as a second computer in developed markets will be eclipsed in coming years by vendors targeting developing nations and first Internet PCs at home."
The netbook and nascent MID markets are not locked up. While several netbook vendors are recognizable brands from the laptop and desktop computing markets, new vendors - including handset maker Nokia - have introduced netbooks and MIDs in an effort to participate in the growth of these segments. ABI Research forecasts UMDs (Ultra-mobile Devices: the combination of Netbooks, MIDs and UMPCs) to top 124 million systems shipped in 2011.
As netbook markets thrive, the mobile consumer electronics category, which is expected to account for only about two million device shipments this year, is forecast to top 50 million in 2014. This market is currently led by connected Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs) and eBook readers. Every navigation company is in the running, offering turn-by-turn navigation, overlays, weather, traffic, and real-time traffic updates. Amazon's Kindle has lots of competition coming from the Barnes & Noble Nook, Sony Daily Edition, iRex, Plastic Logic Que and others.
ABI Research's "Netbooks, MIDs and Mobile CE Market Data" includes forecasts for all Ultra-mobile Devices (UMDs) including UMPCs, netbooks, mobile Internet devices (MIDs) and mobile consumer electronics (CE) devices. Shipments, ASPs, and revenue for these devices are provided, including shipments and revenues for each type of UMD by region, platform, operating system, connectivity, and navigation attach rates.
More Information:
http://www.abiresearch.com/products/service/Netbooks_MIDs_and_Mobile_CE
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