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iPad accounts for 8 percent of global mobile PC shipments

by David Quilty (Dec 6th, 2010)

Apple is the number one mobile PC manufacturer in North America and third overall in the world, according to published results from research company DisplaySearch. While these rankings account for all of Apple's mobile computers combined, the iPad accounted for 8 percent of mobile computer ...

Is the iPad hurting netbook sales?

by Mel Martin (Dec 6th, 2010)

It's starting to look like it. DigiTimes, which covers IT news in and around Taiwan and China, notes that both Hewlett-Packard and Acer are getting deliveries on hardware that are smaller than expected. Component makers say that "vendors are clearing inventories, which were high partly due to ...