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Sales of Netbooks Continues to Decrease

Sales of NetBook Continues to Decrease

Netbook Sales in Market Was DecreaseThe release of netbooks to the market has shrunk by 34 percent from last year and now represent, and l only five percent of PC sales worldwide.

Beancounters Canalys said that figure has dropped dramatically from 13 percent of the netbook market had two years ago. The company said the launch of netbooks was 34 percent lower during the first quarter of 2012 over the same period in 2011.

What is surprising is that a few years ago everyone predicted the death of these teams and yet are still here. Part of the reason is that they are still quite cheap. You can get one for less than U $ S 300. The interesting thing is that his death does not seem to have come from consumers who still want it because of its price and portability. Instead, they are the manufacturers who want them dead, because the more expensive are the teams get higher profit margins.

Names like Dell, Linux PC maker System76 and ZaReason have stopped selling netbooks. Other projects have been launched, but did not fare as expected in the market.

Hewlett Packard Has a New CEO

Hewlett Packard New CEOHewlett Packard (HP), Thursday (09/22/2011), chose Meg Whitman as president and new CEO. Meg Whitman (55) instead of Leo Apotheker, who has worked for 11 months. HP also appoint Ray Lane becomes Executive Chairman of the President so directs a greater role in HP’s businesses.

Whitman is known as the man who raised so that eBay became the largest online auction site. He was the CEO who took eBay went public and was a pioneer in electronic commerce for small and medium enterprises. However, Whitman had no prior experience in the business. He is more involved in the consumer business.

Before eBay, who had worked in Haspres and Procter & Gamble. He has joined HP in January 2011 as a member of the board after failing to advance to the Governor of California. One of the great task is to restore investor confidence. Under the leadership of Apotheker, the value of HP shares fell 47 percent.

In his first interview as president and CEO, Whitman said he was not going to change strategy. HP will continue to be autonomous Corp. plans to acquire a software business approach. Whitman also continue its evaluation of separate computer business, HP staff.

Many analysts are still dubious Whitman to lead the transformation of HP. Whitman was chosen because there is no possibility of internal tables ready to become leaders. Whitman expected to be only temporary and not a leader for the long term.

HP TouchPad 7-Inch Avalaible in August

HP TouchPad 7-inch coming soonGadget world increasingly with rumors that HP will deliver a shock to the 7-inch tablet market. Hewlett-Packard is reportedly launching a 7-inch tablet in August 2011 after a 9.7-inch TouchPad debut on July 1 this weekend.

HP has ordered between 400,000 and 450,000 tablets per month from a supplier TouchPad Inventec, Taiwan Economic News reported, quoted by C-Net. HP TouchPad Inventec provide 9.7 inches, and the latest 7-inch tablet.

A source was quoted as saying that people in Taiwan’s economic news that HP will say about 3 million tablets of Inventec in 2011.

Before the launch, in August, HP does not provide details TouchPad details of this product. Looks set to make a wonder of its competitors. Read more »