On this week DisplaySearch analysts reported about the success of plane-table computers on the markets for developed countries.
In the second quarter the sales volumes of netbook were reduced by 14% in the quarterly expression, and by 13% in the annual. Plane-table computers will be suitable for data input many users will prefer full-scale netbooks. Thus, the market for netbook must be reduced in proportion to the appearance of large selection of plane-table computers.
The President of the Taiwan department of acer company refuted similar pessimistic forecasts about netbook. After the release of new models atom processors netbook found the more attractive combination of price and productivity, which will allow them to preserve their market share under the strong pressure of plane-table computers. In this year almost each fifth sold mobile computer was netbook, which in the natural expression corresponds to the sales volume of 40 ml pieces. In the following year, according to Acer forecasts , the market for netbook will grow proportionally, and the most important players in the segment will remain Asus and Acer.