Sunday, February 5th, 2012 3:24 pm

Europe: Weak demand for PC’s, mini-notebooks

Stamford (ip-192.com): PC shipments in Western Europe totaled 12.7 million units in the second quarter of 2011, a decline of 18.9 percent from the same period in 2010. The mobile PC market was particularly hit hard with a 20.4 percent decline, as mini-notebook shipments decreased 53 percent, according to Gartner, Inc, an information technology research [...]

2011: 42 percent of PCs run Windows 7

Stamford (ip-192.com): Linux distributions are expected to remain niche operating systems over the next five years, capturing a market share of less than two percent because of the remaining high costs of application migration from Windows to Linux, information technology research and advisory firm Gartner, Inc. says. In the consumer market, Linux will be run [...]

ViewSonic: 7 and 10 inch Android tablets

Industry (ip192.com): With two new tablets targeting consumers and businesses alike, ViewSonic is the latest entrant into a market that gets more crowded by the day. The ViewPad 7 and the ViewPad 10 are Android-based mobile devices that feature 7 and 10.1 inch displays. "Leveraging our 20-year display heritage, these new ViewPad solutions provide users [...]

Eee Pad: Tablets powered by Windows 7

Taipei (ip-192.com): Asustek Computer Inc. just revealed a new touchscreen computer called Eee Pad that runs on Microsoft's Windows 7.  The Taiwanese manufacturer says that a 10-inch model, the EP101TC, and a 12-inch model, the EP121, will be available. Both devices are powered by Intel Core 2 Duo processors and offer about 10 hours worth [...]