digitimes.com - 2/9/2009
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Despite a drastic slowdown of global PC shipments in the fourth quarter of 2008, Taiwan-based Acer and Asustek Computer managed to continue expanding their shares in the US notebook market in the quarter, according to data from IDC.
insidehw.com - 2/3/2009
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One of most interesting notebooks at the moment
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digitimes.com - 2/6/2009
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digitimes.com —
Acer has begun small volume shipments of its
10.1-inch Aspire one netbooks in Hong Kong and Taiwan....
Large volume shipments for major global markets are slated in mid-February, according to market sources.
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blog.laptopmag.com - 2/10/2009
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RadioShack’s $99 Acer Aspire One with a two-year
contract is only the start of bundling integrated mobile...
broadband plans with Acer netbooks. The company is working with a wireless carrier to offer hourly plans for netbooks to give consumers more ...
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ASUS's little netbooks go big-box; Eee PCs expected in Walmart by year's end
Engadget —
... Last year upstart Acer stole the netbook crown from ASUS, a sales stat that might have been helped by the ability to buy an Aspire One at your local neighborhood Walmart. While you can already pick up an Eee at places like Target and Best Buy, from what we hear ...
Report: Asus laptops to hit Wal-mart later this year
The Tech Report: News —
... 11:11 AM on February 9, 2009 Eee PCs have already made their way into Best Buy and Target stores in the United States. Could these netbooks break down the last door to mainstream acceptance by settling onto Walmart store shelves? That might actually happen this year , according to a report by DigiTimes. Citing anonymous "market sources in Taiwan," DigiTimes says Asus "is expected to start marketing its notebooks through Wal-Mart in the second half of 2009." That statement admittedly doesn't refer to netbooks specifically, but the same article discusses aggregate shipments of ...
Acer and ASUS gaining marketshare in the US notebook market
DV Hardware —
DigiTimes cites numbers from research firm IDC which indicate both Acer and Asustek are gaining marketshare in the US notebook market:
In the fourth quarter, Acer shipped 1.4-1.5 million notebooks and netbooks in the US market, taking up third place with a 16% share; whereas Asustek shipped about 300,000 portable PCs, positioning itself at eighth in the rankings with a 3% share, the data indicated.
Acer's fourth-quarter notebook shipments in the US represented a 57% increase from the same quarter of a year earlier, compared to an 8% on-year decline recorded by Dell, the top PC vendor in the US.
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