Wednesday, June 19, 2013

iPad victory Asus Windows 8 tablet PC sales forecast slashed - Global Network

[World Wide Web Technology Roundup] According to foreign media on June 17 reported that Asus is one of the few to achieve profit growth last year, the personal computer manufacturer. But the Windows Phone operating system appears, followed by computer sales are sluggish market, so Asus had to lower sales expectations, as much as 10%.

Asus Tablet PC sales are expected to slash

market research firm Gartner and IDC Internet Data Center will be Taiwan’s Asustek is positioned as the world’s fifth-largest personal computer manufacturer (neither are included in iPad sales). However, last year’s strong growth momentum ASUS but in an abrupt end in the first quarter of 2013.

Asus in early May issued to investors in June is expected to reduce its laptops and tablet PC shipments notice (plans to sell 4.8 million laptops and 2.8 million tablets), but the company now also revised the expected value the two types of equipment, the total sales volume will be reduced by 10%. It is reported that Taiwan’s Asustek planned shipments of 4.23 million and 2.7 million notebook computer tablet.

2007 Asustek Eee PC netbooks released a series of products, resulting in the public’s attention. With iPad sales increases, the notebook computer market is severely diminished, so Asus abandoned its production of notebook computers and Pegatron Corporation, which is a company who manufacture MacBooks Apple notebook computer original equipment manufacturers, rumored Apple will produce cheap iPhone.

Asus chairman Johnny Shih flaunt themselves with the late Apple founder Steve Jobs • similar to, and in 2011 released a dramatic blend shape cell phone. But dismal sales, the company and industry peers attention turned to other Microsoft Windows 8 operating system, hoping to bring PC and tablet PC sales.

failed to revive the market in addition to Windows 8 PC, ASUS also manufactured Google Nexus 7 Tablet PC. In order to combine all the basic product performance, ASUS has released the deformation of the Transformer Book Trio, which device is both a 11.6 inches screen Windows 8 laptop, you can also use as an Android tablet.

Last year, the survey shows that despite the popularity of Nexus 7 overwhelmingly defeated the iPad Mini, but critics still point out Google applications that run on the iPad Mini is better than the Nexus 7. However, consumers are still the most popular iPad. In the same year in November, Apple released within a week of the product sold 3 million units iPad 4 and iPad mini, in the last quarter, Apple sold 19.5 million units iPad, this volume is much higher than last year’s 11.8 million station level. (Internship Compilation: Helu Juan Reviewer: Chen Wei)

Editor: Liwen Yao

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