iPad Pushes Apple Ahead of HP As Top Mobile PC Maker

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Increased demand for the iPad helped Apple push past HP to become No. 1 in mobile PC shipments with 17 percent of the market during the fourth quarter of 2010, according to a research report released Wednesday. Apple shipped 10.2 million notebook and tablet PCs combined, almost one million units more than the market-leading PC maker, DisplaySearch announced.

“While we anticipate increased competition in the tablet PC market later this year with the introduction of Android Honeycomb-based tablets, Apple’s iPad business is complementing a notebook line whose shipments widely exceed the industry average growth rate,” Richard Shim, senior DisplaySearch analyst, said in a statement.


Although Apple is benefiting from “significant and comprehensive” growth in both PCs and tablets, “cannibalization seems limited,” according to the analyst. Toshiba was the only other PC maker displaying year-to-year growth, with a 15 percent increase of shipments to over 5.1 million units in the fourth quarter, helping it maintain its No. 5 position, according to the research firm.

HP, with 15.6 percent of the mobile PC shiments, ranked No. 2. Acer Group (including Founder shipments) ranked No. 3 with 14 percent of the market and 8.4 million units shipped. Dell ranked No. 4 with 9.9 percent of the shipments and 5.9 million units shipped, according to the new data.

[DisplaySearch]

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