Posted by Randy Cooper | Posted in General | Posted on 04-02-2010
By Phil Goldstein
Netbook shipments jumped 79 percent last year to 30.2 million units, according to research firm Strategy Analytics–and the market is poised to continue growing this year.
The research firm said North America and Western Europe propelled the market’s growth. In the U.S., carriers including AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel have begun subsidizing netbooks (with the purchase of a two-year mobile data plan) and carrying the devices in their retail outlets. Thus, along with smartphones and data cards, netbooks with built-in wide area wireless have helped fuel mobile data traffic growth. The carriers have been selling netbooks for between $150 and $200 when paired with a two-year data plan contract.
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