Year: 2011

  • Acer Vows to Continue Netbook Production

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Acer will continue to manufacture netbooks, even as many of its manufacturing rivals shift their focus to super-thin ultrabooks and tablets. Netbooks once proved a white-hot seller, snatched up by consumers interested in their low price and portability. Two opposing forces helped wither that market: manufacturers own desire to push products with higher margins (in… Read more

  • 1. The Display

    1. The Display

    Don Reisinger

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    1. The Display Although the Kindle Fire is great in its own right, the device’s 7-inch display is a bit of an issue. If Amazon launches an 8.9-inch Kindle Fire, though all those issues will be thrown out the window. 2. The Integrated Services If Amazon wants to see its 8.9-inch Kindle Fire become a… Read more

  • Mobile Market Boom Presents VARs With Opportunities, Challenges

    Ericka Chickowski

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    Are you the "Channel Partner of No" when it comes to giving your customers what they want from mobile devices? Do you tell your clients that you can’t or won’t help them manage and support up-and-coming devices like iPhones, iPads and Android smartphones? If so, you could be missing out on some lucrative opportunities and… Read more

  • Apple iPhone, iPad Owners Most Loyal: Report

    Nathan Eddy

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    Nearly one in five consumers, who own both an iPad and an iPhone, say switching smartphones is more difficult than changing bank accounts. A simple, integrated user experience is driving consumers’ brand loyalty to their smartphones and they are less likely to switch brands the more applications and services they use on the device, new… Read more

  • Mobile Malware Proliferates as Smartphone Market Booms

    Ericka Chickowski

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    According to a new report out last week from McAfee Labs, the rapid proliferation of malware has caused researchers to bump up their estimates for cumulative the number of unique samples to float around the Internet by the end of 2011. In its McAfee Threats Report: Third Quarter 2011, the firm reported that its increasing… Read more

  • 1.It’s the iPad, Isn’t It?

    1.It’s the iPad, Isn’t It?

    Don Reisinger

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    1.It’s the iPad, Isn’t It? Sorry to be overly simplistic here, but why shouldn’t you buy a special someone the iPad this holiday season? After all, it’s the iPad; the device that consumers around the globe are jumping at the chance to buy. The iPad isn’t like any other tablet. 2.Think About iTunes The nice… Read more