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Companies in the personal computer industry, along with
investors, have been eagerly awaiting fourth quarter 2012 results.
Sales from the Christmas season are a strong indicator of where
consumer trends lies, and results also help to shape how a company
moves forward in the new year. In the case of Christmas 2012, the
overwhelming winner was tablets, with Apple Inc.'s
[1] (NASDAQ: AAPL) 9.7 inch iPad
still taking the lion share in the tablet space. Apple has been a
dominant player in the tablet market since the launch of the iPad,
but many tech experts believe 2013 might bring in some landscape
change in this arena with players like Samsung and Dell
Inc.[2] (NASDAQ: DELL) in battle mode.
For the fourth quarter, global computer sales fell almost 5% in
year-over-year comparisons, with U.S. sales dropping by over 2%,
according to Gartner, a research firm. While this may seem ominous
for personal computer companies, sales are not evaporating, but are
merely shifting away from notebooks and towards tablets. In fact,
many predict that tablet sales will outstrip notebooks for the
first time this year. In response to growing demand, personal
computer companies have been coming out with a wide variety of
tablets, including tablets of different sizes and colors, as well
as with various attachments, and WiFi and cellular
capabilities.
While notebook sales are suffering at the hands of tablets,
larger more powerful computers appear to be holding strong, as
tablets offer little to no competitive threat. How companies will
be able to adjust to the changing landscape will certainly have an
impact on sales and profits moving forward, and those that can come
up with the right price points, sizes and capabilities for their
tablets could outperform their peers.
Several companies, including Dell Inc., have also been advancing
their cloud offerings of late, in order to deal with increased
demand.
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- Apple Inc. Technical Analysis [
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- Dell Inc. Technical Analysis [
http://www.StockCall.com/DELL011613.pdf ]
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