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Tablets Displacing PCs – Global PC Sales Hurt in Q1 2011. Down 12% Q to Q

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Global PC sales in QI 2011 reduced by about 81 million units. This is about 0.3% year-year with 2010, IHS iSuppli reports.  The conclusion is that as more tablets are sold, lesser PCs are sold.

 

Notice that in East Africa, PC sales jumped up, according to IDC as we reported. Of course, the trend seen by IHS is mainly in the developing world where diffusion and penetration of tablet is high and PC seems to be getting into a saturation mode. Markets like East Africa are still getting their PCs as the economy expands and purchasing power improves.

 

The PC market in East Africa strongly expanded in the first quarter of 2011, even as the worldwide PC market contracted and the pan-African market almost stagnated, according to a recent report by market research company IDC. While global PC shipments declined 3.2% year on year during the first three months of 2011 and the overall African PC market grew a marginal 1%, East Africa (including Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Uganda) recorded a massive 76% growth in PC shipments. IDC expects that the East African PC market will further grow by about 35–45% in 2011 before cooling off in 2012.

 

When you take the numbers from iSuppli, quarter to quarter, PC shipments drop 12% from Q4 2010 to Q1 2011.

 

IHS notes that  “The increasing momentum of the media tablet market, led by the iPad, is creating a difficult environment for the PC industry,” . Also, “All the attention surrounding tablets contributed to weak consumer demand for PCs in the first quarter.”

 

IHS also noted that though PC sales in the corporate was down, the consumer market went up. This can explain why East Africa was up as the consumer market lifted it. People are just getting their computers.

 

In Q1 2011, HP remains #1 vendor with 18.9% market share. Year to year, it lost 2.1%. This is related to competition in the market. Dell comes #2, at 12.9%, while Acer was #3. Lenovo followed with Toshiba rounding up the top five brands.

iPad2 And Foxconn Blast – You May Need To Order Your iPad2 Now

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When explosion rocked Foxconn Technology Co. Ltd plant in Chengdu, China, few days ago, killing  3 people, injuring 15 people, and destabilizing operations, a threat to more than 500,000 Apple iPad2 production was born. Market research firm, IHS iSuppli, believes that  the blast could disrupt  the inventory of iPad2 in coming months. The company estimates that 500,000 units are made there per month, so any stoppage of work for a month could take about that much out of the global inventory of iPad2.

 

There has been conflicting analyses about the impact of the blast.  Terry Gou, Foxconn chairman, noted that the  explosion will not delay the production of the iPad in  Q3. Most analysts have noted that the company can shift its production to another plant. However, this has to be carefully measured since most  other plants are already on full capacity to accommodate more iPad2 units.

 

 

Irrespective of what the analysts and what the company says, now is the time to get your copy as this product could become scarce, in coming months.

LectureWall Takes Education Online in Nigeria. It Also Makes Education Apps

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From their Twitter feed,  “Lecturewall mobile app makes it possible for more people to reach their educational goals, wherever and whenever…”

 

But from their pitch at Garage48, Lecture Wall is  an educational networking site and online educational community. Lecturers and students can meet. Lecturers can sell their lecture materials, students can get the materials and teachings.

 

Basically, this startup has evolved into both an online presence and app development.

 

Lecturewall is an application for learners to have access to educational resources, online tutors… at no cost. Lecturewall mobile app makes it possible for more people to reach their educational goals, wherever and whenever, it is a fantastic app for Just-in-time learning! As the #1 learning app, lecture wall provides you with educational resources, course materials,a network of tutors and scholars,educational agencies and associations that support and promote all types of educational programs in Africa and around the globe.

 

Team members: David Ogunshola, Udoba Maxwell, Chuks Nwaneri, Ijawere Oluwatomiwa, Francisca Chiedu, Lawal Saeed, Joseph Jones.

 

Twitter: @lecturewall

Facebook: Lecture Wall

 

It seems that LectureWall website is down. The guys must not allow their focus to weaken and they must work hard to finish this plan. There is certainly no reason why they must abandon this product which has promise, especially in Nigeria, which does not have online educational content.

BackToGhana Wants You To Come And Work In Ghana. Opportunities Are Available

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Back to Ghana is the winner of public vote in Garage48 Accra. It works to reverse the brain drain from Ghana where talented people study abroad and they don’t come back.  The company wants to get them back. It provides among others, online portal advertising business opportunities and job opportunities. It also provides online community to bring people back to Ghana besides monetizing  advertisement by companies searching for foreign partners and investors.

 

 

The World Bank has projected Ghana to be the fastest growing economy in Sub-Saharan Africa. For many years there has been much talk about ‘brain drain’ and its dangers to the Ghanaian economy but so far relatively little has been done to inhibit or reverse this trend.

 

At the Garage48 event in Accra held at the Ghana India Kofi Annan Centre for Excellence in ICT, a team of six developers, marketers and business developers stepped up to address this problem. Back-to-ghana is the gateway to cause this change and bring them home. Ghanaian overseas or other foreign nationals with interests in working in Ghana can find businesses that suit them.

 

Businesses or Employers within Ghana can find talented, knowledgeable and skilled professionals across the globe and also attract to work with them. Find out the new developments in Ghana, be informed about Ghana and the people, browse through the profiles of Ghanaians trained Abroad and learn about their expertise, be connected with Ghanaians Abroad to discuss necessary issues about Ghana.

URL: backtoghana.com
Twitter: @backtoghana
Facebook: Back to Ghana
Youtube: backtoghana
Team members: Ernest Edem Dzisah, Nathaniel Ashiagbor, Abraham Cyrus Twum Barima, Kobina Gyan Anguah, Ethel Köök, Andres Paulus, Emmanuel Mensah Boateng

Can Windows Phone Mango Reposition Microsoft and Nokia In The Mobile Apps Ecosystem?

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Yesterday, we reported that Acer, Fujitsu and ZTE are all building and developing on Windows Phone 7. That was the same platform that Nokia had pitched to save itself from the likes of Android and iOS powered phones. Our concern was how can this company compete on margin and premium if the Asian brands are allowed by Microsoft to enter this game. It is a tough one because they can eventually make cheaper phones that will affect Nokia capacity to command great price on their products.

 

Mango, the next version of Microsoft Windows Mobile  version,  is planned to ship phones this fall. With these three companies, people will be buying phones built with Mango along with Dell, HTC and LG. While HTC will make on Windows, it already does for Android. But Nokia is different, it has embraced Windows Phone 7 as the primary platform.

 

Mango, a new version of Windows Phone 7, is an attempt by Microsoft to get into the app business. First started by Palm via WebOS, this is the hope to curtail the momentum of Apple iOS and Google Android. Unlike the two, Microsoft is still way behind in 3rd party apps with only paltry 17,000 apps in its Windows Phone Marketplace.

 

With these numbers, Microsoft is 5th with about 9% mobile operating system market share (2010), according to multiple researches. Android, iOS, Blackbeerry and Symbian all top it. Mango version supports Internet Explorer with HTML5 and hardware acceleration engine. It also has built-in voice-to-text and text-to-voice support. This will come with excess of 15 multiple languages including Chinese, Portuguese, etc.