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The Indian PC market is converging with the handheld device market. In the next few years many of the functions now available only on a PC will also become available on mobile handset devices. Recognizing this, PC vendors have begun protecting their turf by introducing smartphone devices. Vendors such as Acer, Asus, Dell, HP and Lenovo are offering handheld devices as a flanking strategy to ward off competition from Qualcomm, Nokia and Samsung. While Dell, Samsung and Acer have already launched their offerings, Lenovo and HP are expected to have high-profile launches of their products later this month.
Analysts predict that tablets could spell doom for netbooks with battery such as Dell BATDW00L Battery , Dell BAT-I5000 Battery , Dell C1295 Battery , Dell C5331 Battery , Dell C5340 Battery , Dell C647H Battery , Dell C7786 Battery , Dell CG036 Battery , Dell CG039 Battery , Dell D5318 Battery , Dell D5540 Battery , Dell D5561 Battery . “Most of the growth in consumer tablet PCs will come in the home segment at the expense of mini-notebooks and ultraportable PCs. Though the iPad has not yet been officially introduced in the Indian market, it has done a lot to inspire consumers to own a tablet,” says Vishal Tripathi, Principal Analyst, Gartner India.
However, the present price-points of tablets are in excess of `21,000, with those from Dell and Acer being priced at more than `35,000. “Netbooks were launched with low entry-level price-points as their USP, but they did not see increasing demand because of their limited functionality,” says Ashwini Agarwal, President, MAIT. “I believe tablets will create a market of their own, built largely because of a superior fashion quotient and greater portability.”
While the market size is still very small, manufacturers such as Dell, Lenovo and HP have announced ultra portable high-end laptops with in-built SSDs. These notebooks now cost `90,000 or more, but vendors are expecting prices to drop once SSD acceptance grows. “SSD prices have been dropping by almost 300 percent year-on-year. By the end of the year, the price difference between SSDs and normal drives should be $100 or so. This would make them affordable enough to be included in mainstream notebooks,” says Gopal Swaminathan, Director, Sales & Marketing, Intel India.
With 3G services being rolled out by service providers, you can expect more models which are broadband-ready. “In our Thinkpad range we have models which are mobile broadband-ready, so all the user needs to do is insert a 3G-ready SIM card,” says Rajesh Dixit, Director, KAB, Think Classic Product Group and Channels, Lenovo India.
While these products are currently priced high, mobile broadband is expected to be a feature that will be standard by the end of the year.
“We believe that the biggest battle in the notebook market will be about how long the battery can stay charged. With the innovations that AMD has brought in, the day is not far when your notebook can stay charged over a 12-hour transcontinental flight,” says Ravi Swaminathan, MD & VP, AMD India.
Using low-power components and design innovations, notebook vendors have today managed to create products that have a battery life of over eight hours. With the next generation of notebooks being powered by SSDs and low-power processors, it’s likely that we’ll see a 10-hour battery life in the near future.