Apple managed to rank in the top five for U.S. retail computer and portable media player sales in March. Data from The NPD Group ranked Apple and other electronics manufacturers based on brick-and-mortar store sales only and did not include direct sales, according to Bloomberg.
In the laptop category, Apple came in at number 4 with a 9.9 percent unit share, behind Toshiba with 26.2 percent, Hewlett Packard with 23.9 percent, and Gateway at 13 percent. Compaq took fifth place with 8.5 percent.
Apple landed in fifth place in the desktop category with a 7.7 percent unit share. Hewlett Packard was first with 35 percent, Compaq was second with 16.7 percent, Gateway was third at 16.6 percent, and Emachines came in fourth with 16.4 percent.
Dell was missing from the computer sales lists for good cause: Its computer products are available through direct sales only, not traditional retail stores. Had direct sales been included in the study, the numbers would have likely been very favorable to Dell.
In the MP3 player market, Apple took the top spot with a 68.9 percent unit share for its iPod product line. Sandisk came in a distant second with 11.2 percent, Creative Labs was third with 3.6 percent, Microsoft was fourth at 2.5 percent, and Samsung took fifth place with 2.2 percent. Even in the extremely narrow scope of the NPD study, Apple still clearly held the lead in portable media player sales.
The numbers in the NPD study represent a subsection of the overall computer and MP3 player market since the focus was only on retail stores in the United States, and also excluded Wal-Mart and warehouse clubs. It does, however, show a strong consumer interest in the Mac within the limited scope of the survey
http://www.macobserver.com/article/2007/05/11.5.shtml
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Apple Doing Well in U.S. Retail Channel
Apple managed to rank in the top five for U.S. retail computer and portable media player sales in March. Data from The NPD Group ranked Apple and other electronics manufacturers based on brick-and-mortar store sales only and did not include direct sales, according to Bloomberg.
In the laptop category, Apple came in at number 4 with a 9.9 percent unit share, behind Toshiba with 26.2 percent, Hewlett Packard with 23.9 percent, and Gateway at 13 percent. Compaq took fifth place with 8.5 percent.
Apple landed in fifth place in the desktop category with a 7.7 percent unit share. Hewlett Packard was first with 35 percent, Compaq was second with 16.7 percent, Gateway was third at 16.6 percent, and Emachines came in fourth with 16.4 percent.
Dell was missing from the computer sales lists for good cause: Its computer products are available through direct sales only, not traditional retail stores. Had direct sales been included in the study, the numbers would have likely been very favorable to Dell.
In the MP3 player market, Apple took the top spot with a 68.9 percent unit share for its iPod product line. Sandisk came in a distant second with 11.2 percent, Creative Labs was third with 3.6 percent, Microsoft was fourth at 2.5 percent, and Samsung took fifth place with 2.2 percent. Even in the extremely narrow scope of the NPD study, Apple still clearly held the lead in portable media player sales.
The numbers in the NPD study represent a subsection of the overall computer and MP3 player market since the focus was only on retail stores in the United States, and also excluded Wal-Mart and warehouse clubs. It does, however, show a strong consumer interest in the Mac within the limited scope of the survey.
http://www.macobserver.com/article/2007/05/11.5.shtml
In the laptop category, Apple came in at number 4 with a 9.9 percent unit share, behind Toshiba with 26.2 percent, Hewlett Packard with 23.9 percent, and Gateway at 13 percent. Compaq took fifth place with 8.5 percent.
Apple landed in fifth place in the desktop category with a 7.7 percent unit share. Hewlett Packard was first with 35 percent, Compaq was second with 16.7 percent, Gateway was third at 16.6 percent, and Emachines came in fourth with 16.4 percent.
Dell was missing from the computer sales lists for good cause: Its computer products are available through direct sales only, not traditional retail stores. Had direct sales been included in the study, the numbers would have likely been very favorable to Dell.
In the MP3 player market, Apple took the top spot with a 68.9 percent unit share for its iPod product line. Sandisk came in a distant second with 11.2 percent, Creative Labs was third with 3.6 percent, Microsoft was fourth at 2.5 percent, and Samsung took fifth place with 2.2 percent. Even in the extremely narrow scope of the NPD study, Apple still clearly held the lead in portable media player sales.
The numbers in the NPD study represent a subsection of the overall computer and MP3 player market since the focus was only on retail stores in the United States, and also excluded Wal-Mart and warehouse clubs. It does, however, show a strong consumer interest in the Mac within the limited scope of the survey.
http://www.macobserver.com/article/2007/05/11.5.shtml
Pacemaker Malfunction due to iPod?
A study carried out by a 17-year-old high school student reportedly reveals that Apple Computer's iconic iPod may after all cause cardiac implantable pacemakers to malfunction by interfering with the electromagnetic equipment used to monitor the heart.
The study, conducted at the Thoracic and Cardiovascular Institute at Michigan State University, revealed that iPods can cause electrical interference when held as far as 18-inches away from cardiac implantable pacemakers.
The study was presented by Jay Thaker, an Indian student at the Okemos High School Electrical, during the Heart Rhythm Society annual meeting attended by heart specialists from across the US.
The study was reportedly conducted on 100 patients, whose mean age was 77, and who had implanted pacemakers. In about half the study population, iPods caused electrical interference when held 2-inches away from the patient's chest for 5 to 10 seconds.
Thaker said that during the study, they found various problems with the pacemakers. One device stopped functioning briefly; others picked up iPod signals, and put them in their memories.
While co-author of the study, Dr Krit Jongnarangsin, admitted that most pacemaker patients are not iPod users, both Jongnarangsin and Thaker agreed in principle that pacemaker patients might get affected if they are in close proximity to others using iPods.
Thaker concluded the study on the note that iPod interference can lead Physicians to misdiagnosing the actual heart functioning.
http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Pacemaker_Malfunction_due_to_iPod/551-81047-615.html
The study, conducted at the Thoracic and Cardiovascular Institute at Michigan State University, revealed that iPods can cause electrical interference when held as far as 18-inches away from cardiac implantable pacemakers.
The study was presented by Jay Thaker, an Indian student at the Okemos High School Electrical, during the Heart Rhythm Society annual meeting attended by heart specialists from across the US.
The study was reportedly conducted on 100 patients, whose mean age was 77, and who had implanted pacemakers. In about half the study population, iPods caused electrical interference when held 2-inches away from the patient's chest for 5 to 10 seconds.
Thaker said that during the study, they found various problems with the pacemakers. One device stopped functioning briefly; others picked up iPod signals, and put them in their memories.
While co-author of the study, Dr Krit Jongnarangsin, admitted that most pacemaker patients are not iPod users, both Jongnarangsin and Thaker agreed in principle that pacemaker patients might get affected if they are in close proximity to others using iPods.
Thaker concluded the study on the note that iPod interference can lead Physicians to misdiagnosing the actual heart functioning.
http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Pacemaker_Malfunction_due_to_iPod/551-81047-615.html
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