This might come as a big shocker to all the iPad 'boo' crowd out there but it seems like Steve's Netbook-killer has already starting affecting the growth and sales of Netbooks to a huge extent.
A report by Fortune says the following:
As her chart (above) shows, sales growth of these low-cost, low-powered computing devices peaked last summer at an astonishing 641% year-over-year growth rate. It fell off a cliff in January and shrank again in April — collateral damage, according to Huberty, from the January introduction and April launch of the iPad.
Funny thing is that Netbooks aren't the only victim here. iPad sales have also made a negative impact on the sales and growth of one of Apple's own product; the iPod Touch. Below is a graph of the top candidates for cannibalization by iPad.
The chart prepared by Morgan Stanley also lines a survey that found that 44% of U.S. consumers who were planning to buy an iPad said that they were buying it instead of a netbook or notebook computer. And let's add the spice of Microsoft canceling the Courier and HP cancelling the Slate, does this mean iPad will dominate the future in the category of Tablets as well as Netbooks? Thoughts please!
[via Fortune]