Netbook demand on the rise, says Survey

According to the results of a market research study released, about a quater of potential PC buyers are now looking forward to buy netbooks. The reason behind this trend is simple: economy downturn. Nearly 23% potential computer-buyers are now planning to buy a netbook instead of notebook or desktop.

The netbooks also have become increasingly popular after last year’s Christmas as netbooks with beefed-up specifications have hit the shelves since then.

OQO cancels all preorders for MODEL 2+

First we saw the disappearance of the OQO models from the expansys store and now we get the news that OQO has canceled all the preorders for the model 2+. This further makes us think one think: Is OQO on the brink of getting bankrupt?

Clearly, UMPCs are now dying due to their huge price tags and poor demand. Companies need to realize that in such tough times, it would hard for the consumer to shell out $1000+ on a UMPC. ASUS has pretty much understood this fact that they released their tablet/UMPC at a fair price tag of $549.

I am personally not at all surprised due to the fact they were NOT able to offer satisfactory service to the customers in US or anywhere around the world. See this POST for more information about the extremely poor OQO customer support.