You may have noticed that netbooks with 7 and 8.9 inch displays are getting harder to find as 10 inch models (as well as larger machines with 11 and 12 inch screens) are becoming more common. Apparently this isn’t just a trend in the US and Europe. According to a Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute study,shrinking demand for smaller netbooks…

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Taiwan’s Market Intelligence Center projects that more than 8 million low cost ultraportable laptops will ship this year — that’s a pretty impressive number for a market segment that didn’t even exist this time last year. The report suggests that number could more than double next year, with 18 million units shipping. The year over year growth makes sense because…

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