Apple : Paddy Power taking bets on next Apple announcement

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Paddy Power taking bets on next Apple announcement Posted: Irish betting giant Paddy Power has opened a book on what Apple will be announcing at its New York event in a week's time. Apple's events have always been high-profile offerings, but now punters can put their money where their mouth is and put their hard earned cah on what they think will be announced. Topping the list at 1/6 are electonric/digital textbooks, with an iPad Lite at 6/1 and 9/1 for the iPad 3. Tech junkie "Like all tech junkies I'm awaiting the latest Apple announcement with bated breath, it looks very likely that they're on the verge of launching electronic textbooks but I don't think it's beyond those geniuses at Apple to build a robot teacher!" said Paddy Power. And for those that are even more confident they know what Apple is doing, you can also bet on the number of iPad releases that will occur in 2012. You can get 10/11 that it will be just one and 4/5 on two. We should point out at this point that betting is for adults and that you can lose all your money if you're not very good at it. We've spoken to Paddy Power and the bets will go up shortly if you fancy a punt. What will the Apple announcement be regarding? 1/6 Electronic/Digital Textbooks 6/1 iPad Lite 9/1 iPad 3 14/1 Return of the iMac desktop 16/1 Apple Television set 20/1 iPhone 5 40/1 Apple Robot Teacher How many iPad releases in 2012? 16/1 None 10/11 One 4/5 Two

Gartner figures reveal weak festive PC demand Posted: Gartner has released its quarterly look at the worldwide PC market, reporting that the consumer demand for desktop and laptop computers was weak for the Christmas season in 2011. Shipments of PCs and laptops (but not tablets) were down 1.4 per cent compared to the fourth quarter of 2010, which Gartner reckons is down partly to tightened belts but mostly to growing apathy among consumers. Mikako Kitagawa, principal analyst at Gartner, said, "Continuously low consumer PC demand resulted in weak holiday PC shipments. "While economic uncertainty in Western Europe had an effect on consumer PC shipments, expectations of a healthier economic outlook in North America could not stimulate consumer PC demand in that region." Ultradisappointing Even Ultrabooks, with their exciting hyperbole-filled moniker, couldn't get us to part with our cash in late 2011, although Kitagawa concedes that Joe Public had "very little understanding and awareness of Ultrabooks" and that CES 2012 could change all that. And if you're at all interested in ranking companies based on sales, then you'll want to know that HP has managed to cling on to the top spot despite its CEO swapping shenanigans and threats to pull out of PCs altogether. However, the company has lost market share compared to Q4 2010, as have Lenovo (second place) and Acer (fourth place), but Dell (third) and Asus (fifth) have both grown over the course of the year.

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