Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Annual computer sales to pass 1 billion by 2014
The rise and rise of smartphones and tablets will help double the shipment of computers around the world in just five years, according to new research.
A total of 500 million computers, from desktop PCs to laptops and smartphones, were shipped in 2009. The accountancy group Deloitte predicts that will rise to 1.1 billion in 2014.