UK netbook market records first ever decline

Doug Woodburn
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Small form factor under threat as sales struggle in back-to-school period

Too cool for school: Netbook sales shrivelled eight per cent in August as notebook market returned to growth UK unit sales of netbooks fell for the first time ever in August and, despite a return...

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