Pegatron lands Apple orders

Taiwan-based notebook maker Pegatron Technology, the spun-off manufacturing arm of Asustek Computer, has reportedly landed desktop orders from Apple, according to sources from market watchers, states Digi Times.

The sources noted that Pegatron's major objective currently is to retrieve its lost Apple MacBook orders and if the rumour about Pegatron landing desktop orders is true, then the company is one step closer to achieving its goal.

Due to declining orders from Asustek, Pegatron's revenues dropped slightly by 3.1% on month and 19% on year to $986.55 million in June.

Worklight is offering coders free access to an evaluation version of its multi-platform development suite, billed as a means of building, deploying, and managing applications for iPhones, Androids, BlackBerrys, Windows and Mac desktops and notebooks, and the Web, says the Register.

Access to the evaluation suite for development purposes is completely free, and developers are granted unlimited access to the company's tools, including the WorkLight Studio, an Eclipse plug-in that lets users couple Web-based code with native code across multiple platforms.

“No features are turned off," says Worklight COO Kurt Daniel. However, once an application is deployed, the user pays an annual subscription fee or perpetual licence based on the number of application end-users.

The Israeli computer hardware market, including desktops, notebooks, servers and accessories, is projected at $2.2 billion in 2010, up from $2.1 billion in 2009, reports PR-Inside.

The market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5% over the forecast period to reach $26 billion in 2014. Spending is expected to resume single-digit growth in 2010, after a contraction in 2009 due to the economic slowdown and unemployment hitting consumer demand for electronics goods.

Israeli software spending is projected at $1.0 billion in 2010, up from $973 million in 2009.