Charles Smulders Region Quotations

Emerging markets and consumer demand in the mature regions were the major growth engines on a worldwide basis.

In the first quarter of 2006, emerging markets and consumer demand in the mature regions were the major growth engines on a worldwide basis. Mobile demand remains strong worldwide, but in the U.S. desktop consumer market demand increased in response to renewed price competition.

Mobile growth came to some extent at the expense of desk-based PCs. Emerging regions had steady desk-based PC growth, however it could not offset the very weak desk-based PC growth in the mature regions.