Report claims 14.6M netbooks shipped in 2008

From Engadget -

A report from research firm DisplayBank claims total 2008 netbook shipments reached 14.6 million. Top three brands were Acer with 37.3%, Asus 33.2% and HP 7.5%. Significantly, netbooks represent just 11% of total notebooks sales, although this should increase to 18.9% by 2012.

The firm defined a netbook "as having similar functions as NotePC, supports networking and have retail price lower than US$650. Especially, products are narrowed with screen size of 7 – 10.2 inch and with Linux or Microsoft Windows operating system equipped."