According to agency Reuters, based notebook manufacturer Packard Bell for three years from 2009 plans to increase its share in the segment of notebook sales in Russia from 1.5 to 10% due to the relatively small number of personal computers and low internet penetration. This in an interview with Reuters news agency said the regional manager of International Department, Packard Bell, owned the second largest global manufacturer of Taiwanese computer company Acer.

"Our share in 2009 will amount to 1-1.5% in the notebook segment. In Russia the first six months were very difficult for all: the producers had accumulated a lot of stocks, which triggered price wars and the high level of competition. This complicated our entry into the market ", - said Rafael de Perlingi."Definitely, 5% (the share of notebook market in 2010) we will achieve. 10% - this is where we want to be in two years."

It is worth mentioning that Packard Bell was released on the market in Russia in late 2008.

According to research company GfK, which resulted in de Perlingi, the market of retail notebook sales in Russia in 2009 will amount to 1,5-2 million pieces in 2010 - 2,3-2,5 million. "Therefore, in order to achieve a share of 5%, we need to reach the level of sales of 120 000 - 140 000 laptop", - he said.

Revenue Packard Bell in Russia in 2009 will be $ 25-30 million with expected total revenue of the company, operating in the markets of Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa, more than $ 1 billion. In 2010, Russia's office of the company hopes to bring its headquarters revenues of approximately $ 100 million in total revenue of $ 1.4 billion.

The parent company Packard Bell - Acer - in the next three years plans to increase its revenues by 70% to $ 30 billion in the optimistic forecast of growth of the world PC market up to $ 200 billion. Acer in the third quarter, ahead of Dell and is now just behind Hewlett-Packard in terms of PC shipments in the world with a market share of 14%.

On the active marketing policy, Packard Bell in Russia and presents a great event on Nov. 18 for the media, where she presented a brand new Packard Bell - PB - and many new models of netbooks.

On the change of brand new colors and Packard Bell said Raphael Bernini, regional manager of International Department of Packard Bell, in his jurisdiction extend to all matters of business development in Eastern Europe. According to him the desire Packard Bell to offer products that can impress and inspire every day is becoming increasingly clear forms - including for the emergence of new color solutions product line the company. Packard bell - the only brand that focuses only on end-users and is valid only for their benefit. According to Mr. Bernini red - this is the most perfect expression of the essence of color. The red color is associated with warmth, energy, and with such emotions as excitement, passion, love and much more. Cherry-red cover (CherryRed) Netbook Series dot s expresses the individual user. Red turns to the world in a clear, concise and attractive manner that enhances individuality and makes enjoy life. It attracts attention and not let him.

Changing and the brand of the company: instead of a long "Packard Bell" will now be dynamic RV.To emphasize the dynamics of development and the aspirations of the company, nine times world motorcycling champion Valentino Rossi put his autograph on a new product line, Packard Bell. Designer of this product line became Aldo Druado, designer Valentino Rossi. New laptops and netbooks, Packard Bell is unique because of the signature Valentino Rossi and number 46 on the body. Perhaps there will also be a symbol of the sun and moon, is beautiful on the helmet or even the champion of his famous nickname "Doctor".

Philippe Henri Packard Bell Director of Sales and Marketing spoke about the new line of netbooks.

The first models - a dot m / u - first neutbuk performance notebook (which is important for high-definition multimedia entertainment). He has the same ultra-compact, stylish body that is widely known netbooks dot (with a 11.6-inch screen). Thickness of less than 2.5 cm and weight of 1.4 kilograms provide portability and are placed in any bag. The battery provides performance within 8 hours. The device has all the necessary functions for mobile users - Wi-Fi, microphone, webcam and Windows Live Messenger. Netbook works great with Windows 7 and costs about 19 thousand rubles.

Next model - a super-slim netbook with technology AMD dot m / a. It has a stylish look and a brilliant cover and matte inner surface. Mr. Henry stressed that the design of these laptops is different expressive details such as elegant severity logo on the lid and on the touch panel, smooth silver hinges, rounded corners and embossed handhold. One of the special amenities - is the touch panel with support for multiple clicks. With circular motion of fingers can move quickly up and down, and the simple movement of two fingers you can zoom in or out. With one click you can view photos, Internet sites or documents and navigate through the horizontal movement of two fingers.

Also netbooks Mr. Henry described the desktop oneTwo M and oneTwo L, made in the form factor "monoblock" and fitted with touch-screen display "multitouch" with a diagonal of 20 and 23 inches respectively. Screen resolution desktop oneTwo M is 1600h900 points, and the piece oneTwo L has a display with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels. Both new products are running the software platform of Windows 7, are on board up to 8 GB of RAM, webcam and card reader supports five memory card formats. The computer firm TouchFriends application for access to social network Facebook and photo hosting Flickr, as well as media player TouchMusic, organizer and media center TouchMemo TouchMediaShare.

The youngest model, oneTwo M, is based on the processor Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 and equipped with a video card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4500. Desktop oneTwo L is equipped with quad-core Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200, video card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670 with 1 GB of GDDR5 memory interface and support for DirectX 10, the connector E-SATA, optional Blu-ray drive and a TV tuner standard DVB. They stand oneTwo M and oneTwo L 600 and 1 000 euros respectively.