The combined desk-based and mobile PC market in India totalled nearly 2.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, a 6.5 per cent decline from the same period in 2010, according to research firm Gartner.
"This growth was primarily driven by the mobile PC market which grew 29 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2011," said Vishal Tripathi, principal research analyst at Gartner.
All the major multinational PC vendors experienced double-digit growth in mobile PC shipments in the first quarter of 2011.
Apple follows the October to September calendar for its financial results.
Apple is also expected to announce plans for a startup accelerator in India to work more closely with the Indian developer community that works on the company's iOS and OS X software platforms
Websites that are not mobilefriendly will drop down in rankings
Chipmaker Intel, which last week announced a partnership with watches and fashion accessory retailer Fossil Group to develop wearable devices, is scouting for manufacturers to launch such devices in India.
iPhone sales in India were up by 56 per cent during the period.
The trip was more about understanding the Indian market, but was also about signaling to the world that Apple has arrived in India
70% reduction to cover low-cost devices, aimed at stronger foothold in tablet market
Google Inc on Monday launched the first smartphones powered by its Android One operating system in India, pricing them at around Rs 6,399 ($105) to capture the low-cost segment of the world's fastest growing smartphone market.
Indians may adopt wait-and-watch policy in first year.
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