The problem for Transmeta is that Intel will not be twiddling its thumbs while mobile wireless appliances relegate the PC to the dustbin of computer history.
Amsterdam-based PPF Group NV's Home Credit, which lends in places such as Belarus and Slovakia, said it is approving about 5, 000 loans daily in China for mobile phones, appliances and motorcycles, more than double the number in 2011.
Best Buy said domestic segment areas of comparable store sales growth included mobile computing (including tablets), appliances, eReaders, mobile phones, and movies.