That's because cheap PCs -- the fastest-growing computer segment -- ship with cheap software.
Eli Lilly and Company discovers, develops, manufactures, and sells products in one significant business segment -pharmaceutical products.
The sentiment echos executives from Bentley, Porsche and Ferrari when they discuss their own segment-entering products.
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In my world of packaged goods, attempts at segment-creating innovation in mature categories happen with frequency, and for sure, many fail.
Only 5% of all worldwide advertising budgets are geared to consumers 50 and over, while 80% is poured into the 18-34 segment--a shrinking market.
If Ford Motor is going to overcome a precipitous drop in its most profitable segment--sport utilities--it desperately needs to win over people like Jennifer.
Also, Ford has been advertising the popular EcoBoost option on its F-150 trucks, touting the fact that its best-selling vehicle provides not only segment-leading fuel economy but also towing and performance capabilities that pickup-truck owners demand.
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Chevrolet plans to launch a new version of Silverado in the second quarter, and Ford is counting on the sales bump crated by its EcoBoost gasoline-powered option to keep momentum behind the segment-leading Ford F-150 for a while.
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That said, Wang also announced that China Mobile aims to sell twice as many TD-SCDMA devices this year, with smartphones expected to take up over 80 percent of that segment -- hardly a challenge considering they already reached 94.4 percent in the last quarter.
Liberty would use a first-stage that incorporated a larger, five-segment booster - a technology ATK has already been testing.
There is only one so-called A-segment car--the Smart ForTwo--for sale in the U.S. now (and it's hardly a barn burner, with sales of fewer than 6, 000last year).
As if that wasn't enough, a whole slew of images of the camera have just surfaced on RiceHigh's Pentax Blog, along with a complete (but not exactly verifiable) spec list, which offers such details as a 3-inch VGA LCD, continuous JPEG shooting at 5.2 frames per second, a viewfinder with 100% image coverage, a new 77-Segment Multi-Pattern metering system, a built-in AF assist light, and an integrated HDR mode, among countless other features.
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After a decade of virtual alt-car segment exclusivity--a packaged goods eternity--Toyota finally has its own, genuine YoPlus thorn in its side.
He quit his job as director of the business-to-business segment at e-commerce software maker Open Market to launch PurchasingCenter, warning his wife to expect lean months with no salary.
And that model needs to include browser-based games and mobile games, yet still address the higher-revenue generating segment of client-based MMOGs.
Also, the digital imaging group can access the main network, while using virtual LANs to segment large-file traffic and avoid causing bottlenecks.
By the way, that first edition of Countryfile back in 1988 included a segment on - you guessed it - affordable rural housing.
And it really marks the end of the major assembly of at least the U.S. orbiting segment to -- as we transition into full utilization of this magnificent orbiting laboratory.
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"We see a stabilizing trend in the ultra-luxury segment, as high-net-worth buyers pursue the very best properties at opportunistic price points, " says Bill Fandel of Peaks Real Estate Sotheby's International Realty, who handled the sale of the Bootjack Ranch, via an e-mail.
Announcing the launch of a premium mid-sized coupe in the more accessible D-segment in the near future, the LF-CC reinforces Lexus' commitment to create more engaging, inspirational vehicles through attractive design, a superior driving experience and advanced technologies.
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We saw a number of Electric Imp demos and appliance ideas at the booth including a simple hand-held "detonator" toggle switch with LED, seven-segment counter, water level sensor, servo-controlled gauge, RGB light, power socket, Christmas light, power monitor, toy washing machine, 16x16 LED display and receipt printer (the latter two being combined to show the avatars and tweets of anyone mentioning the Electric Imp) -- all Internet aware.
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In his video message during the high-level segment, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called upon the scientific community to help make sense of the complex and interconnected challenges --including climate change, the financial crisis and food, water and energy insecurity -- that threaten human well-being and civilization as we know it.
Non-GAAP Solar Energy segment revenue declined year-over-year and sequentially due to lower solar project sales.
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Later, it moved into the mid-size segment, retiring the popular ERJ-145 (though the production line on that aircraft is still open).
The duo ended up redirecting, or pivoting as would be the correct entrepreneurial-lingo, their initial idea twice, shifting not only customer segment from shopping-averse male college graduates to gay and metrosexual working professionals, but were also forced to realize that their customers did not lack sources of inspiration but needed to be actively sought out.
The fastest-growing segment, surprisingly, is the 70-79 set, which increased cellphone purchases 12% over the same period.
There is the mass-market segment: bland, commoditised, low-margin, fast turnover, and unsavourily exploitative if you look too closely.
In effect, the branded cereal would cede the most price-sensitive segment of the market to the own-label cereal, in the hope that the own-label firm will keep its prices up.
The five-segment booster is intended to power the early flight phase of Nasa's proposed Ares 1 launch vehicle - its replacement for the space shuttle.
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