Net access, portals part of PC package

 

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PC makers move beyond hardware as the cell phone approach begins to transform the industry. "This is the beginning of the era of the free PC." - 4th Wave report

Gateway considers iBelong investment The PC maker, looking to beef up its strategy of bundling Internet services with its PCs, may enlist the help of a start-up called iBelong. PC makers asking: Are you being served? Buying a PC will be less about the PC itself and more about the total package of services and peripherals that manufacturers bundle with the hardware, surveys say. Spotlight on the free-PC craze Enchilada, the start-up with the delicious name, joins a stew of other recent free-PC offers as the market picks up steam.