HEXUS.sharewatch: PCs outgain phones after MWC

This year's Mobile World Congress was heavy on convergence. We had mobile phone giants like Qualcomm and Marvell demonstrating how their chips can enable PC-like functionality and PC stalwarts like Intel, HP and Dell talking about their mobile initiatives.

We didn't bring you HEXUS.sharewatch last week due to our MWC 2010 commitments, and we expected all the buzz to be around companies you traditionally associate with the mobile sector. Bur, in terms of share price activity, the biggest gainers in the aftermath of the show have been companies associated primarily with PCs.

In the past two weeks markets have recovered healthily from the wobble brought on by macroeconomic issues like Greece's national debt. Most of our shares have followed suit, with the exception of Nokia - the world's biggest handset maker - and ARM - which has at least two of its chip designs in every mobile phone.

In contrast, our biggest gainers are HP - which recently announced solid quarterlies - distie Tech Data, and CPU makers AMD and Intel. The general feeling seems to be that, while mobile is where a lot of the buzz is right now, if you're looking for solid growth in the nearer future, the PC sector looks like a good bet.