Tag Archive | "tablet"
Bill Gates says iPad users are frustrated because they don’t have Office
Oh Bill, you are a funny one.
Continue reading...iPad most popular tablet this holiday season
Friday, December 28, 2012
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Barrons reports: R.W. Baird’s William Power this morning offers his weekly roundup of sales checks at retail regarding mobile device sales, in this case, tablet computers. Power writes that he spoke with reps at Best Buy and Staples stores about which tablet computers they’re recommending and which ones seem to be moving units. Apple‘s iPad [...]
Continue reading...IDC Report – Apple to command 50% share of tablet market through 2016
Thursday, December 6, 2012
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IDC recently increased its 2012 forecast for the worldwide tablet market to 122.3 million, up from a previous estimate of 117.1 million. And looking forward, they anticipate tablet sales in 2016 to reach unit levels of 282.7 million units. And breaking things up by marketshare, the research company anticipates Apple’s share of the tablet market [...]
Continue reading...Tim Cook disses Microsoft Surface, calls it compromised and confusing
Thursday, October 25, 2012
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During yesterday’s earnings conference call, the increasingly engaging Tim Cook fielded a question about a new tablet-comer on the scene, the Microsoft Surface tablet. Cook responded, while sighing for dramatic effect, “I haven’t personally played with the Surface yet but what we’re reading about it that it’s a fairly compromised, confusing product.” Indeed, a number [...]
Continue reading...Apple design expert Peter Bressler recreates Roger Fidler’s tablet prototype to point out major design differences
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
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Well the Samsung/Apple trial has certainly had its share of interesting moments. And though both parties rested their case last week, this final tidbit of news is worth covering. As part of Samsung’s defense, they called up Roger Fidler to the stand. Fidler is a tablet visionary, so to speak, and Samsung argues that Fidler’s [...]
Continue reading...Apple continues to dominate tablet market with 68.2% marketshare
Monday, August 6, 2012
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As rumors of an iPad Mini continue to hover overhead, the rest of the tablet market seems to be heating up. The Amazon Kindle Fire has established its own little niche, and more than that, the recently released Galaxy Nexus 7 has gotten off to a very strong start amidst overwhelmingly positive reviews. Further, there [...]
Continue reading...Amazon preparing to release upwards of 5 or 6 new tablet devices – Report
Monday, July 23, 2012
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With the demand for tablets growing, Amazon is looking to beef up their own offerings in the coming months. A recent report from Reuters claims that the nation’s largest online retailer has plans to expand its tablet lineup beyond the Kindle Fire to include up to 6 separate tablet SKUs. Naturally, the tablets will come [...]
Continue reading...The first known photos of Apple’s iPad prototypes
Thursday, July 19, 2012
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Well before it ever crossed Steve Jobs’ mind that Apple should get into the smartphone business, the company had for a few years been tinkering with various tablet designs. The story goes that when Jobs was shown a tablet prototype with multitouch, he had a lightbulb moment and decided that Apple should make a phone. [...]
Continue reading...The Verge reviews the Nexus 7
Friday, June 29, 2012
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So Google earlier this week announced the Google Nexus 7, a homegrown Android tablet developed in conjunction with Asus. Priced at only $199 the Nexus 7 is a surefire Kindle Fire competitor and may even attract some folks who are hesitant about laying down extra cash for the iPad. So how does the Nexus 7 [...]
Continue reading...66% of all tablet shipments are iPads
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
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AppleInsider reports: According to analysis from ABI research released on Monday, strong interest in Apple’s third-generation iPad helped the company maintain a nearly 65 percent share of the tablet sector which grew to 18.2 million worldwide shipments by the end of the first quarter. Samsung shipped 1.1 million tablets during the first three months of [...]
Continue reading...Google to start selling its own tablets
Friday, March 30, 2012
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The WSJ reports: Google, undaunted by a short-lived attempt to market and sell smartphones on its own, is now trying the approach with tablet computers in a quest to capture market share from Apple’s iPad. The Internet search company will sell co-branded tablets directly to consumers through an online store like rivals Apple and Amazon [...]
Continue reading...Ahead of new iPad launch, Corporate Market shows enhanced interest in Apple’s tablet
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Apple was never one to cater to the corporate market, but in the iPad, they have a product that’s so appealing in its own right that the company is making inroads into market segments that were previously dominated by other companies. Highlighting this telling shift in support, a recent ChangeWave survey of 1,605 business IT buyers [...]
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
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