Sentences with phrase «age of tablet computers»

On the other hand, the theater package didn't get much use in this age of tablet computers and smartphones, and omitting it would have been an easy way to shave $ 2450 from our as - tested price.

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Based on a nationally representative survey of low - income parents with children between the ages of 6 to 13, the report found most parents saw academic value in technology and named education as the No. 1 reason for purchasing desktop computers, laptops and tablets.

Share of the Swedish population of different ages who have access to a smartphone, their own computer or their own tablet

Many popular touch screen manufacturers and companies making chipsets are entering an golden age of sales and profit directly arbitrated to the proliferation of tablet and slate computers.

In the year ending in January 2012, the American Association of Publishers reported that e-book sales had risen more than 49.4 % in the adult books category, 475.1 % in the children's and young adult category, and 150.7 % in the religious publications category.5 We at the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project reported that ownership of e-book readers among adults age 18 and older had nearly doubled from 10 % of the population to 19 % over the holiday gift - giving season at the end of 2011, and ownership of tablet computers had surged a similar amount.6 In the final week of 2011 the e-book version of 42 of the top - selling 50 books on USA Today's best - seller book list was outselling the paper version of the same book.7

45 % of magazine and journal readers under age 30 read their magazines or journals on a computer or handheld devices such as a tablet, e-reader, or cell phone, compared with 30 % of older adults.

But during the most recent holiday season, we saw a major spike in ownership.12 In mid-January, we reported that 19 % of adults ages 18 and older owned an e-book reader, and 19 % owned a tablet computer, up from 10 % ownership for each device in mid - December.13

31 % of those under age 30 say they would be «very» or «somewhat» likely to take a course at a library in how to use an e-reader or tablet computer (compared with 31 % of all respondents).

Some 23 % of e-book readers ages 16 - 29 read e-books on an e-reader like a Kindle or Nook, and just 16 % read e-books on a tablet computer.

Researchers from Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, tracked the eye movements and brain activity of 36 younger participants aged 21 - 34 and 21 older adults aged 60 and above as they read text from e-readers, tablet computers, and printed pages.

As of November 2012, some 25 % of Americans ages 16 and older own tablet computers such as iPads or Kindle Fires, up from 10 % who owned tablets in late 2011.

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The number of Americans ages 16 and older who own tablet computers has grown to 35 %, and the share who have e-reading devices like Kindles and Nooks has grown to 24 %.

Figure 2 shows statistics of the share of the Swedish population of different ages who have access to their own smartphone, computer or tablet.17

Figure 2 Share of the Swedish population of different ages who have access to a smartphone, their own computer or their own tablet

There are some great children's apps, games, and movies out there, but the quantity of digital media available to kids these days through the TV, computer, tablet, and smartphone is staggering, so how can we wade through all of it and find the content that is fitting for our kids» ages, and our own family values, and that offers constructive learning experiences?

The iPad Pro is a computer for a new generation of users who don't know what a computer is, according to Apple's newest iPad commercial; to everyone else it's a supercharged tablet, especially for those looking to replace their aging laptop.

We appreciate that Pottery Barn Kids» version features a variety of cute, age - appropriate patterns in small sizes with short cords perfect for connecting to a tablet or laptop (with an extender included for hooking up to desktop computers where you need a longer lead).