The company is setting its sights on being the world's biggest digital magazine store catering to
the booming tablet market, but has also dropped hints about getting into the ebook business at a later stage.
However, the price also makes one suspect if the device will indeed be able to make a dent in
the booming tablet market given the high price tag.
Amazon had lit the Kindle Fire with the hopes of blazing into
the booming tablet market.
Not exact matches
Tablet sales are a
booming part of the computer
market, while sales of traditional PCs have fallen away: globally,
tablets are likely to outsell laptops this year.
Recent figures suggest
tablet sales are slowing down in developed
markets, while sales of phablets are
booming in emerging
markets.
The sub 8 - inch
tablet market is
booming, though, and Apple arguably has more impressive competition in this arena than it does in the 10 - inch one, with the likes of the Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HDX, Asus MeMO Pad HD 7 and many others all offering good
tablet experiences at bargain prices.
Industry tracker Deloitte predicts the
tablet computer
market will
boom this year with tens of millions of people deciding the notepad - sized devices are «just right» for their needs.
Microsoft will launch its own
tablet device next week, entering the
booming slate
market without the help of a separate hardware manufacturer, it has been claimed.
Though the prediction may not come as a surprise to many, the entire
tablet market — still dominated by the iPad — is still
booming year on year.
The
tablet market headed toward a
boom last year after Apple released the iPad.
Booming tablet shipments — including the iPad with its 9 - inch screen, as well as smaller 7.x - inch models from various brands — will drive a robust 56 percent annual increase in shipments for the
tablet display
market in 2012, according to the
Taking a closer look at the names of the companies providing consumers with
tablets in the
booming market, one or two names are either completely missing or far behind.
The
tablet market is not exactly a
booming market at the moment and hasn't been for some time.
The company's Kindle eBook readers led to a
boom in the eReader
market, and then Amazon became the only company to contend with Apple's iPad lineup by offering solid
tablets at rock bottom prices.
We can't ignore the
booming 2 - in - 1
market including Microsoft's Surface Pro
tablets, though they work and are
marketed more as laptop replacements.