Sentences with phrase «consumer tablet segment»

Yes, there were flaws and omissions, but Apple was still the company to beat in the fledgling consumer tablet segment.

The Dell Streak and its successors face competition not only from the Apple iPad, which rekindled interest in the consumer tablet segment earlier this year, but also upcoming products such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab and Research In Motion's PlayBook, a BlackBerry - themed tablet unveiled on Sept. 27.

Not exact matches

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Further, Dell will be wooing the corporate segment with the Windows tablet so that the best that general consumers can expect from Dell is the Android Honeycomb version.

«Our new Mobility Global Business Unit initially will focus on consumer tablets and will expand to additional segments and categories where we believe we can offer differentiated value to our customers,» read the HP internal memo, a copy of which is with the verge and is signed by Todd Bradley who heads HP's recently merged Printing and Personal Systems Group.

Microsoft has been desperately trying to make a mark in the fast evolving tablet PC segment, though consumer response to its currently available Windows 7 has been lukewarm at best.

A Windows 8 tablet from Dell has already come on to the scene and though specifications haven't been impressive, a better specced device for the consumer segment is still expected.

The 7 inch segment is currently ruled by the Nexus 7 and though its just a Wi - Fi only model, consumers aren't complaining and the tablet is being picked up in droves.

So while the absence of the HP TouchPad signifies one tablet less for the consumers to consider, the company continues to maintain a presence in the enterprise tablet segment.

Also, with Microsoft trying to break into the tablet space with its Windows 8 operating system, Apple no doubt will also like to have a slightly bigger sized iPad to appeal to the business consumers, a segment that can be considered to be Microsoft's stronghold for all these years.

LG's presence in the booming tablet PC segment has been far less impressive, which belies the otherwise formidable reputation the company enjoys in other fields of consumer electronics.

Panasonic has so far been a non-player in the consumer oriented tablet segment.

Microsoft has until now kept itself confined to manufacturing gaming consoles or computer peripherals, such as keyboards and mice, though the Surface brings the Richmond based company into developing consumer oriented computing devices in the high stakes tablet segment.

While fellow competitor Samsung has already made a head start in the tablet segment with the Galaxy Tab, things have been a bit different in case of the second largest consumer electronics company in South Korea — LG.

However, one of the tablets, tentatively named IdeaPad (or maybe even LePad) will be targeted at the consumer segment and will be first off the block, expected to reach the market by... [Read more...]

However, one of the tablets, tentatively named IdeaPad (or maybe even LePad) will be targeted at the consumer segment and will be first off the block, expected to reach the market by July.

Apple made its iPad available for preorder March 12, effectively kicking off the long - brewing battle between various manufacturers over the newborn segment for mass - consumer tablet PCs.

All told, 40.6 million tablets were shipped in the first quarter amid strong demand from business, consumer and education segments, the research firm indicated.

But the biggest segment will be consumer tablets, of which the iPad and soon the iPad 2 are the primary examples.

It has launched tablets in all shapes and sizes, with multiple models and sizes targeting the low - end, middle and high - end segments making it a challenge for consumers to navigate.

While the consumer market is crowding up, though, a dedicated enterprise market for tablets - aside from the ones already in use by very specific segments such as engineering - remains relatively untapped.

Orr said consumers look somewhat less favorably on the Android tablet segment because of OS fragmentation and the introduction of lower - cost units that have fewer features.

«ZTE Optik is ZTE's first tablet in North America and makes the tablet experience available to a new segment of consumers,» said Lixin Cheng, CEO and president of ZTE USA.

Let's put it all together: Millennials make up the second largest legal consumer base in the U.S. and within that group, the fastest growing segment is so accustomed to their smartphone or tablet that it's their only conduit to the web.