Sentences with phrase «content consumption tablets»

Yet, for all that's different, this really boils down to a battle of two fairly similar 7 - inch Android 2.3 content consumption tablets (neither has a camera).

ChangeWave's latest survey was completed by over 2,800 consumers, and the methodology for comparison is unclear as the iPad can do a lot more than be used as a dedicated e-reader as it is a multi-purpose content consumption tablet.

The similarities between Barnes & Noble's latest offerings and what Amazon unveiled a few weeks ago is rather startling: Both are pushing a full - blown content consumption tablet (though Amazon's may be $ 50 cheaper than the Barnes & Noble Tablet) and, just like Amazon, Barnes & Noble is now reportedly set to offer its original E Ink devices at bargain - basement prices.

Not exact matches

Apps are increasingly used to deliver digital learning content to mobile phones and tablets, enabling offline content consumption, which of course is one of their main benefits.

As rich as the various app ecosystems may become, tablets are still best suited to (and marketed for) tasks involving content consumption rather than creation.

We may then have to reconsider the label «consumption devices» commonly attached to Android tablets, instead settling for «content creation devices.»

Tablets are, by design, perfect content - consumption devices (that's what 94 % of current tablet owners do, said the OPA), and they're also great for web browsing, e-mail and getting your daily news fix.

Where B&N's most comparable predecessor, the 7 - inch Nook HD, innovated with a gorgeous display featuring a high pixel density, and a home - grown spin on Android that made content consumption the full focus of the tablet, the Galaxy Tab 4 Nook is ordinary in almost every way.

But going ahead, quad - core chips could also enable new applications such as light content creation and video editing, which could help tablets be more than just content consumption devices, Brookwood said.

Under powered single speaker systems that are ill placed and tinny as hell, can render a tablet useless for content consumption without headphones.

Noting «a spike in the ownership of both tablet computers and ebook reading devices» in the holidays, Pew's people get at a broader implication of just how fast digital - content consumption is growing by combining survey respondents who say they read books, news, and / or periodicals in digital formats of one - kind or another:

Also announced: The highly - anticipated Kindle Fire, a 7 - inch media - consumption tablet costing $ 199, which caters to content from Amazon's stores with their movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, and games.

Combining tablet portability with laptop productivity, the Transformer series proved that you can use a tablet as much for content creation as content consumption.

Based on a 3 - month rolling sample of 6,000 U.S. tablet owners, TabLens provides insight into tablet audiences, including demographics, content consumption habits and device ownership, to provide the industry with the most up - to - date look at this expanding tablet market.

Although many factors — such as demographics, content availability, connection speed and ease of portability — may influence consumption levels, the results of this analysis highlight important questions for the industry as the tablet space develops.

Tablet use for many is all about casual content consumption from the internet and Google has certainly recognised this with the work put into the browser on Android 3.0, Honeycomb.

The Nook Tablet is, like the Fire, a content consumption device.

According to IDC, tablets, mini-laptops and netbooks are largely seen as secondary PC devices and are primarily used for information «grazing,» or as vehicles of content consumption.

And while a 7 - inch e-book reader has served Amazon well to date, using a 7 - inch screen on tablet is unreasonable for anything other than simple content consumption, at best.

The anonymous company rep has said that Google's sights are set firmly on Amazon's Kindle Fire, the $ 199 media consumption tablet that's based on Android, but relies on its own application and content stores.

While we find that 8 - inch Windows tablets hold up surprisingly well overall, smaller - screened slates typically revolve more around content consumption than content creation.

For many of us (myself included), for a good tablet to be more than just a content consumption device, an equally good keyboard is mandatory.

But while the Fire and the iPad will almost certainly be the head - to - head comparison for most tablet buyers in the near future, I think Amazon made an even bigger decision about competing with the iPad that went unsaid during today's presentation: the Fire is almost completely geared around content consumption, not creation.

The report said that 4G launches will increase sales of large screen smart connected devices, including tablets, for video content consumption, leading to market stabilization.

Content and entertainment consumption is the primary activity on a tablet, so the display quality is critical.

A tablet is a content consumption device so as such the viewing experience is very important.

It's meant purely for content consumption even though it runs Android and works like a normal tablet.

A tablet is a content consumption device and as such the display is a key component for a good user experience.

When you want the Tab S3 to be more than just a content - consumption device, you can pull out the included S Pen and transform the tablet into a top - notch sketching tablet.

Samsung with its «pro» lineup aims at bringing the efficiency of the PC to the tablet which is more of a content consumption device than a productive tool.

In the end, both tablets seem to offer a promising content consumption experience, with impressive hardware specs and easy - to - use software.

Tablets are content consumption devices and the lockdown on the Nook Tablets limited the content users could consume on them without hacking.

Industry consensus, states the report, is that a successful tablet business model will focus on an «a la carte method for selecting the software capabilities (apps) for the device and content consumption,» unlike the typical trend PCs have followed, centered around Microsoft's Windows OS and suite of office applications.

To that end, AT&T has announced a first party tablet centered around content consumption.

«Although Apple now holds the vast majority of tablet PC market share,» Jacobs added, «the plethora of other brands that have, or will soon be launching, their own tablets are sure to capitalize on what at this point appears to be widespread consumer demand for very thin and very light devices with exceptional battery life and a primary focus on portability and content consumption.»

Prime is a $ 79 annual subscription service, but a month's free subscription is included with the Kindle Fire, so you can really put that media - consumption tablet through its paces before deciding if ABC, CBS and all the other content partners Amazon has lined up will provide you with what you're looking for.

The Nexus 7 is focused on simple content consumption, kind of like that other inexpensive 7 - inch tablet.

Claimed by its North Carolina - based maker to be ideal for content consumption and creation on - the - go, the tablet is also said to be high on style and performance.

It's funny how Samsung quickly moved to the 18:9 ratio on its flagship phones but insisted on 4:3 for its flagship tablet tab S3 not even 16:9 which is a lot better for content consumption.

Voice becomes just another form of data in this scenario, turning the tablet into a slate for content creation, consumption and a wide range of communications.

Storage capacity is a big deal when it comes to tablets: their primary function is content and entertainment consumption, specifically watching movies during long trips.

The small tablet is an ideal platform for the consumption of content.

What I think the Kindle Fire is trying to do is to provide a low - cost device, that has above crap - tablet level specs, and provides a 1 - stop, integrated, homogeneous consumption channel for content.

His company just unveiled two brand - new HD content - consumption tablets: the Nook HD and the Nook HD +.

More so than any tablet on the market, Amazon's tablets have always been built for content consumption.

Of course the Kindle Fire tablets are more than book readers; they're video content consumption devices.

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Either way we have good products to work with, but both Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet are built for content consumption and that means active ongoing support.

It's been said that tablets are much better at content consumption than content creation, so why have something as large as an iPad when consumption can be accomplished on an even smaller screen?

Smartphone owners use their devices differently from tablets, though, so the content - consumption logic doesn't translate so well to that device.