When you want to protect an iPad Air, or one of
the earlier Apple tablets, you would think finding a quality, stylish backpack at a reasonable price would be simple.
Not exact matches
Apple iPads and other
tablets were adopted
early by many schools because of their easy interface and touchscreens.
(See: The
Apple Tablet And Planned Insanity and as
early as 8/08:
Apple's «Magician» Archetype Branding Revisited: Good News — Bad News.)
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.
Even though the original iPad mini was launched next to the iPad 4, it was actually a «mini-me» of the iPad 2 — a
tablet Apple released way back in
early 2011.
Between the debut of the iPad in
early 2010 and the release of the fourth iPad revision in late 2012,
Apple sold more than 100 million
tablets [source: New York Times].
Apple has sold more than two million iPads since the touch - screen
tablet computer went on sale in the United States in
early April and in nine other countries late last month.
Apple launched the iPad Air 2 as well as the iPad mini 3 last month, and the Cupertino - based company is now planning on launching the two new
tablets in India as
early as this month.
(And note, too, that a recent study released
earlier this month from JD Power, the consumer sentiment researchers, put Samsung ahead of
Apple in
tablets for the first time, with a key focus on price.)
Having entered the
tablet race
earlier this year with the original Motorola Xoom, the first device to run Google's
tablet - centric Android 3.0 Honeycomb OS, Motorola is back and once again looking to challenge the
Apple iPad 2 with a slimmer, speedier, still slightly disappointing offering in the form of the Motorola Xoom 2.
If it waits until
early 2012 to ship one or both of its Kindle
Tablets then it will miss out on the Holiday Season and also gift
Apple most of the people who would have bought a 10 ″ Kindle
Tablet this year.
Given that
Apple was an
early mover and arguably established the very concept of a
tablet market, what has happened to put Android in the lead?
Apple's iPad outmuscled its Android - powered
tablet computer rivals in
early 2012, in a global market suffering from post-holiday hangover, a survey showed Thursday.
Earlier, there was news that
Apple is testing a
tablet having a 12.9 inch display.
This since there already are talks of
Apple too considering a cheaper iPad to take on the new found challenge while analysts believe the reduction in price may come
earlier than previously expected as the Kindle Fire and Nook
Tablet will definitely be higher up in the holiday shopping crowd's minds than the iPad.
Since launching
earlier this year, RIM's first
tablet has struggled in the consumer market to keep pace with
Apple Inc.'s iPad, which currently commands 61.3 % of the market, compared to about 3.3 % for the PlayBook, according to data from market research firm Strategy Analytics.
In
early 2010, a few weeks before Steve Jobs introduced the iPad, publishers met with
Apple to hammer out prices for books on the forthcoming
tablet.
Amazon launched a range of new
tablets earlier this month, some aimed at the top end of the market to compete with
Apple's more expensive iPad.
The Wall Street Journal weighed in on the matter
earlier this week, suggesting we'll see the addition of textbooks created specifically to work with
Apple's publisher
tablet, alongside a handful of partnerships with textbook publishers who are offering digital versions of their catalog for sale through
Apple's iBookstore.
If the
Apple tablet that many expect
early next year proves popular for flipping through tailored editions of magazines and newspapers,
Apple's iTunes or App Store could become chokepoints between readers and publishers.
We have
earlier seen instances of the
Apple iPad being used to further the cause of education in many universities, though this is the first time the Samsung
tablet has found itself in a similar role.
If true, this will make the release to be the Thursday before Thanksgiving, one week before Black Friday, meaning there will still be enough time for
Apple to catch up with the holiday rush without putting much strain on inventory, something that could have been a possibility if the
tablet is launched
earlier than that.
Take for the instance the latest finding of the Hong Kong based research firm CLSA that claims the
Apple tablet sales figure could end up being 14.4 million in the third quarter, a considerable improvement over the 10 to 12 million that was
earlier projected.
This confirms
earlier rumors, and hints that
Apple is exploring ways to hold its lead in the
tablet PC market as other manufacturers begin to introduce competing devices.
Apple will launch an upgraded iPad in
early 2011, alongside a smaller version of the popular
tablet, according to a report from Digitimes Research.
Overall, the tenor of the
early Xoom talk would bode well for the
tablet... if it weren't for the fact that it launched one week before
Apple's iPad is expected to make its much - anticipated debut at a media event in San Francisco on March 2.
Earlier:
Apple sells 3 million iPads, iPad mini
tablets in first weekend IDC report:
Tablet market grows nearly 50 percent, Apple loses iPad share IDC: iPad retains tablet share crown, Android rapidly catch
Tablet market grows nearly 50 percent,
Apple loses iPad share IDC: iPad retains
tablet share crown, Android rapidly catch
tablet share crown, Android rapidly catching up
Analysts who follow
Apple say that there is evidence that
Apple could launch its anticipated
tablet Mac as
early as next spring.
Apple early this month released a smaller version of its iPad to take on Amazon and Android
tablets having success in that segment of the market.
Now for those wondering if the larger
tablet even exists,
earlier it was discovered in the iOS 8.1 beta files that
Apple had image files that seemed to suggest a higher - resolution iPad.
Even if the
tablet isn't released in May - said to be the «
earliest» point at which the launch could take place - it should come in ahead of
Apple's rumoured 7.85 in «iPad Mini», said to have been scheduled for Q3.
Luckily for Fusion Garage,
Apple is keeping mum on any details on the
tablet or its existence, but a sudden appearance of a $ 500
Apple tablet early next year would probably wipe any chance of succeeding for the JooJoo.
While
Apple is expected to sell far less iPads this weekendthan it did with its
tablet launch
earlier this year, one of the company's major stores is already sold out.
We leaked the specifications and features of the Galaxy Tab S 2
tablets earlier today, and as it stands right now, both the Galaxy Tab S 2 8.0 and Galaxy Tab S 2 9.7 are set to be thinner than the latest iPads from
Apple.
That narrowed
Apple's share of the
tablet market to 75 percent from about 95 percent three months
earlier.
Samsung is apparently planning an 11.6 - inch Ice Cream Sandwich
tablet with a whopping 2560 x 1600 resolution display, which may be rolled out at Mobile World Congress in February next year -
earlier than
Apple's iPad 3.Pocket - lint reported on the possibility... Read more
The Google Android platform extended its dominance over
Apple in the
tablet market in
early 2014, a research firm said Monday.
Apple is already rumored to be working on a 12.9 inch iPad of its own, its expected to release such a
tablet next year, but one can't say that Cupertino's following in Samsung's footsteps, seeing as how rumors about both companies working on large
tablets emerged only
earlier this year.
With a price tag # 80 lower than the iPad and a headline grabbing,
Apple besting, 2560x1600 pixel display the
early signs look good for the big screen Android
tablet.
Apple sold 1.48 million iPads in the period, up 28 percent over a year
earlier, but sales of Galaxy
tablets made by Samsung Electronics Co. quadrupled to 571,000 units.
Analysts agree that RIM's close relationship with its corporate clients could help the company establish a comfortable niche in the
tablet market despite
Apple's
early lead.
Apple is thought to be working on a new iPad Pro, or maybe updating its iPad range for
early next year, and a new report has indicated the new
tablet will ditch the Home button.Ah, that old rumour.
Research In Motion reported strong financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2011, again refuting some predictions of its imminent demise at the hands of
Apple and Google - but along with those positive numbers came rumblings that the PlayBook, its
tablet PC due in
early 2011, will be released later than some pundits and analysts expected.
Apple is thought to be working on a new iPad Pro, or maybe updating its iPad range for
early next year, and a new report has indicated the new
tablet will ditch the Home button.
While it's too
early to tell how the Dell Reading
Tablet will be as an ereader, at the minimum its competition for both the Kindle 3 and
Apple's 10 ″ iReader and that's good for reading and readers.
Research in Motion announced a BlackBerry PlayBook
tablet Monday that will do battle with
Apple's iPad and the Samsung Galaxy Tab
early next year when it becomes available.
Assuming the iPad enjoys a strong holiday sales push this year, and that
Apple launches the iPad 3 in
early 2012 as rumored, the company might have 45 million
tablets sold in 6 months.
Earlier this week, Google took one step ahead of
Apple as it announced its first ever Chrome OS
tablet.
Earlier in the week, DigiTimes also reported that sources told them
Apple was going to begin the production of a 7 - inch
tablet in the second quarter next year, for release in the fourth quarter.
So while the iPad competitors have started to come forward, the real rivals for
Apple's current dominance in touch - screen
tablets won't appear until
early next year once Android 3.0, or Gingerbread, is available.