However, these are only estimates, and things could quickly turn around, especially when there are quite a few
exciting tablet launches expected this fall.
The lack of
any exciting tablet launches during Q2 is another reason when there might be less tablets shipped this year.
Not exact matches
Toshiba hasn't enjoyed much success in the
tablet segment, a fact it is looking to change with the
launch of its latest offering, the 7 - inch
Excite Go.
However, in what should be even more
exciting news for current PlayBook owners, the company is said to be in the advanced stages of
launching an update for the
tablet.
«We've already sold millions of Fire
tablets since
launch, and we're
excited to now make it available to customers in China,» said Neil Lindsay, Vice President, Amazon Devices.
Toshiba has announced that it's bringing the
Excite brand of
tablets to the UK, with the
launch of three new Android devices to get your fingers on.
«Over the past few months we've seen several new
tablets enter the market, and we're especially
excited to partner with HTC to bring the Wi - Fi version of the HTC Flyer to our customers as a national retail
launch exclusive,» said Scott Anderson who is in charge of merchandising for Best Buy Mobile.
Soon, G'Five will
launch its new and
exciting range of 3G enabled Android and Windows based
tablet computing devices in India priced below Rs 10,000, shattering the price barrier and taking the market by storm once again.»
Although Toshiba has yet to announce US
launch plans for its
Excite tablet, the company has confirmed that it will be arriving in Canada early in 2012.
«We're
excited about the
launch of the NOOK
tablet and being able to extend our relationship with Barnes & Noble,» said Mr. Sauerberg.
However, the reason they are not particularly
excited about Google
launching a
tablet of its own is that they feel the Nexus
tablet will run Android 4.1 at the time of its
launch which is around mid 2012 while others manufacturers will have to make do with Android version 4.0.
HP finally revealed a
launch date and pricing for its TouchPad
tablet on Thursday and we have to say, we're pretty
excited.
We know; you are
excited to be getting the chance to get a
tablet that doesn't have an «i» in front of the name, thanks to the
launch of the Samsung Galaxy Tab later this week on 2 September at the start of IFA in Berlin.
Toshiba came out with yet another budget
tablet today, with the announcement of the Toshiba
Excite Go, that will be
launched in July for $ 109.
The company definitely has something
exciting stored for us, so we all have to just count the days before the superb
tablet gets
launched.
It would
launch as the first Android 3.0 Honeycomb
tablet and enthusiasts were
excited to get their hands on the first Android slate with a true
tablet OS.
Sleek, sexy design notwithstanding, the Toshiba
Excite 10 LE's price (and
launching a day before Apple unveils its latest
tablet plans) will be its biggest obstacle.
Check out the more
exciting details and
launching information of these two Web OS
tablets.
The Galaxy Note
launched with top - of - the - line specs, matching Samsung's
tablets of the time, and though I didn't buy one at
launch, I traded my Galaxy S II and Galaxy Tab 10.1 for a white model (in retrospect, I may have overpaid in that exchange), and I don't remember being more
excited for a phone until Motorola updated its Moto X last year.