Moreover, as the market for small 7 - inch tablets is being eroded by larger smartphones, manufacturers seem to be diverting
their focus on larger tablets that are focused at productivity.
However, rumors surrounding the end of iPad mini has surfaced due to Apple's
focus on its larger tablet lineup.
Not exact matches
After struggling to compete against
larger chipmakers like Qualcomm in smartphones and
tablets, Nvidia is now increasing its
focus on using its Tegra mobile chips in cars and is already supplying companies including Audi, BMW and Tesla.
The Android camera software will be updated, too, to make it quicker for users to control exposure,
focus, flash, zoom and other options
on a
tablet's
larger screen.
Shop e-Readers is the
largest website that
focuses exclusively
on e-readers and
tablets.
This statement suggests that it is going to
focus solely
on the growing ebook market, leaving the
larger tablet market to the big players like Apple and Samsung.
Texas Instruments (TI), which recently announced that it will wind down its operations in smartphone and
tablet oriented OMAP chips and instead
focus on embedded platforms, is engaged in «advanced negotiations» to sell that particular line of business to one of its
largest customers: Amazon.com.
Where most companies are showcasing one or two
tablets, in addition to a
large variety of electronics, Coby is
focusing very strongly
on the
tablet segment to diversify their... [Read more...]
That might seem piddly compared to
tablet capacities these days but since e-readers primarily
focus on e-books, you don't have the same demands for video and other
large media.
Google is essentially missing out
on this segment of small slates as
tablet makers have
focused on larger devices ranging from 8.9 - to 10.1 - inches in an effort to compete with the iPad.
It's Apple's
focus on larger formats that has depressed the 7in
tablet market to date - or at least until Amazon shipped the Kindle Fire late last year.
We're told that the
large majority of Nokia's
focus with its
tablet is
on a battery - equipped cover.
The custom interface
on Samsung's latest
tablets is a tweaked TouchWiz,
focusing on a magazine - like experience designed with
larger screens in mind.
A year
on from its last
tablet effort, Sony presents another compelling large form factor slate Sony has so far resisted the move to smaller, cheaper tablets, instead focusing its efforts on 10.1 - inch slates like the Xperia Tablet Z, and before that the Tablet S. Sony's offering tablet for 2013 was a solid 10.1 - inch Android slate — a thin, light, waterproof device packing plenty
tablet effort, Sony presents another compelling
large form factor slate Sony has so far resisted the move to smaller, cheaper
tablets, instead
focusing its efforts
on 10.1 - inch slates like the Xperia
Tablet Z, and before that the Tablet S. Sony's offering tablet for 2013 was a solid 10.1 - inch Android slate — a thin, light, waterproof device packing plenty
Tablet Z, and before that the
Tablet S. Sony's offering tablet for 2013 was a solid 10.1 - inch Android slate — a thin, light, waterproof device packing plenty
Tablet S. Sony's offering
tablet for 2013 was a solid 10.1 - inch Android slate — a thin, light, waterproof device packing plenty
tablet for 2013 was a solid 10.1 - inch Android slate — a thin, light, waterproof device packing plenty of...
Reportedly, Microsoft intends to really
focus on the Surface Mini's ability to act as a digital notebook, rather than depicting the
tablet as a laptop replacement, as we see with
larger Surface models.
Google itself has moved
on to making
larger tablets to compete with Apple's iPad, and most of the market has generally dialed back its
focus.