The first, a dual - core Tegra 2 - powered slate, would launch six months later as the Kindle Fire and propel Amazon into the No. 2 spot among
global tablet vendors after just half a quarter of availability.
Not exact matches
Buying Motorola will enable Lenovo to join Apple Inc. as the only major technology companies with
global product lines in PCs, smartphones and
tablets, putting Lenovo in a better position to become a one - stop shop for companies to buy all their devices from the same
vendor, said Forrester Research analyst Frank Gillett.
Global sales of
tablet computers surged 50.6 percent last year, with Apple clinging to the top
vendor spot amid strong gains by rivals, a survey showed Wednesday.
Amazon shipped 3.98 million Kindle Fire
tablet PCs in the fourth quarter of 2011, taking up a 14 % share of the
global tablet PC market as well as the second position in the
vendor rankings, according to market data.
New data from IDC shows that the
global market for
tablets declined in the first quarter of 2016, although Apple remains the dominant
vendor, with its iPad line holding onto a 25.9 percent market share.
An even bigger chunk of the
global tablet market was occupied collectively by Eastern white - box
tablet vendors, which combined to ship 9.7 million
tablets good for a 23.5 % share of the
global market.