Not exact matches
Apple continues to brag about how happy people are with their
iPads, the growing sales in countries like China and India and the company's
leading market share in
tablets.
By having one operating system - Ice Cream Sandwich - that works with both
tablets and phones, this should
lead to Android
tablets finally becoming a real competitor to the
IPad.
Except for
Ipads, a thinner
tablet will generally have less room for it's battery,
leading to shorter run times.
Global sales of
tablet computers surged in the first quarter of 2013,
led by Android - powered devices that outpaced gains by Apple's
iPads, a research firm said Wednesday.
The global market for
tablet computers is growing faster than earlier estimates suggested, with Android - powered devices gaining on the market -
leading iPads, a survey said Wednesday.
While Apple maintains a huge
lead in the
tablet business with its
iPads and competing Android
tablet devices have struggled to gain much market share, Microsoft has some strengths that could help it offer Apple some serious competition.
With the success of it's Transformer
tablet, Asus is
leading the pack of android
tablets looking to challenge Apple's
IPad.
Limited customization options
lead to that clean, user - friendly display, making
iPads easy to get the hang of (an advantage for older people or a first - time
tablet buyer who doesn't care about having a leopard print keyboard).
We'll likely see some retailers offer deep discounts on cheaper models (last year, TigerDirect.com
led the pack with a $ 5 ProScan 8 GB Android
tablet), while others like Target and Walmart may offer both
iPads and Android
tablets at full price but pair them with sizeable free store gift cards.
According to the results of the ILTA survey, 48 % of responding firms indicated that they purchased
tablets for their lawyers, with
iPads in the
lead at 44 %.