Not exact matches
Following Apple's
lead, other
tablet vendors began incorporating e-book reading functionality into their own devices.
Going further into specific
vendors and brands, Apple continues to
lead tablet sales overall with 36 % of all sales on that 70 million figure.
Leading Taiwanese computer
vendor Acer on Monday unveiled the industry's first 8.1 - inch
tablet running on Microsoft's Windows 8 software, a move which analysts said highlighted the software giant's bid to make inroads into...
Thirdly, I mentioned epub, or it could be any standard file type that I can open in my iBooks app, kinkle, or random off - brand E-reader, but many ebook
vendors insist on making their ebooks only available via their own atrocious apps, which if I indulged them in this folly, would
lead to my
tablets being overrun with random apps and my book collection scattered across them.
Vendors that have historically
led the notebook PC market are also talking about expanding their product portfolios to include more detachable
tablets, although currently there is more talk than action.
More importantly, Amazon and other tech
vendors understood that if they did not get a foot in the door with a
tablet of their own, Apple's
lead would only increase.
New product launches from the category's top
vendors, as well as new entrant Microsoft,
led to a surge in consumer interest and very robust shipments totals during the holiday season,» said Tom Mainelli,
tablet research director at IDC.
The report cites a source who claims that other
vendors might follow suit with their own large
tablets once they see Samsung
leading the way.
The resulting surge in sub - $ 250 alternatives catapulted Android to the
leading operating system in
tablets in the third quarter of 2012, but left
vendors searching for profit in an increasingly competitive market.»
Apple's
lead over other
vendors has yet to be truly challenged as it shipped 21.4 million
tablets, accounting for over a quarter of the market with 28.1 % volume share.
Android
tablet vendors should follow Amazon's
lead and introduce lower - priced devices with Amazon content or exit the market altogether, one analyst recently suggested.
The
leading tablet sales
vendors, Apple and Samsung, experienced upwards of a twenty percent drop in device shipments each, as compared to their 2013 numbers for the fourth quarter of the year.
The holiday season is when many
vendors of mobile technology rake in the big bucks,
leading many to surmise that
tablets will be a tough sell as we move forward.