The Slate 7 marks HP's second coming at
the mainstream tablet segment.
Not exact matches
LG has changed its strategy by targeting the kid's
tablet segment instead of the
mainstream tablet market.
Experts have also pointed out that with
tablet devices entering
mainstream segment just 3 years ago, it's too early to have a clear idea of the impact that such devices may have on the growing minds.
The company has had small success in their enterprise
segment of
tablets and are hoping for a
mainstream win with the Slate 8.
You might legitimately criticize Google's Android for breeding a lot of fragmentation in the mobile market, but what the open - source OS has also done is help make wireless devices like
tablets and smartphones truly
mainstream, and, by way of being a «free» OS, pave the way for some interesting devices that cater specifically to particular market
segments.
Tablets have definitely had trouble becoming
mainstream devices and part of that problem has been overlapping market
segments and the fact people may not buy four separate computers including a desktop, laptop,
tablet, and phone.I disagree with his article though.
Finally, for the
mainstream Windows
tablet segment that closely matches the coverage we have here at UMPCPortal, we see that not only is Baytrail - T being updated for CR (cost reduced) versions now but there are also performance improvements coming later in the year too.
What once was a niche is now bubbling up to
mainstream and may even save the entire
tablet segment alltogether.