According to Millennial Media's November numbers, the Kindle Fire's impression growth is now on a faster initial pace than that of the Apple iPad, (s aapl) though it has the advantage of selling into a more
mature tablet market and comes with a much more affordable $ 199 price tag.
Not exact matches
«Meanwhile, in
mature markets like the US where
tablets have been shipping in large volumes since 2010 and are already well established, we're less concerned about big phones cannibalising shipments and more worried about
market saturation.»
I don't think the
tablet market has finished
maturing.
More likely the
market for books and ebooks, eReaders and
tablets / smartphones is simply
maturing further.
The global
tablet market is starting to
mature and there is not as much demand for new devices as last year.
Samsung have been working on foldable
tablets / phones for years, on and off at various stages, and while two models technically could have been launched at the start of the year, Samsung were soon rumored to wait until the
market shifted a little while their technologies also
matured more, and there were even talks of postponing the developments of the devices because of reshuffles within Samsung.
The
market for
tablet devices is still at an ascending stage and Binatone sure wants to be an early player so that by the time the
market matures, it can be counted among the established players in the segment.
The global
tablet market is starting to
mature and the momentum of manufacturing has begun to slow down.
The
tablet market is in decline due to weak demand in
mature markets, high saturation and cannibalization from smartphones with large screen sizes.
Japanese electronics company Sharp now feels the Galapagos
tablet that it has been developing for some time now is now
matured enough for a stint in the
markets and can stand up to the likes of the iPads and the Galaxy Tabs on its own.
The Android
Market isn't as
mature, and Google recently told TechRadar that Android 2.2 was not designed for
tablets, and that applications in the Android
Market were not designed for use on larger screens.
But that
market is more
mature than the
tablet market, and there was less risk of Google alienating partners, particularly since it didn't price the phones lower than the norm.
Asus boss Jerry Shen explained that he believes the Windows 8
tablet market will
mature in 2013, perhaps benefiting from a drop in price to under $ 300.
The takeoff of
tablets and the proliferation of smart phones are igniting opportunities for digital children's books — interactive ebooks, apps, learning products and online communities — that are vastly different from both the
maturing adult ebook
market and traditional children's board books and chapter books.
Dell will launch its 10 - inch Streak 10 Pro
tablet in China, not the U.S., as the company waits for the U.S. Android
tablet market to
mature before pushing a mainstream
tablet product, CNET has learned.
Dell will launch its highly anticipated 10 - inch
tablet in the Chinese
market first, based on a emerging belief that the U.S.
market isn't
mature enough for a successful Android launch, Dell executives told CNET today.
As the mobile games
market matures, smart phone and
tablet players are searching for a deeper, more meaningful experience.
In March, research firm IDC suggested this very reason for a
tablet slow - down, saying «In
mature markets, where many buyers have purchased higher - end products from
market leaders, consumers are deciding that their current
tablets are good enough for the way they use them.
It's not likely to be aimed at replacing Android, because «there is simply too much developer commitment APIs to mess around with Android, and at this relatively
mature stage of the mobile
market, it will be much harder to get traction around a new phone or
tablet OS,» he told LinuxInsider.