Growth in 2011 and beyond is expected to driven by the introduction
of media tablets based on Android and other operating systems.
With Wi - Fi modules become embedded
in media tablets, smartphones and ebook readers, the mobile PC is no longer the only portable way to access the internet.
The decline of the ebook reader market will translate into benefits
for media tablet suppliers along its supply chain.
The research firm defines
media tablets as tablet form factor devices with color displays larger than 5 in.
It wasn't the
first media tablet aimed at the consumer market by any means, but it was the first that consumers actually wanted.
The most important question is how deep e-book and
media tablet use goes over the next decade.
Add to that great stereo sound and it's one of the most
appealing media tablets you'll find without breaking the bank.
But if you want a
budget media tablet for the house, that everyone in the family can use, then this is one of the better choices available today.
The strong growth reflects a more competitive offering as well as widening interest in the category, including a boost from
media tablet press and much lower pricing.
Add to that great stereo sound and it's one of the most
appealing media tablets you'll find without breaking the bank.
The worldwide
media tablet market grew 45.1 % in the third quarter of 2010 thanks to continued huge demand for the Apple iPad according to a report out this week from the International Data Corporation.
The growing popularity of
media tablets with full - color displays likely played a big role in the decline — sales of Amazon's Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble's Nook Tablet are thought to be eating into the companies» respective dedicated eReader businesses to an extent.
New tablets are expected to come to market in the second half of 2010, and on July 20 ABI Research increased its forecast for
media tablet shipments in 2010 to 11 million tablets.
From
media tablets such as Amazon's $ 199 Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble's $ 249 new Nook Tablet to the myriad traditional Android slates out there, there have never been so many options.
Gartner now believes the Apple iPad will account for 3 out of 4 (73.4 %) of
worldwide media tablet sales in 2011, down from 83 percent share in 2010.
In just one quarter, the iPad helped drive up sales of
media tablets by 45 % and took nearly 90 % of the market.
The Kindle Fire is the highly anticipated 7 - inch
media tablet from Amazon, which looks very similar to the BlackBerry PlayBook.
«It appears that this year competitors have waited to see what Apple would bring out — because there were very few announcements of
new media tablets at either the Consumer Electronics Show or Mobile World Congress.
Samsung's introduction of the Galaxy Tab in the fourth quarter of the year was the first major vendor to bring an
Android media tablet market to market.
Gartner sales figures include desk - based PCs, mobile PCs, including mini-notebooks but
not media tablets such as the iPad.
For news organizations, the Apple iPad and comparable
large media tablets appear to be well on their way to becoming a viable alternative to printing presses, televisions and radios.
When Apple first released the iPad back in 2010, rival vendors scrambled to release 10 - inch tablets that might compete in the re-emerging
media tablet category.
Looking Beyond the Hardware In July of this year, Apple exceeded the 85 million mark for iPad
media tablets sold since the product's launch in April of 2010.
Apple, never a company to be waiting for others, has introduced its second - generation
iPad media tablet while keeping product pricing unchanged.»
Worldwide media tablet sales to end users are forecast to total 118.9 million units in 2012, a 98 percent increase from 2011 sales of 60 million units, according to Gartner, Inc..
Fewer e-Ink readers are being made,
while media tablets (including the Kindle Fire and Nook Color, which are more than just e-readers) take over the market.
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Where Apple's iPad Air 2 is absolutely the
best media tablet on the planet for play and for some light work, Samsung's Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) is the best for productivity.
Bottom Line: The Galaxy Tab S 10.5 is the best Android -
powered media tablet available, but its competition is stiff.
As iSuppli notes, Amazon is converting consumers from the Kindle ebook reader to the Kindle
Fire media tablet.
If you need a bare -
bones media tablet that won't break the bank, then the Amazon Fire HD 8 with Alexa is perfect for you.
It also «forecasts that the impact of smartphone and, especially,
media tablet adoption will be so great that the number of users accessing the Internet through PCs will first stagnate and then slowly decline.
«In Nook Tablet, we've created the best
wireless media tablet in the portable 7 - inch class,» noted William Lynch, CEO of Barnes & Noble in a statement, who also introduced a revamped lower price Nook Color for $ 199 and a Nook Simple Touch black and white e-reader for $ 99.
Despite the threat from the iPad and
other media tablets, however, the market for dedicated e-readers hasn't died.
Overall, a new set of
media tablet buyers also means a new possible audience for Apple (NSDQ: AAPL).
The new In
Media Tablet feels more like a overweight netbook then true Windows 7 Tablet, this unit does not really look optimized to this operating system in a touch environment.
From the press release: «We entered the holiday with two great new products, NOOK HD and NOOK HD +, both highly
rated media tablets of phenomenal quality,» said William Lynch, Chief Executive Officer of Barnes & Noble, Inc. «NOOK device sales got off to a good start over the Black Friday period, but then fell short of expectations for the balance of holiday.