Not surprising, given that more than a third
of tablet owners report having content on their devices they don't want anyone else to see.
The survey also covered where people were using the apps, finding heavy usage at home, with about 78 %
of tablet owners reporting they used apps at home and 55 % of smart phone owners using apps in the car.
Pew found that just over half
of tablet owners reported owning Apple's iPad, compared with 81 percent a year ago.
Not exact matches
According to the survey, 89 percent
of small business
owners currently use a smartphone to run their businesses occasionally, and 56 percent
reported using
tablets.
In a preliminary version
of Forrester's
tablet report, seen by TechCrunch, a few observations stand out — including a downward shift in the age - range
of the largest group
of tablet owners, shifting away from 30 - to 40 - year - olds to 18 - to 24 - year - olds.
This kind
of issue can definitely be chalked up to issues with
owners» individual internet service provider (or ISP) at certain times, but due to the volume
of issues
reported with WiFi, it's likely some
tablets have a predisposition to have problems connecting via WiFi in certain use cases.
Yesterday, we
reported that ASUS» Gary Key took to XDA to let
owners of the Transformer Prime and Transformer Infinity
tablet know that they could expect to see a Jelly Bean update within 48 - 72 hours.
Owners of Acer's Iconia Tab A200
tablet are going to have a good Sunday: users are
reporting that the device received an update to Android 4.0 today.
She points to some
of the same
reports that we have covered over the last few weeks, such as surveys showing that
tablet owners are buying less physical media, and projections that on - line advertising spending will this year surpass that for print advertising for the first time.
Owners of Acer's Iconia A200
tablet are going to have a good Sunday: users are
reporting that the device received an update to Android 4.0 today.
Because the Apple iPad has demonstrated a quick rise to dominance in the
tablet marketplace, this
report delves into iPad
owners» practices and perceptions surrounding the use
of e-books in their kids» literacy development.
A new
report shows that 85 percent
of U.S.
tablet owners are using their
tablets as their «couch computer» instead
of laptops or smartphones while watching TV.
Eighty - five percent
of U.S.
tablet owners fiddle around on their
tablet while watching TV, according to a new
report by marketing research company Forrester.
Reports of updates are coming from users with the Wifi version
of the
tablet in the U.S., so we can't confirm beyond that, but we think more than a few Note 10.1 - 2014 Edition
owners will be happy with the update news.
Forrester Research
reported that online purchases made on
tablets now account for 20 percent
of all mobile e-commerce sales, and that almost 60 percent
of tablet owners have used them to shop.
The Amazon Hollywood name is straight forward, Barron's has
reported it will have access to a streaming movie service, which will be free for the first batch
of tablet owners.
A number
of Pixel C
tablet owners are
reporting they can download and install the official, non-beta version
of the Android 7.1.2 Nougat update.
It is also
reported that 7 %
of customers who own an Amazon Kindle Fire planned to switch to an iPad and 2 %
of Samsung
tablet owners reports they will use an Apple
tablet.
Consumer
Reports based its assessment on responses from 90,000
tablet and laptop
owners and estimated that a full quarter
of all Surface
owners would experience some sort
of problem with their PCs within two years
of purchase.
Owners of the LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition
tablet are also
reporting Android 5.1 is showing up on their machines, and
reports gathered
of the update's arrival on the HTC One M8 Google Play Edition.