56 %
of tablet owners use social networking services on their device, while 51 % consume music and / or videos, and 46 % read ebooks.
A survey by the marketing agency Rosetta found that 68 %
of tablet owners use the device in the bedroom.
The mobile trend promises further growth of the market with half
of all tablet owners using the device for game playing.
Not exact matches
According to Nielsen, more than 85 %
of both
tablet and smartphone
owners use their devices while watching TV.
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.
While
owners of Amazon's Fire HD 10 will be able ask Alexa to make calls without
using their hands, people who bought older models like the Fire 7 or Fire HD 8
tablets will have to first tap their device's home button.
The change just reflects what's been going on in the market —
tablet sales are declining, and most
owners of Surface Pro devices already
use them as laptops.
Similar to technology
used in the world
of dealer training,
owners with the app can hover their Internet - connected phones or
tablet over their car's engine bay, center stack, gauge cluster or trunk to reveal how - to info.
The most talked - about portion
of the Virtual Guide,
using 2 - and 3 - dimensional tracking technology, is its augmented - reality feature, blending six canned 3D overlays with a live image
of a particular area
of the vehicle seen through a Sonata
owner's phone or
tablet camera.
Data from the RJI Mobile Media News Consumption Survey finds an average
of 14 %
of smartphone
owners use them to read books, versus 41 %
using tablets for reading, three times greater than on smartphones.
«We are still in the early - adoption phase
of tablet ownership, so the next wave
of tablet owners will not be as eager; to convince them to adopt a
tablet, marketers will need to stress attributes like accessibility, ease
of use, and relevance,» says Forrester.
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.
«We know that eighty - eight percent
of tablet owners in the US are
using their
tablets in the living room, ¹ and are multi-tasking with their
tablets while watching TV,» said Phil Lubell, vice president
of networked technologies and services at Sony Electronics.
Small Apps allow
tablet owners to truly multi-task by
using a minimized version
of the browser, calculator, remote control, recorder, timer, memo or scrapbook simultaneously while
using another application.
Amazon might discover the costly answer to that question depending on how much the
owners of its new Kindle Fire HDX
tablets use its Mayday on - demand video customer support feature.
As far as the actual
tablet use is concerned, 66 %
of the
owners use gaming apps, then they
use weather apps (58 %) and then social networking ones (51 %).
This comes off the back
of a YouGov survey that 48 - percent
of the British public are planning on buying a
tablet for Christmas this year, where only one in ten WIFI - only
tablet owners currently tether to their smartphone for
use whilst out and about.
The original iPad (
of which I am a satisfied
owner) proved that
tablet computers could be something beyond the industrial and enterprise devices that had been
used for years in manufacturing, insurance and health care.
«However, those who have a
tablet are very satisfied with the device, which is clearly evident in usage data that indicates half
of tablet owners are
using the device two to six hours a day.»
This in spite
of RIM making available a bridge software that allowed BlackBerry
owners to make better
use of the
tablet.
News remains an important part
of what people do on their mobile devices - 64 %
of tablet owners and 62 %
of smartphone
owners say they
use the devices for news at least weekly, tying news statistically with other popular activities such email and playing games on
tablets and behind only email on smartphones (not including talking on the phone).
Mobile games, in particular, are the fastest growing segment
of the gaming market as smartphone and
tablet owners are
using their devices for game - playing on the Internet, increasingly more than desktops and consoles.
Around half
of all
tablet owners say they are the only ones that
use the device in any given house.
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.
Almost 22 %
of adults own a
tablet computer, double the 11 % who had a
tablet a year ago, and 64 %
of tablet owners say they
use the device to access news at least weekly, according to a new study from Project for Excellence in Journalism and The Economist Group.
Overall, about 41 %
of tablet owners and 38 %
of smart phone
owners uses those devices at least once a day while watching TV.
Both
tablets and smartphones are
used by a majority
of owners for keeping up with the news, but
tablets are
used for news by a much higher percentage
of owners aged 55 or older than by those aged 18 - 34.
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.
The study, conducted by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism in collaboration with The Economist Group, finds that the vast majority
of tablet owners - fully 77 % -
use their
tablet every day.
A survey
of 1,430
tablet owners in the U.S. conducted March
of this year suggests that the most popular
use for
tablets at this point could be gaming.
Owners of the Galaxy Note 10.1 with Verizon service can
use the
tablet as a Wi - Fi hotspot for up to 10 devices.
PlayBook
owners were getting a bit nervous with the quality
of applications and games, but that's all changing now thanks to the SDKs companies are
using to bring their apps / games to the
tablet.
Amazon also advises
owners of the
tablets charge
using the USB cable but another power adapter for now.
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.
Amazon said there is over $ 10,000 worth
of games and apps, as well as in - app upgrades, that are completely free for Fire
tablet owners to
use.
Tablet owners 45 and older
used to be 23 percent
of users in the third quarter last year but now constitute 37 percent
of owners.
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.
Nevertheless, most original
tablet owners trade up for newer models and flood the preowned (
used) market with plenty
of nice quality
tablets available at a low cost (e.g., under $ 20 on eBay).
A survey
of more than 1,400
tablet owners in the US by Google's AdMob subsidiary has found that gaming is the most popular
use for these devices, considerably ahead
of music, video and ebooks.
The reasons for this is complex, though it no doubt is combination
of the ad network itself, the way
owners use their
tablets (web browsing rather than as an eReader), etc..
Owners of the 9.7 - inch iPad Pro will be able to
use the Apple Pencil with the new
tablet.
Surprisingly,
of the 12 Nook
owners, 10 had rooted their eReaders to make them more functional and most
of them said that they enjoyed the
tablet functionality more than
using them for reading.
The vet student states «heartworm is 100 % preventable with the
use of safe, effective monthly
tablets» and goes on to blame
owners for trying to «de-worm their dogs at home
using large animal products.»
After all, one
of the main reasons Apple is launching Files is to give iPad
owners more flexibility to
use their
tablets as improvised laptop stand - ins.
Apple has released a handful
of tutorial videos that show new iPad
owners how to proficiently
use their new
tablet.
You'll want that, since only 5 GB
of the 8 GB that comes with this
tablet is available for the
owner's
use.
There's a bit
of good news for the
owners of the latest generation Amazon Fire 7 and Fire HD 8
tablets who
use Alexa.
The Nexus 6 is big enough to share between family members as if it were a small
tablet, but I don't see it being
used for that purpose very much; phones are incredibly personal objects, their
owners typically terrified
of sacrificing even the most minute bit
of privacy.
While
owners of Amazon's Fire HD 10 will be able ask Alexa to make calls without
using their hands, people who bought older models like the Fire 7 or Fire HD 8
tablets will have to first tap their device's home button.