Sentences with phrase «on general purpose tablets»

Most eBook reading will be on general purpose tablets.

Not exact matches

If you want to get into reading ebooks, it's a very legitimate question as to whether you should spend your money on a device that does only one thing — or whether it would be much more cost - effective to get a general - purpose device like an iPad or an Android tablet instead.

But as The Digital Reader points out, this is less of a question of people abandoning digital reading in general, and more of a question of people moving towards reading on general - purpose tablets or on their phones instead.

All in all, while the Galaxy Tab A isn't a world - beater, it's a solid option for anyone who's on the lookout for an affordable, general purpose tablet.

My concern here is with the broad ecosystem of electronic reading platforms — ranging from dedicated devices like the Kindle and the Nook to software that runs on general - purpose laptops and tablet computers — that provide content to these platforms, such as Amazon and OverDrive, and with the publishing industry.

Parents will need to be more hands - on when it comes to restricting these general - purpose tablets, though.

Those devices are produced by other companies and are the headache and expense (R & D, warehousing, marketing) of those companies.If the Amazon tablets aren't inherently profitable (something more than 10 %, let's say), then what is the purpose of Amazon allowing this to become just another general - purpose Android tablet on the market?

But Mr. Weiner also says that first, iRex, Amazon and the entire e-reading category have an even more significant problem: savvy consumers may hold off on buying devices to see whether Apple enters the market with a more general - purpose tablet computer.

The vast majority of reading will be done on cell phones and general - purpose tablet PCs, in both e-text and audio formats.

That hasn't stopped hackers from looking for ways to run custom code on the NOOK Tablet to make it into more of a general purpose device.

It seems hard to believe that Amazon or B&N can really compete with Apple, Google, Samsung on general - purpose tablets much less smartphones.