The iPad has for long been lording
over the tablet segment.
Not exact matches
With digital teaching aids seeing greater acceptance in the education
segment the world
over, a city in Norway has decided to buck the trend by introducing a ban on the use of
tablets, smartphones, and digital cameras in all schools in the city of Kristiansand.
Analytic O'Donnell who has
over 14 years of experience tracking the tech
segment too is backing the above trend with some hardcore figures, claiming sale of phablets could peak to a healthy 175 million in 2014, outstripping that of small
tablets by about 10 million.
However, those statistics are far better than the 10 percent decline that the
tablet segment recorded in the second quarter the world
over.
While this is yet to be accorded the official status from RIM, pure business sense does point out it would let RIM have better control
over the
tablet market with two products in two different size
segments.
What also makes Samsung's first effort in the
tablet segment special is the fact that the Galaxy Pad is perhaps the first Android
tablet that hold real promise, one that can ultimately bring the iPad's stronghold
over the
tablet sphere.
At stake is Apple's
over 90 percent share of the
tablet segment.
Of course, these are estimates and are based on the growth rate the
tablet segment has been experiencing
over the years.
Maybe Microsoft, or any of its hardware partners, will think it
over and develop a device that can fit in the entry level
tablet segment.
And if initial reports are to be believed, the
Tablet PC is all set to rewrite the rules in this
segment all
over again.
However, Android
tablets too hasn't exactly been push -
overs as they have improved their market share by 8.2 percent during the first quarter of 2011, bringing its worldwide share of the
tablet segment to 34 percent.
This since it's the first
tablet to come with an 8.9 inch sized display, and with that, it has broken the convention in that there are two distinct
tablet segments that has evolved
over time — a 7 and a 10 inch category.
Apple launched a new 9.7 inch
tablet over the first quarter, priced at merely $ 299 for students and this boosted the whole education
segment.
According to analysts, sales in the
tablet PC
segment in India are expected to touch one million units
over the next 12 months.
So you thought the inclusion of a QWERTY keyboard in the main form factor was only restricted to the e-reader domain and won't ever spill
over to the
tablet segment.
The Chromebook Tab 10, made by Acer, runs the same Chrome OS found on existing convertible devices, and it also shows how Google sees more value for Chrome OS
over Android in the
tablet segment.
Apple made its iPad available for preorder March 12, effectively kicking off the long - brewing battle between various manufacturers
over the newborn
segment for mass - consumer
tablet PCs.
While there are a slew of 7 - inch
tablets for under $ 200, Samsung's Galaxy Tab offerings have outsold everything in this
segment quite convincingly
over the last two years.
The overall trajectory of the
tablet market has not changed significantly
over the past year and a half, but the 2 - in - 1
segment, also referred to as detachables, is starting to gain traction.
Therefore, an important
segment of society,
over 30 % in
tablet computers and 70 % in smart phones, has been exposed to these technologies and can be considered now, in some form, casual gamers (Casual Games Association, 2013).
Mobile is the most lucrative
segment, with smartphone and
tablet gaming growing 19 % year
over year to $ 46.1 billion, claiming 42 % of the market.
Over the years we've seen Intel's products in a number of phones and
tablets, but generally speaking Intel has been much better in the desktop
segment in terms of both sales and performance - to - battery - usage ratio.