Not exact matches
By 2021, more than 26
percent of leisure travelers and 20
percent of business passengers globally will be «mobile only,» operating with smartphones and
tablets rather than laptop or desktop
computers, according to the Atmosphere report.
At No. 42 on this year's Inc. 5000, the
tablet and
computer maker for companies such as Groupon and LivingSocial has a three - year growth rate
of 5,866
percent and 2014 revenue north
of $ 6 million.
Digital interactions over desktop and laptop
computers,
tablets and smartphones are expected to influence 64
percent of retail stores this holiday season, equivalent to $ 434 billion.
A whopping 84
percent of those who owned a
computer, a smartphone and a
tablet said they enjoyed the amount
of information available to them.
No surprise, but smartphones are a dominant method
of connection to the web for millennials, with 89
percent of them using the devices to connect, vs. 75
percent who use laptops, 45
percent tablets and 37
percent desktop
computers.
Tan also noted that approximately two - thirds
of users access Etherscan using a desktop
computer, while approximately 30
percent utilize a mobile device (the remaining three
percent is comprised
of tablet users).
That study found that more than 50
percent of university students were already experiencing muskoskeletal discomfort from typing on
computers, texting and using
tablets at improper angles.
The study also finds that
tablet access surpasses use
of desktop
computers among American teens, with 54
percent of youth having access to a desktop, compared with 68
percent of teens having access to a
tablet computer.
Using its patented ReputationManager 360 solution to identify
computers, mobile phones and
tablets used to commit fraud, iovation found that 3.8
percent of the total transactions it processed for online dating sites in 2011 were fraudulent — more than a 150
percent increase over the 1.4
percent in 2010 and 1.5
percent in 2009.
It was a follow - up to a similar survey from two years earlier, and while the full results won't be released until later this summer, Wartella revealed that from 2012 to 2014, the number
of preschool teachers with
tablet computers in their classrooms nearly doubled — from 29
percent to 55
percent.
The global market for
tablet computers surged 78.4
percent last year, with 128 million
of the devices shipped, a survey showed Thursday.
Personal
computer maker Lenovo Group said Wednesday its quarterly profit rose 34
percent to a record high on strong sales
of smartphones and
tablet computers.
Right now
Tablets and Slate devices account for less than 1
percent of the personal -
computer market, according to research firm Gartner Inc..
Apple's share
of the market for
tablet computers fell to 50
percent in the third quarter as the iPad faced more competition from Android devices such as Samsung's Galaxy
tablets and Google's Nexus 7.
Global sales
of tablet computers surged 50.6
percent last year, with Apple clinging to the top vendor spot amid strong gains by rivals, a survey showed Wednesday.
Apple extended its dominance in the sizzling
tablet computer market in the second quarter
of 2012, with the iPad grabbing 68
percent of global sales, a survey showed Thursday.
That's an understatement: As
of mid-December, 10
percent of American adults owned
tablet computers, according to a Pew Research Center survey; by mid-January and the end
of the holiday season, that number had jumped to 19
percent — and it only stands to climb as more affordable models, like Barnes and Noble's Nook and Amazon's Kindle Fire, are introduced, and as technological advances enable all companies to produce
tablets that are better, faster, and cheaper.
«In all, the number
of owners
of either a
tablet computer or e-book reading device... grew from 18
percent in late 2011 to 33
percent in 2012.»
Also, for the 53
percent of the users who use a
tablet device for consuming news, they do it more now than they ever did using a
computer.
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.
NBC news reports further that «
Of those who have read an e-book in the past 12 months, 42
percent said they read it on a
computer; 41
percent on an e-book reader; 29
percent on a cell - phone and 23
percent on a
tablet.»
Eighty - one
percent of respondents said that
computers were used to access ebooks at their schools, compared with 41
percent who said interactive whiteboards were used, 40
percent who said
tablets were used, and 34
percent who said that dedicated ereaders were used.
Ken Delaney, an analyst at Gartner, recently told Bloomberg that
tablet computers only account for one
percent of the PC market despite being around since the 1990s.
He cited Pew Internet Research data that found 41
percent of e-book readers read on an e-reader device like Kindle or Nook, that 42
percent read them on a
computer, that 29
percent read them on a cell phone, and that the other 23
percent read them on a on a
tablet like iPad or Kindle Fire.
A recent Microsoft survey found that 76
percent of multi-screen consumers are receptive to advertising on TV — compared to 57
percent on
computers and 51
percent on
tablets.
One statistic cited in Ms. Miller's article was that: «People spend 63
percent of their time online on desktop
computers and 37
percent on mobile devices, including smartphones and
tablets.»
Seventy - two
percent of the nearly 1,000 consumers surveyed who already have smart - home products — those that are controlled remotely by a smartphone,
tablet,
computer, or separate automatic system within the home — say they want voice control, according to the survey.