While it's not known which of the two most
popular tablet segments — the 7 inch or the 10 inch category — the new Vizio will be fitting into, the presence of three buttons at the bottom bezel of the tablet has let to speculations flying around that Android is running the show, though Windows too can't be ruled out completely.
So from the information that has now become available, we do know there is going to be two different size options with the tablet that will cater to the two most
popular tablet segments right now — a 7 incher and a 10 incher with a display resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels.
Not exact matches
One more Honeycomb
tablet coming our way in the 10 inch
segment, the most
popular tablet size of the last few months.
Amazon Kindle Fire HD, announced in September 2012 and released later the same month, is the successor of the
popular Kindle Fire, the 7 - inch
tablet that held the sales supremacy on the Android - powered
tablets segment.
Kids
tablets are very
popular with children and Samsung's childrens
tablet makes more sense than other
tablets in this
segment.
The next iteration of the Windows 7 OS, which became immensely
popular in desktop or netbook computing platforms but not so in the booming
tablet segment, is the upcoming Windows 8.
Google made it clear that the Gingerbread version of its
popular Android operating system truly conforms to the requirements of the
tablet segment.
However, the
tablet won't be in the
popular 7 or 10 inch categories but will open up a new
segment with an 8 inch capacitive touchscreen display.
Microsoft is confident it finally has something in the form of Windows 8 that will make it a
popular OS for desktops and laptops, and will probably have a similar effect on the
tablet PC
segment as well, given the new interface that Microsoft unveiled recently.
However, the
tablet won't be in the
popular 7 or 10 inch categories but will open up a new
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There has been no dearth of
tablet PCs after Apple popularized the
segment with its iPad though none has ever been themed on a
popular computer game anytime before.
Now executives with the giant chip maker are promoting a new computing
segment, the «ultrabook,» thin and light devices that they say combine the performance and capabilities of traditional notebooks with features found in the
popular tablets, such as high responsiveness and - according to an Intel spokesperson - eventually touch capabilities.
Following shipments of 3.3 million iPads, the world's most
popular tablet stole shares from the netbook
segment but offered a boost to overall revenue figures with its relatively high average selling price (ASP).
Although market performance of the Nexus 9 is yet to be examined, HTC has provided high - end specifications and premium design to compete with other
popular tablets under the same
segment.
Amazon Kindle Fire HD, announced in September 2012 and released later the same month, is the successor of the
popular Kindle Fire, the 7 - inch
tablet that held the sales supremacy on the Android - powered
tablets segment.