Fighting Talk Sure, they're more
popular than iPads, but Android tablets are still missing one vital ingredient for real success.
Not exact matches
iPads are the most
popular, of course, and Kindle Fire alone accounts for more
than 50 percent of all Android tablets on the market (according to comScore, April 2012).
With no tablets in stores to compete with the
popular Ipads, it's no wonder that sales have been poorer
than expected.
• «As
iPads and other devices become more versatile and
popular, more people are playing games or watching videos, rather
than buying and reading e-books,» says Michael Norris, an analyst with Simba Information, a market research firm.
Android is not just the most
popular mobile operating system in the world with over 2 billion monthly active devices, smartphones and tablets running on it are also apparently significantly more reliable
than Apple's iPhones and
iPads.