Apple is on Tuesday expected to show off slick new iPads to take on
rival tablet makers during the prime year - end holiday shopping season.
Not exact matches
Apple Inc. is refreshing its iPad lineup and slashing the price of its Mac computers ahead of the holiday shopping season, as it faces an eroding
tablet market share and growing competition from
rival gadget
makers.
China's biggest personal - computer
maker by shipments is following
rivals such as Dell Inc. that see
tablets as a new potential growth driver.
TOKYO, Sept 4 (Reuters)- Sony Corp on Tuesday said it won't be drawn into price competition on
tablet PCs amid a plethora of cheap models from other
makers as it pursues Android
rival Samsung Electronics with a new
tablet out this month.
Rival PC and phone
makers have been unable to mirror Apple's success with their own
tablet computers.
Samsung has nothing on
rival gadget
maker Archos when it comes to building Android
tablets to challenge Apple's popular iPad.
The omission would be of small consequence had not so many Android
tablet makers chortled so loudly that their offerings deliver «the full web experience» - code for Flash support - because their chief
rival, Apple's iPad, infamously does not.
Amazon fired a shot at
rival cheap
tablet makers Wednesday by dropping the price of its Kindle Fire HD 8.9» to $ 269 and up.
Blackberry
maker Research In Motion (RIM) announced Tuesday that its iPad
rival, the PlayBook, would go on sale next month at a price identical to that of the hot - selling Apple
tablet computer.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos took the stage Wednesday to unveil an arsenal of devices that are going to disrupt
rivals like Barnes & Noble as well as Android
tablet makers.
The ZenPad 3S 10 ignores the widescreen aspect ratio so beloved by Android
tablet makers — as Samsung also did with the recent Galaxy Tab S2 — and follows Apple's lead by adopting a 4:3 display, which naturally makes the 3S 10 stand out from many of its Google - based
rivals.
Dell likely made the choice to opt for Intel's technology rather than a competing chip from
rival Qualcomm based on its long - standing relationship with the silicon
maker — after all, Intel's Bay Trail processors are what powers Dell's other line of
tablets, its Windows 8 - powered two - in - ones.