This can act to Toshiba's advantage in their effort at making a credible impact in the dual
screen tablet segment with the GuideBook — the new tablet that Toshiba is readying.
Not exact matches
Analyst Ben Evans posits that it «may be better to think of
tablets, laptops and desktops as one «big
screen»
segment, all of which compete with smartphones, and for which the opportunity is just smaller than that for smartphones.»
So it remains to be seen if two
screens in place of one can bring better luck for Toshiba in the
Tablet / Slate
segment.
Experts opine, the Android is built for the smartphone
segment and has not exactly been designed with
tablet PCs in mind.That's also the reason why it can't support
screen resolutions beyond 800 x 640 pixels, thus ruling it out for typical
tablet devices.
The Apple iPad Mini was the company's first foray into the highly competitive seven inch
tablet segment, though it has a larger
screen than the Amazon Kindle Fire HD and Google Nexus 7.
Launched during IFA just a few weeks ago, the Lenovo Tab S8 will retail for around $ 200, competing with devices such as the Nexus 7, the ASUS Memo Pad 8 and others, but in an increasingly crowded
tablet segment, we are hoping to see more innovative and imaginative designs with higher resolution
screens, decent storage and improved performance thanks to new Bay - Trail Intel processing.
This new foray in the highly competitive
tablet segment sounds risky after the JournETouch fiasco, but this time they have armed themselves with the Libretto W100 dual -
screened tablet.
Amazon's Kindle Fire can be considered a hit as far as budget
tablet segment is considered and Apple can choose to stand out of the crowd by coming up with a iPad with reduced specs to make the
tablet a cheaper one instead of reducing
screen size.
Amazon's Kindle Fire has done pretty well for itself on the
tablet front, especially in the smaller
screen segment that has yet to be threatened by Apple's presence, although all of that might change eventually with the release of the rumored iPad mini.
As
tablet users start to prefer those smaller, cheaper
tablet devices, more value and capability is needed in the larger
screen segment.
It is the high - end
tablet segment that has eluded Samsung thus far, but with the launch of three new
tablets in the Galaxy Tab Pro series, it is looking to rectify that by offering
tablets that feature high - end hardware and quad - HD
screens.
The Galaxy NotePro and Galaxy TabPro are Samsung's first
tablets to offer a 12.2 - inch
screen size to customers, and arguably, the company has opened up a new
tablet segment as a result.
Based on Android 2.3: Gingerbread, the Nook
Tablet uses its own highly customized UI, which puts an emphasis on reading, while the home
screen features ever - present links to various
segments of the Nook Store.
Although this volume is far below that of the more affordable slate
tablet segment, IDC believes these devices appeal to an audience seeking an alternative to pure
tablets with smaller
screens.
Verdict The GALAXY Tab S 10.5 has the best
screen in the
tablet segment.