HTC has finally stepped into
the tablet arena with arrival of the HTC Flyer onto our shopping shelves but how does it measure up to its competitors?
Hipstreet, perhaps best known for its tablet and phone accessories, has jumped into the budget -
tablet arena with the $ 99 Titan XK HS - 7DTB4 - 4 GB.
Dell has re-entered
the tablet arena with the Venue line, a new duo of Intel Atom - powered Android slates.
Not exact matches
The sub 8 - inch
tablet market is booming, though, and Apple arguably has more impressive competition in this
arena than it does in the 10 - inch one,
with the likes of the Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HDX, Asus MeMO Pad HD 7 and many others all offering good
tablet experiences at bargain prices.
With many new
tablets entering the
arena, it is hard to know what one is best for you.
With the iPad hitting almost 95 % of
tablet market share these days, the Galaxy Tab is a welcome addition to the Tablet arena hoping to make a dent in Apple's current domin
tablet market share these days, the Galaxy Tab is a welcome addition to the
Tablet arena hoping to make a dent in Apple's current domin
Tablet arena hoping to make a dent in Apple's current domination.
With Google Books, app store and Android OS platform, the Google Nexus 7
Tablet is set to take a good portion of the market and become Amazon's main competitor in the tablet - eReading
Tablet is set to take a good portion of the market and become Amazon's main competitor in the
tablet - eReading
tablet - eReading
arena.
The online retail giant is trying to duplicate the success it has had in the e-reader
arena with tablets.
Aside from entering the smartphone
arena with a number of fairly intriguing products (especially from a pricing standpoint), Archos has recently cranked up its
tablet volumes, even going so far as to tackle niches than no one knew existed.
Android's share of the
tablet sector remains modest at best,
with Apple dominating the
arena (which, lest we forget, it effectively created) comfortably.
The Galaxy Note 8.0 is packed
with impressive features and we will have to wait and see if the latest
tablet is able to capture a chunk of the 7 - inch
tablet arena.
While vendors such as Samsung, Asus, and Lenovo have all been a part of the growth of the Android operating system in the
tablet arena, much of the heavy lifting has been done by little - known, regional vendors based in China that have blanketed the globe
with minimally configured, Android - based, 7.x - inch
tablets at price points of $ 100 or less.
This isn't to say that Android will never be able to match up
with iOS in the
tablet arena, mind you, but for the time being iOS's ability to perform on
tablets is a known quantity while Android's is not.
And it's this size of screen that could be the dark horse in the
tablet arena as it gives you greater space than 7in
tablets yet is more portable than those
with larger screens.
The Android - based NOOKColor which launched in November 2010 departed from the E-ink display all together, and adopted instead a full color LCD display putting it head - to - head in competition
with the emerging
arena of
tablet computers such as the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab.
With the Fire though, Amazon has now entered the
tablet arena and the expectations are different, particularly since they're pushing so many cloud - based content consumption options (e.g., music, video, etc..)
Popular mobile shooter Guns of Boom has officially rolled out a new feature that allows users
with compatible devices to utilize Google's ARCore technology to spectate matches in augmented reality, having the
arena appear in their living room, backyard, or anywhere else they can take their compatible phone or
tablet.