True, there are some useless people at the Samsung
tablet division who doesn't know what to do.
There is a ton of speculation in the industry right now on whether Barnes and Noble may consider dropping its
Android tablet division at the end of the current fiscal year.
Aside from supplying Apple, LGD also furnishes display panels to Amazon and Barnes & Noble, while Samsung provides panels to its
internal tablet division.
It's a big sign of confidence from Microsoft on Panay's execution of its
Surface tablet division, which went from being a big money loser for the company to a successful division, thanks largely to the sales and critical success of the Surface Pro 3 that launched in 2014.
Can Barnes and Noble turn around their e-reader and
tablet division?
We have been covering the entire saga of HP and its resulting firesale to get rid of
its tablet division.
One of the several interesting topics discussed was Horner's pronouncement on the current status of the Nook division, something which the online rumor mill has alluded to more than once as a stone around Barnes and Nobles» neck, along with rumors that the retailer is trying to unload its e-reader and
tablet division.
Barnes & Noble's e-reader and
tablet division has been in a bit of a tailspin over the past couple of years, but today it announced that it'll be taking a different approach through a new partnership with Samsung.
Who would have thought just a couple of years back that Amazon was meant for substantially more success in an entirely new, experimental hardware category than established, popular smartphone and
tablet divisions?