If you are in the market for an excellent
tablet for content consumption, you will have to look no further than the Yoga Tab 3 Pro, but for anything else, you might be better off looking elsewhere.
The Apple iPad Mini 4, with its 7.9 - inch 2048 x 1536 IPS LCD display, has been noted as a good
tablet for content consumption and light browsing and gaming.
Not exact matches
As rich as the various app ecosystems may become,
tablets are still best suited to (and marketed
for) tasks involving
content consumption rather than creation.
Yet,
for all that's different, this really boils down to a battle of two fairly similar 7 - inch Android 2.3
content consumption tablets (neither has a camera).
We may then have to reconsider the label «
consumption devices» commonly attached to Android
tablets, instead settling
for «
content creation devices.»
Tablets are, by design, perfect
content -
consumption devices (that's what 94 % of current
tablet owners do, said the OPA), and they're also great
for web browsing, e-mail and getting your daily news fix.
Under powered single speaker systems that are ill placed and tinny as hell, can render a
tablet useless
for content consumption without headphones.
Combining
tablet portability with laptop productivity, the Transformer series proved that you can use a
tablet as much
for content creation as
content consumption.
Although many factors — such as demographics,
content availability, connection speed and ease of portability — may influence
consumption levels, the results of this analysis highlight important questions
for the industry as the
tablet space develops.
Tablet use
for many is all about casual
content consumption from the internet and Google has certainly recognised this with the work put into the browser on Android 3.0, Honeycomb.
According to IDC,
tablets, mini-laptops and netbooks are largely seen as secondary PC devices and are primarily used
for information «grazing,» or as vehicles of
content consumption.
And while a 7 - inch e-book reader has served Amazon well to date, using a 7 - inch screen on
tablet is unreasonable
for anything other than simple
content consumption, at best.
For many of us (myself included), for a good tablet to be more than just a content consumption device, an equally good keyboard is mandato
For many of us (myself included),
for a good tablet to be more than just a content consumption device, an equally good keyboard is mandato
for a good
tablet to be more than just a
content consumption device, an equally good keyboard is mandatory.
ChangeWave's latest survey was completed by over 2,800 consumers, and the methodology
for comparison is unclear as the iPad can do a lot more than be used as a dedicated e-reader as it is a multi-purpose
content consumption tablet.
But while the Fire and the iPad will almost certainly be the head - to - head comparison
for most
tablet buyers in the near future, I think Amazon made an even bigger decision about competing with the iPad that went unsaid during today's presentation: the Fire is almost completely geared around
content consumption, not creation.
The report said that 4G launches will increase sales of large screen smart connected devices, including
tablets,
for video
content consumption, leading to market stabilization.
It's meant purely
for content consumption even though it runs Android and works like a normal
tablet.
A
tablet is a
content consumption device and as such the display is a key component
for a good user experience.
Industry consensus, states the report, is that a successful
tablet business model will focus on an «a la carte method
for selecting the software capabilities (apps)
for the device and
content consumption,» unlike the typical trend PCs have followed, centered around Microsoft's Windows OS and suite of office applications.
«Although Apple now holds the vast majority of
tablet PC market share,» Jacobs added, «the plethora of other brands that have, or will soon be launching, their own
tablets are sure to capitalize on what at this point appears to be widespread consumer demand
for very thin and very light devices with exceptional battery life and a primary focus on portability and
content consumption.»
Prime is a $ 79 annual subscription service, but a month's free subscription is included with the Kindle Fire, so you can really put that media -
consumption tablet through its paces before deciding if ABC, CBS and all the other
content partners Amazon has lined up will provide you with what you're looking
for.
Claimed by its North Carolina - based maker to be ideal
for content consumption and creation on - the - go, the
tablet is also said to be high on style and performance.
It's funny how Samsung quickly moved to the 18:9 ratio on its flagship phones but insisted on 4:3
for its flagship
tablet tab S3 not even 16:9 which is a lot better
for content consumption.
Voice becomes just another form of data in this scenario, turning the
tablet into a slate
for content creation,
consumption and a wide range of communications.
The small
tablet is an ideal platform
for the
consumption of
content.
What I think the Kindle Fire is trying to do is to provide a low - cost device, that has above crap -
tablet level specs, and provides a 1 - stop, integrated, homogeneous
consumption channel
for content.
More so than any
tablet on the market, Amazon's
tablets have always been built
for content consumption.
Either way we have good products to work with, but both Kindle Fire and Nook
Tablet are built
for content consumption and that means active ongoing support.
Tablets can do many things, but
for most of us, their dominant use has been as a
content consumption device.
That would suggest such a
tablet would be great
for content consumption.
The 2017 Fire HD 8 is slower, has a lower - resolution screen, and is more limited than the ZenPad, but it's a great cheap
tablet for media
consumption, especially
for Amazon
content.
And while Amazon plans to offer productivity add - ons
for its
tablets, including a portable keyboard with trackpad, the vast majority of these products are optimized
for content consumption versus
content creation.
And Apple's iPad lineup sit right at the top of the
tablet - chain with their powerhouse performance and quality apps and games that make them a beast
for media
consumption and even
content creation.
Considering that iPads are meant
for content consumption, Apple should have upgraded the speakers on the
tablet long ago.