Sentences with phrase «tablet market share»

The only thing I can see this doing is improving android tablet market share which I suppose is good for those of us who own other tablets.

Just like in smartphone market share android is increasing tablet market share with crap products.

So using Honeycomb numbers to compare android tablets to iPads, while it may seem reasonable, actually doesn't give a real picture of the overall android tablet market share.

The Amazon Kindle Fire tablet, which launched in the US nearly a month ago, has been given some pretty healthy sales forecasts for the coming months, meaning it could take up to half the Android tablet market share in 2012.

Those devices are also expected to drive a surge in UK tablet market share for Google's Android software.

Samsung has a new tablet family in the works that will offer high - end features as the company moves to grab more and more tablet market share from Apple, and SamMobile has obtained the first images of >>

At the high end, if Apple and Samsung only accounted for 65 percent of the market — which was approximately Apple's global tablet market share last quarter — then 25.7 million tablets were sold in the U.S. and Amazon sold 5.6 million Kindle Fires.

(ABI Research assigns to Apple 51 % of worldwide tablet market share as of December 2013.)

The big question is if what's happening in Japan will happen elsewhere, there was actually a recent report that predicted the iPad will dip below 50 percent tablet market share worldwide in mid-2013.

Samsung has a new tablet family in the works that will offer high - end features as the company moves to grab more and more tablet market share from Apple, and SamMobile has obtained the first images of the Galaxy Tab S.

The analyst also noted that Apple is losing tablet market share very quickly as white box vendors gain steam, but he's not terribly concerned about that.

During the same three - month period, Samsung also witnessed its global tablet market share rise to 17.9 percent, up from 11.3 percent a year ago, while Apple's market share dived to 39.6 percent, a sharp decline from 58.1 percent the previous year, according to IDC.

IDC has reported its Q1 2013 numbers, and it looks like the Android tablet market share dominates for the first time since the iPad came out.

Amazon's Kindle Fire has captured 54.4 percent of Android tablet market share as of February 2012, making it overwhelmingly the most popular single Android tablet.

Although soaring sales of Amazon's Kindle Fire and other low - priced tablets trimmed Apple Inc.'s media tablet market share in the fourth - quarter, it was Apple's own newly introduced iPhone 4S that proved to be the strongest competitor for the iPad during the final three months of 2011.

As for how the company intends to position its upcoming tablet, Whitman believes the best way for HP to gain tablet market share is to focus on the enterprise market.

No one's predicting the downfall of the iPad — there's a fine line between bold and stupid — but Amazon's Kindle Fire will singe away tablet market share from almighty Apple, to say nothing of Samsung and Motorola.

Amazon Fire tablet market share has grown in the past few years.

All of these have had positive reviews so far and are expected to fare well in the market, though it remains to be seen if these can unsettle both Apple and Android's tablet market share by a significant margin just yet.

The iPad market share dropped 19 % compared to last quarter, and the Windows tablet market share got only 3.7 % in total (Windows 8 + Windows RT).

While the HP tablet market share is almost inexistent right now, I expect them to have quite a few sales once they make a quality tablet (hasn't happened yet) that they can push through their huge sales channels.

Another interesting fact is that Amazon shipped around 1.14 Millions Kindles devices in the summer and currently its covers 41.5 % of the total market share of pure ebook readers whereas Apple iPad has got 87.4 % of the total tablet market share before the Samsung Galaxy Tab was released.

A report released by J.D Power and IDC, indicates that Apple is starting to lose tablet market share again (despite remaining at the top of the list of those device manufacturers).

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.

However, it is important to note that Amazon is in the unique position where tablet market share is likely not of significant importance as the company remains highly focused on acquiring additional Prime subscribers regardless of the type of device used.

IDC expects Microsoft to have a single - digit tablet market share of 7.4 percent through 2017.

Amazon's tablet market share surged in the third quarter, but an international roll - out and better Kindle Fire HD line - up should keep the gains rolling.

And while its enterprise bent does set it apart a bit in the increasingly crowded tablet market, the PlayBooks main competitor will nonetheless be the Apple iPad, the holder more than 90 percent of the worlds tablet market share.

Nokia could embrace Android if it wants to take a stab at gaining initial tablet market share, but it runs the risk of damaging its existing relationship with Microsoft.

Apple has held a lead in tablet market share since the iPad launch in 2010, with a 33.8 per cent share in Q4 2013, according to IDC research.

But if Microsoft wants to carve out considerable tablet market share, particularly against formidable competitors, it might consider the following factors:

A report on Monday suggested that Android tablets — namely the Samsung Galaxy Tab — had finally put a dent in the iPad's consumer tablet market share, causing it to drop from 96 % to 77 % last quarter.

Depending on how performance holds up in actual testing, and it seems to be impressive based on presentation alone, the Kindle Fire HD might just have what it takes to build Amazon up well beyond even the 20 % + tablet market share they claim to currently enjoy.

I wouldn't think so, but it will certainly give Microsoft tablet market share, boost the use of the new Windows Store, and drive adoption of Windows 8.

While Microsoft still controls PC market share, Apple controls tablet market share, and a new horse in the race, Google, controls smart phone market share.

Android slates have gotten much, much better since those early days and now Android vendors» combined tablet market share looks ready to pass Apple's share.

As the first company to put a significant dent in Apple's tablet market share following the iPad's debut, expectations are always high when Amazon prepares to launch new hardware.

Samsung claimed 11 percent tablet market share, up from 6 percent.

Apple's tablet market share rose 2.5 percentage points year - on - year.

Strategy Analytics puts the hardware maker at 13.1 percent of the global tablet market share for Q4 of last year.

Android - powered devices outsold Apple iPads to overtake the top spot in the global tablet market share for the first time.

In smartphones they did, which meant it was only a matter of time before they passed past Apple in worldwide tablet market share, just like they did in smartphones.

Apple isn't concerned that Android has finally taken more tablet market share?

This marks a five - quarter high for Apple's media tablet market share.

However, both could agree on some larger trends: for starters, Apple continues to lead in terms of tablet market share, though that lead is slipping.

There is an important question that not enough people stop to ask when talking tablet numbers, however: Who and what exactly is Apple losing tablet market share to?

Other major findings Pew found were that four times as many people now read e-books than two years ago, e-book reading happens on several types of devices, including Kindles, Nooks, smartphones, and tablets, and that Amazon's Kindle Fire grew in tablet market share from 5 percent in mid-December to 14 percent in mid-January.