However, the company will only be in a position to enter
the tablet segment from next year onwards, by which time it hopes to have several chips in its arsenal that have extremely low power requirements.
Tablet enthusiasts in the United States will get to have a taste of the Galaxy Tab - Samsung's maiden attempt at the hotly contested
tablet segment from the 14th of November onwards, courtesy of Sprint.
For the tablet costs a quite affordable $ 179.99 which is quite a few hundred bucks less than the current king in the 7 inch
tablet segment from both a price and performance point of view — the Samsung Galaxy Tab.
Not exact matches
The Dell Streak and its successors face competition not only
from the Apple iPad, which rekindled interest in the consumer
tablet segment earlier this year, but also upcoming products such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab and Research In Motion's PlayBook, a BlackBerry - themed
tablet unveiled on Sept. 27.
A lot might be happening in the
tablet segment right now, though unfortunately it might not be enough for the
segment to slip off a bit
from its growth record.
Meanwhile, the online ad and web analytics firm Chitika put forward that the Microsoft Surface
tablets shone in the BYOD
segment, drawn
from the fact that the Surface
tablets were used a lot during office hours.
However, it remains to be seen is whether a new version of Windows will be enough to spur demand in the notebook
segment that is finding increasing competition
from tablet devices.
Apart
from the Galaxy Note 8.0, a few more
tablet devices both in the budget and high - end
segment are also likely
from the South Korean company.
While Apple can take some solace
from the sale of its iPad devices, Microsoft is yet to establish a firm foothold in the
tablet and smartphone
segment while its traditional forte, that of desktops and notebook / laptops, is fast eroding.
The
tablet segment that generates the most noise, apart
from the iPad range, is those that make up the $ 199 - $ 250 price bracket.
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from the E-Reader or
Tablet PC
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While this is yet to be accorded the official status
from RIM, pure business sense does point out it would let RIM have better control over the
tablet market with two products in two different size
segments.
So what this means is that 3D enabled
tablet PCs might well be the next big revolution in the
tablet PC
segment with a 3D Thrive
tablet perhaps leading
from the front.
Further, Dell will be wooing the corporate
segment with the Windows
tablet so that the best that general consumers can expect
from Dell is the Android Honeycomb version.
HTC is mostly known for making phone handsets, but that is not stopping them
from claiming a little bit of the
tablet PC
segment this year.
While the company report described Impact Scores as «the difference between the rate of a behavior in one customer
segment from the rate of a behavior in all website visitors multiplied by the number of visitors in the same
segment,» what can be stated in simple terms is that the purchasing experience for smartphone and
tablet users have to be improved as more take to these devices in future.
They are intending to offer multiple devices in the 7 inch
segment, though the
tablet PCs
from Philips should not be expected to be any thing new or different than what we have seen in the last 2 years.
A Windows 8
tablet from Dell has already come on to the scene and though specifications haven't been impressive, a better specced device for the consumer
segment is still expected.
The
tablet segment that generates the most noise, apart
from the iPad range, is those that make up the $ 199 — $ 250 price bracket.
There is some great news coming
from HP and the company seems to be in the process of bolstering its presence in the business
tablet segment.
To put that in numbers, of the 119 million
tablets that is likely to be sold in 2012, about 10 percent of the demand is expected to come
from the business
segment alone.
The
tablet has been done up in bright red, which shows Nokia is not shying away
from implementing its «colorful» approach to the smartphone
segment for its
tablet business as well.
The budget
tablet segment in India just got boosted with the introduction of the Mercury mTab Neo
from Kobian.
In reality
tablets have yet to make a credible dent at the enterprise
segment, so that what seems evident is that the next major push at
tablet sales is expected to come
from the enterprise business users.
The OpenTablet 7 still has a lot of ground to cover to make a credible dent in the
Tablet PC
segment where a lot of fireworks is still left to be seen, what with some of the heavy weight
from the tech world such as HP or Samsung readying suitable devices to do battle in this
segment.
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Tablet / Slate PC or E-reader
segment from our Good E-Reader Magazine.
The Galaxy Pad
from Samsung running the latest version of the Android OS
from Google created the biggest splash at the IFA 2010 at Berlin and is also considered the next big thing to hit the
tablet segment after the iPad.
The Slate and the iPad along with lot's more
from the
Tablet PC
segment as well as E-Readers is what the Good E-Reader Magazine is all about.
So
from the information that has now become available, we do know there is going to be two different size options with the
tablet that will cater to the two most popular
tablet segments right now — a 7 incher and a 10 incher with a display resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels.
But how is the average American citizen taking to this gadget that many believe will change the rules in the
Tablet PC
segment while some look upon it as one more big fad
from Apple that will bubble out soon.
It all started with the news that Apple was engaged in the development of smaller sized
tablets — 5 and 7 inch iPads to be specific — to take on the rising
segment among
tablets made more famous by a string of high profile launches like those of the 5 inch Streak
from Dell or the Samsung Galaxy Tab and the PlayBook
from Research in Motion, both of which are in the 7 inch category.
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Like not only is the company raising the bar with regard to the technological aspects of the
tablet, apart
from trying to stretch its hold across different
segments by developing iPads of different smaller sizes, Apple is also making sure the iPad is available to an even wider section of the people.
So the price war in the
tablet segment goes on with Fusion Garage thus having taken a page
from HP's sales book.
Many had thought the Slate PC
from Hewlett Packard would be the next bigger thing to hit the
Tablet PC
segment after Apple's iPad and one that can bring down the high flying Apple offering.
There's one more
Tablet PC
from China out to do battle with the biggies in the
Tablet / Slate PC
segment.
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from the
Tablet PC
segment or for the newest e-reader news.
The company has also backtracked
from its earlier possibility of exiting the
tablet segment, though it could be sometime before we get to see the successor to the current Nook HD.
In any case, the Iconia A1 - 830 at $ 149 can be considered to have been priced just right as it comes across as an affordable option for the ultra-low cost
tablet segment that is comprised mainly of products
from tier - two companies while also coming across as an affordable option against better placed
tablet offering such as the Galaxy Tab 3 or even the Nexus 7.
Here is one more
tablet in the 7 inch
segment running Android 2.1 and this time, its
from NEC who have come up with the
tablet recently in Japan.
It would be interesting to see how the 7 inch
tablet from Streak stacks up to the Galaxy Tab, the current leader in the 7 inch
segment as well as all the other
tablet PCs awaiting launch in the next couple of months.
The budget
tablet segment in India is suddenly abuzz with mTab
from computer peripherals maker Mercury being the latest to join the party.
The business community has been slow in making the
tablet PC an inherent part of the business, but the next wave of
tablet sales push is likely to be
from the business
segment.
That Acer intends to make it big with a suitable
tablet for use in the enterprise
segment can be gauged
from the recent disclosure of sources in Acer's component market having placed an order for Z series Accelerated Processing Units (APUs)
from AMD.
Asus is pursuing a niche
segment within the
tablet PC sphere - that of
tablet PCs that come with their own keypad that is either attached or detachable
from the main
tablet form.
For one, it would be the first serious
tablet effort
from Motorola that till now has enjoyed a commendable presence in the smartphone
segment.
The PlayBook
tablet PC
from Research in Motion is all set to be unleashed in the heavily contested
tablet segment soon.
But even as the «slate»
tablet market cools
from its once red - hot pace, one key growth
segment is detachables, which bodes well for Microsoft and makers of other Windows - based devices.
All told, 40.6 million
tablets were shipped in the first quarter amid strong demand
from business, consumer and education
segments, the research firm indicated.
This is the first Micromax
tablet focused on the kids
segment and parents can switch
from regular usage mode to kid - friendly mode fast.