This has led to the rise of the 8 inch
tablet segment which is fast getting populated.
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.
Analyst Ben Evans posits that it «may be better to think of
tablets, laptops and desktops as one «big screen»
segment, all of
which compete with smartphones, and for
which the opportunity is just smaller than that for smartphones.»
Meanwhile, analysts predict Apple's dominance in the
tablet segment to continue well into next year,
which could see it push no less than a 100 million of its iPad devices.
there is also the Galaxy Tab 3 Lite
which will be aimed sqarely at the budget
tablet segment.
Microsoft will have another jab at the
tablet segment with the Surface Pro device,
which is set to reach stores on February 9.
Also, the Adam II marks a changed strategy for Notion Ink,
which is aiming the
tablet for the mass budget
segment, priced as it is at a quite decent $ 12,000.
Other enticing options in this
segment include the Acer A700,
which is a device comparable to the Xperia
Tablet S but with twice the storage capacity, a HD display, and priced at $ 449.
The discount is also valid for the iPad Mini,
which is among the best selling
tablet across all
segments.
The company has recently launched the Galaxy Note 8.0,
which marks Samsung's fresh attempt at the
tablet segment.
The Win 8 operating system has given birth to a whole new
segment of hybrid
tablet devices,
which are
tablets with attachable keypad units that combine to form a notepad.
Samsung got itself in the kid's
tablet segment with the Galaxy Tab 3 Kids
which is essentially the Galaxy Tab 3 device that has been tweaked both internally and externally to suits its intended clientele, kids.
Apple,
which is expected to launch a mini version of its market - leading iPad
tablet, could quickly overpower its rivals in the
segment with the addition of the new product, analysts say.
Most new
tablets launched at the MWC sports super thin bezels,
which definitely is the latest style trend to invade the
tablet segment.
After all, Acer is too big a company to be not in the
tablet segment,
which right now forms the most exciting
segment in the computing industry.
Another aspect of the entire project that will also be to the liking of the student community is that the books will be compatible for reading on both desktop computers as well as
tablet like devices, the popularity of
which is increasing by the day in the education
segment.
This while capitalizing on the lead that Windows has in the hybrid
tablet and ultrabook
segments, both of
which have recorded positive growth.
Amazon is up against the likes of Apple and Samsung both of
which has a thriving smartphone and
tablet business (though it should be mentioned Apple at this moment is far ahead of Samsung in the
tablet segment).
HP had inherited the mobile WebOS operating system after having acquired Palm last year,
which would make it the fifth OS in the
tablet segment.
Swiss company Logitech intends on focusing on the
tablet computer
segment in 2012 due to its impending decline of business in keyboards and mice,
which traditionally have been a staple point of the company.
«Our new Mobility Global Business Unit initially will focus on consumer
tablets and will expand to additional
segments and categories where we believe we can offer differentiated value to our customers,» read the HP internal memo, a copy of
which is with the verge and is signed by Todd Bradley who heads HP's recently merged Printing and Personal Systems Group.
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.
LG's presence in the booming
tablet PC
segment has been far less impressive,
which belies the otherwise formidable reputation the company enjoys in other fields of consumer electronics.
Here is a
tablet with a nice 1080p display, together with great performance brought about by a Tegra 4 chip
which makes for a very compelling choice in the mid-range
segment, more so for Android addicts.
One bright spot in the
tablet market however has been the «detachable»
segment with removable keyboards such as the iPad Pro,
which is growing at a strong pace, according to IDC.
The company is trusting this newest device to help it maintain a lead in the
tablet segment,
which has grown crowded with Android - based competitors such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab, Dell Streak 7 and Motorola Xoom.
So now Toshiba intends to make its presence felt perhaps in the $ 500 mark
tablet segment with the new SmartPad
which should fill in the gap between the erstwhile unwieldy sets and the costly Libretto W100.
In fact, there is a whole new
segment that has come up with prices ranging below the $ 199 mark,
which at one time was considered the lowest a
tablet can sell for.
The FlatPad A10 carries a price tag of $ 285,
which positions it in the upper rung of the budget
tablet segment.
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.
The next iteration of the Windows 7 OS,
which became immensely popular in desktop or netbook computing platforms but not so in the booming
tablet segment, is the upcoming Windows 8.
This jump in purchasing ebook readers is a stark contrast to the
tablet PC
segment which is around 8 %.
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.
We have already have a lot of
tablet devices in both the 7 and 10 inch
segments, most of
which can't be called cheap but usually have all the features loaded.
This will be in addition to the original 7 inch Galaxy Tab,
which had marked Samsung's first foray in the
tablet segment.
Here is a sneak peek of the new features
which Amazon believes will be a game changer in the budget
tablet segment.
However, the lure of
tablet PCs was too much to resist and it's one more company that has also decided to test the waters in the
tablet segment,
which for now seems to be the hottest.
«An enterprise - ready
tablet will be announced soon,» is all that the company had to say about its future plans for the booming
tablet segment,
which is projected to generate more business than other forms of computing.
ASRock's sales division vice president Li Jun - Ying has also stated they are evaluation a
tablet both in the 7 and 10 inch
segments but has not revealed
which of the two
segments if not both that they will eventually represent.
E Fun has started to ship its Next 6 Android
tablet,
which means another option to consider in the budget
tablet segment.
There were two schools of thoughts emerging — one led by Allard that proposed the launch of the Courier
which could have meant a slot for the software bigwig in the
tablet segment.
Then there of course is the general applicability of the device as a whole,
which is being pegged as a
tablet that will also act as a game changer for the laptop
segment.
In another interesting development in the small sized
tablet segment, Acer has launched a new device
which it hopes will make things a bit more competitive to the likes of the Nexus 7 or the Kindle Fire.
While it's not known
which of the two most popular
tablet segments — the 7 inch or the 10 inch category — the new Vizio will be fitting into, the presence of three buttons at the bottom bezel of the
tablet has let to speculations flying around that Android is running the show, though Windows too can't be ruled out completely.
Price still continues to be the same $ 200,
which makes it one of the most capable
tablets in the budget
segment.
The
tablet PC
segment is booming right now
which is reason enough to take the plunge into what can be termed as the fastest growing computer scene at present.
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.
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.
But the biggest
segment will be consumer
tablets, of
which the iPad and soon the iPad 2 are the primary examples.
Following the Xoom's release were a number of other Honeycomb - powered
tablets, none of
which were able to dominate the android
segment, let alone challenge the iPad.