According to Digital Book World, e-books currently account for just 2 % of the country's $ 2 billion market, but that amount is expected to grow as smartphones and
tablets come down in price.
Not exact matches
As the owner of an ebook and ereader blog that is heavily invested
in research into the
tablet industry, I would advise windows
tablet purchasers to wait about a year before buying to give software developers and microsoft the chance to work the bugs out as well as the
price to
come down to the point it appeals to mainstream consumers rather than early adopters.
With
prices of cellular radios
coming down in recent times (it has gone below $ 30) it won't make much of a sense for
tablet makers to have two separate
tablets per model line - up.
Websites such as Demonoid and the Pirate Bay have combined over 700,000 + books
in their database, which is growing exponentially as hardware
prices come down and the public is more aware of e-readers and
tablets.
In the long run, consumers may grow to believe that high - end computing
tablets with desktop operating systems are worth a higher premium than other
tablets, but until then (selling
prices) on Windows 8 and Windows RT devices need to
come down to drive higher volumes.»
And as the
prices of
tablets come down, the likelihood that a parent will put one of those
in a child's hands increases.
Most people find
tablets are too expensive for the good ones, ranging
in price from $ 400 to $ 800, while e-readers have
come down in price to retail for $ 130 to $ 220.
I admit we are a bit late to the game with this edition but it has recently
came down in price and we needed an Android development
tablet.
Emerging markets are starting to embrace cheap Android
tablets thanks to the
prices coming down in China and Taiwan.
This is due to more
tablets having 3G / 4G or LTE connections and smartphones
coming down in price and becoming more powerful.
Kevorkian isn't ready to blame component costs for the Xoom's
price tag, noting that display manufacturers have been planning for a ramp - up
in media
tablet production for months, and the cost for other key components, like mobile broadband modules, has
come down during the past year.
It seems that the
tablet wars are
in full effect and the good news for consumers is that
prices are
coming down, fast.
First up: for those who have been waiting for dedicated e-readers and
tablets to
come down in price, hie thee over to Barnes & Noble.