America is poised for an explosion in tablet use. You can’t travel by plane, train or bus in this country without seeing a tablet in someone’s hands. Go to a park, and there’s a bunch of teenagers lolling on the ground with a tablet in their hand. A lot of the tablets in consumers hands […]
For the second holiday season in a row, American kids 6-12 are lusting for the iPad more than any other product, according to a Nielsen survey. For the 2011 holiday season, the iPad has increased its appeal with this age-group. Nearly half (44%) want an iPad this year compared to 31% last year. The second […]
For the next couple of days, y’all are going to be bombarded with articles on Amazon’s new Kindle Fire tablet. The 7-inch Android-based tablet is already in the hands of consumers and early reviews are kind of mixed with some not impressed with its Silk browser. The below chart from Indian market researcher Social Nuggets […]
It seems like not a day passes in the digital media universe without a big-brand jumping on the tablet train with a huge announcement, launch event or upgrade. This morning it was the turn of the struggling U.S. bookstore chain Barnes & Noble to make a song and dance about its new Nook Tablet. Nook […]
Netbooks (small form-factor, lower-priced, less powerful laptops) took a beating in the second quarter. When the folks at market researcher ABI Research tallied the numbers, they found media tablet shipments in the second quarter reached 13.6 million units, compared to just 7.3 million for netbooks. In Q1, netbooks were ahead with 8.4 million units compared […]
Apple today announced record fiscal fourth quarter results, the company’s first earnings announcement after its iconic co-founder Steve Jobs died earlier this month. For the three months ended September 24, 2011, Apple reported a profit of $6.62 billion (7.05 cents per share) on revenues of $28.27 billion. During the same period last year, Apple’s net […]