Android, Other Tablets to Chip Away at iPad

Release Date ‎Nov 22, 2011‎ in eWeek

 
   

Apple Should Toast Tablets This Holiday Season

Forbes - ‎Nov 23, 2011‎
Tablets will see huge demand this holiday season with Apple continuing to reign the tablet market and Amazon poised to take over from Samsung as the new No. 2 according to a survey conducted by market research firm, ChangeWave. ...

Talk of the Day -- iPad 3 launch to benefit Apple supply chain

eTaiwan News - ‎Nov 23, 2011‎
Taiwanese OEM and ODM makers in the Apple Inc.'s tablet supply chain will benefit from the forthcoming launch of the US Internet giant's iPad 3 with super-high-definition (DF) display, a local business daily reported Wednesday. ...

HP tops tablet market after fire sales

Inquirer - ‎Nov 23, 2011‎
BARGAIN BUCKET TABLET MAKER HP is the biggest seller in the US, if you pretend that the Apple Ipad does not exist. Numbers from NPD Research give the HP devices 17 per cent of a tablet market that shuns the Ipad, and puts it above Samsung ...

HP firesale wafts TouchPad to top of tablet chart

Register - ‎Nov 23, 2011‎
HP was the top selling tablet vendor in the US - ignoring Apple, of course - through to the end of October, and it's all thanks to the TouchPad firesale. Market watcher NPD yesterday revealed that in the ten ...

How Apple Can Keep Control of the Tablet Market

BusinessWeek - ‎Nov 22, 2011‎
The iPad from Apple makes up 65 percent of customer demand for tablets, according to a new ChangeWave survey that shows overall interest in tablets up 130 percent. For the first time, however, a single competitor has emerged to ...

iPads, Android tablets and stars

Manila Bulletin - ‎Nov 22, 2011‎
MANILA, Philippines â€" One of the products of Steve Jobs' labor and legacy is the iPad and we must admit that it has become one of the most notable new accessories of its time which gave way to all other tablet types that's not on ...

Turns Out HP Sold Some TouchPads Before Killing its Tablet

PC Magazine - ‎Nov 22, 2011‎
At some point, somebody other than Apple is going to produce a tablet that really captures the public imagination. It could be Amazon, if early signs of strong demand for the new Kindle Fire hold up, but for now, the second-most popular ...

HP TouchPad top-selling tablet in US after iPad: Study

Economic Times - ‎Nov 22, 2011‎
WASHINGTON: Hewlett-Packard's TouchPad, which is being axed by the company, was the top-selling tablet computer in the United States after Apple's iPad in the first 10 months of the year, market research company NPD Group said Tuesday. ...

The Number One PC Vendor Is … Apple?

PC Magazine - ‎Nov 22, 2011‎
A market analysis firm makes waves by predicting Apple will soon surpass global leader HP in PC market share. Is it nutty to count iPads as PCs? By Eric Grevstad A couple of years ago, the Little Tikes Company of Hudson, Ohio playfully announced that ...

Apple, the No. 1 PC Maker? (Asterisk: iPad)

Wired News (blog) - ‎Nov 22, 2011‎
In the competition between Apple and everyone else, the question whether an iPad should count as a personal computer or as strictly a mobile device has been debated since the tablet's introduction. The iPad, said the late Steve Jobs, ...

Apple's Sloppy Seconds: HP TouchPad Dominates List Of Tablet Losers

Forbes - ‎Nov 22, 2011‎
Tablet computers are cannibalizing the low end of the PC business. The problem, Apple's iPad tablet computer is killing these would-be cannibals, a list topped by the soon-to-be extinct Hewlett-Packard TouchPad. US tablet sales, excluding the iPad, ...

iPad 3 could make Apple top global PC vendor next year

CBS News - ‎Nov 22, 2011‎
(CBS) - Apple is slated to be the top global vendor of PCs in 2012, according to research firm Canalys. Currently in the number two spot, Apple has seen its market share jump from 9 percent to 15 percent in the past year. ...

NPD: HP beats Samsung in tablet sales

Computerworld - ‎Nov 22, 2011‎
IDG News Service - Hewlett-Packard, which recently discontinued its TouchPad tablets, took the top spot among tablet vendors behind Apple's iPad this year through October, according to research from NPD. HP had 17% of non-Apple tablet ...

Apple to become PC leader, report says -- if iPad counts as a PC

Los Angeles Times - ‎Nov 22, 2011‎
If the company decides to apply the stuffy "PC" label to its own computing devices, it may soon find that it is the world's largest personal computer vendor. It takes a little semantic contortion, but if you call the iPad tablet -- or any tablet -- a ...

The island of misfit tablets

CNNMoney - ‎Nov 22, 2011‎
For reasons known only unto itself, the NPD group saw fit Tuesday to issue a press release reporting on US sales of tablets excluding the market's 400-pound gorilla: Apple's (AAPL) iPad. ...

Study: Apple could be leading PC vendor by next year

USA Today - ‎Nov 22, 2011‎
Apple's long climb back from the margins of the PC industry will culminate in world domination next year, according to one researcher â€" but only if you consider the iPad a PC. Apple could surpass HP as the world's leading PC ...

Apple Poised to Become Largest Computer Manufacturer

Forbes - ‎Nov 22, 2011‎
2012 could see Apple overtaking HP as the leading global computer manufacturer according to a new report. The findings, issued by research firm Canalys, illustrate just how much the computing landscape has changed with the advent of the iPad and the ...

Apple to Become World's Biggest PC Maker: Canalys

Wall Street Journal (blog) - ‎Nov 22, 2011‎
In yet another datapoint highlighting Apple's sharp growth, market researcher Canalys expects the Mac maker to become the world's biggest PC maker by shipments in the first half. Apple can thank the iPad, which Canalys counts as a PC. ...

iPad Rivals Sold 1.2M Tablets in Last 10 Months

PCWorld (blog) - ‎Nov 22, 2011‎
During the first 10 months of this year, 1.2 million tablet computers were sold in the United States and none of them were iPads. Sales for non-iPad tablets reaped $425 million for retailers during the ...

HP surprisingly emerges as No. 2 tablet maker

CNET (blog) - ‎Nov 22, 2011‎
At least for now, Hewlett-Packard can lay claim as the second most-popular tablet manufacturer behind Apple. Too bad, it'll be a short-lived reign. HP exec Jon Rubinstein and the ...

US Tablet Sales (Excluding Apple) Exceed 1.2 Million Units in First 10 Months ...

San Francisco Chronicle (press release) - ‎Nov 22, 2011‎
US tablet sales, excluding iPad sales, soared to more than 1.2 million units sold from January through October and brought in $415 million in revenue at retail, according to leading market research company The NPD Group's monthly Connected Handhelds ...

iPad 3 could make Apple the world's top PC vendor next year

CNET - ‎Nov 22, 2011‎
Apple is likely to outshine Hewlett-Packard as the world's top PC maker before the second half of next year, says research firm Canalys, but it'll need some help from the iPad 3. ...

Asus and others to quit the tablet market?

IBNLive.com - ‎Nov 22, 2011‎
New Delhi: After Apple first took the wraps off its iPad, the tablet war began. Almost all leading manufacturers, irrespective of the products they have been building, started serving their take on the tablet. While India has seen a rise in the number ...

Production starts for iPad 3 QXGA display: Analyst

CNET - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎
A 10-inch-class 2048x1536 display is not easy to make in the volumes that Apple demands. Will Apple brand the next-generation iPad display 'Retina'? Production has started on the ...

Holiday gadget gift guide

Boston Herald - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎
This hasn't been a year of blockbuster new products, but holiday shoppers can shower their loved ones with gadgets that have evolved and improved. The smartphone has come into its own as a must-have device. ...

With iPad Boost, Apple Set to Become Top PC Vendor

New York Times (blog) - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎
Jim Mone/AP Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive officer, has said, in no uncertain terms, that it is. The late Steven P. Jobs said no, the iPad is part of the “post-PC era. ...

How Apple dominates the tablet market

The Guardian (blog) - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎
Last week's Part 1 column about Apple's dominant position in the tablet market triggered an abundance of comments and emails, both on the Note's blog and here on the Guardian. All interesting, most well reasoned. But for some people, it's always funny ...

With iPad, Apple to overtake HP as top PC vendor by mid-2012

Computerworld - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎
Computerworld - By mid-2012, Apple will overtake Hewlett-Packard as the world's biggest PC vendor, thanks largely to iPad sales, analyst firm Canalys said Monday. The iPad, with more than 60% of the tablet market, has radically changed ...

Sony Tablet S ready to take on the iPad

New York Daily News - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎
AP The Sony Tablet S, which is about the size of an iPad, can double as a universal remote control. The tablet is wedge-shaped, with one thicker than the other. The shape mimics that of a magazine that's been folded over. ...

Apple to overtake HP for PC crown

ZDNet Asia - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎
Huge demand for iPads positions Cupertino just behind PC leader, Hewlett-Packard, says research firm, adding it expects Apple to surpass rival by 2012. Apple is expected to overtake ...

 

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