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The computer market with, without the iPad

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 13th, 2012)

It's the question analysts have been asking since the launch of the iPad - is the iPad a PC? Some analysts believe that the iPad should be a new category of devices and its performance compared to similar offerings running Android. Others notice that PC sales are declining, iPad sales are ...

You're the Pundit: Is Amazon's tablet a contender?

by Erica Sadun (Sep 23rd, 2011)

When it comes to forecasting the next big thing, we turn to our secret weapon: the TUAW braintrust. We put the question to you and let you have your go at it. Today's topic is the Amazon tablet. Powered by Android, with a 7-inch screen, the Kindle tablet will have a capacitive multitouch screen ...

No Comment: Video game systems vs. non-iPad tablets

by Mike Schramm (Aug 12th, 2011)

Marco Arment posted this graph today, which shows some relative sales numbers of what he calls "obscure game consoles" (which presumably just means those outside the Microsoft/Sony/Sega/Nintendo dominion) right up against tablets which aren't the iPad. It's true -- the numbers do kind of put ...

Samsung will formally address Apple-led Galaxy Tab ban on Aug 25

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 12th, 2011)

Samsung will have the opportunity to defend itself against Apple in a German court on August 25th. The Korean manufacturer will argue against the recent injunction that halted the sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in all EU countries except the Netherlands. Until this date, the Apple-requested ...

Forrester: iPad may be (slightly) more vulnerable in Europe

by Mike Schramm (Aug 9th, 2011)

Sometimes the market-research business can be tough. On the same day that a German court blocked sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in almost every EU country, a new report from Forrester Research arrives on the scene -- and it says that if Apple competitors want to take on the iPad, Europe ...

German court blocks Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales across most of the EU (Updated)

by Michael Rose (Aug 9th, 2011)

The indispensable Florian Müller at FOSS Patents relays a report from the German dpa news agency (translated version): sources close to the Apple-Samsung patent dispute in Europe say that a district court in Düsseldorf has issued an injunction barring sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 ...

iPad competitors will need to be a lot cheaper to capture market share

by Mel Martin (Jul 26th, 2011)

The big message from a Retrovo survey released today of 1000 consumers carried out last month indicates competitors to the iPad will have to compete with a large price difference. With rumors about an Amazon tablet circulating, 55% of survey respondents said They'd look at an Amazon tablet ...

Tim Cook: Tablets will outsell PCs (no kidding)

by Mike Schramm (Jun 2nd, 2011)

Goldman Sachs analyst Bill Shope has been talking to Apple's higher-ups lately according to BI (including COO Tim Cook), and that they're extremely bullish on iOS devices, even more so than they've been in the past. That's hardly surprising -- not only would you expect Apple executives to be ...

DigiTimes: Amazon to unveil tablet to compete with iPad later this year

by Michael Grothaus (May 3rd, 2011)

DigiTimes is reporting that its sources have confirmed that Quanta has received OEM orders from Amazon to begin building a tablet computer. Though details are scarce, Amazon's iPad competitor will reportedly feature a multitouch screen from E Ink Holdings and Fringe Field Switching (FFS) ...

Newspaper thinktank predicted the iPad in 1994

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 28th, 2011)

It's not often (well, ever) that I consider the possibility someone might be from the future, but maybe Roger Fidler was. In 2007 the Paleofuture blog pointed to the video below, where Fidler and his team at Knight-Ridder describe an electronic newspaper running on what might as well be an ...

Samsung vows to "not be outdone" by skinny iPad

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 24th, 2011)

Samsung introduced a revamped version of its Android-powered Galaxy Tab 10.1 at CTIA this week. The Korean manufacturer originally unveiled the 10-inch Galaxy Tab in February at Mobile World Congress and quickly revised its plans for the tablet when Apple unveiled its iPad 2. Apparently ...

Apple on track to ship 10 million iPads in Q2 2011

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 4th, 2011)

Asian newspaper Digitimes is reporting that Apple may deliver over 10 million iPads in the upcoming quarter. According to component suppliers, Apple is poised to ship over 6 million iPads in the current quarter, 3 million of which will be iPad 2 models. As production ramps up and demand ...

Android may save the day for Apple's iPad subscription policy in the EU

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 21st, 2011)

There may never be an official "thank you" note sent, but Apple may be secretly grateful for the explosion of Android tablets about to hit the market. Apple is under the watchful eye of both the United States and the European Union's regulatory bodies regarding its new subscription policy for the ...

Apple to use 60 percent of world touchscreen supply in 2011

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 17th, 2011)

Apple is buying up touchscreen displays for the 40 million iPad tablets it intends to sell in 2011, and it has scooped up 60 percent of the global touchscreen inventory. Apple has secured most of the touchscreen displays coming off the production line of panel makers Wintek and TPK and has created ...

Enterprise iPad adoption up to 80 percent in Fortune 100

by Mel Martin (Feb 14th, 2011)

Apple critics repeatedly say the iPad is a media consumption device, and not really fit for the heavy lifting in the enterprise environment. But think again folks, because the iPad is working itself into some of the the largest companies in the world. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that 65 ...