Probably old Windows 7 tablets like the EEE Slate and the Samsung Series 7 thingamabobber.
Wow, I've never heard of anybody buying those. 300,000 is quite a high number, I have a feeling the "sold" number would be significantly lower.
Probably old Windows 7 tablets like the EEE Slate and the Samsung Series 7 thingamabobber.
Kindle Fire and Nook. And of course some really cheap toys.
So does my coworker....but he has it hacked to run android. He should of just bought an iPad and saved the pain of having to reboot constantly and suffer tremendous lag.
There was a post on mashable.com which is making the rounds on twitter saying Apple has to release an iPad mini and it has to be $199. The problem with that is Apple's in the business of making money off devices. Google and Amazon aren't. They can sell their tablet at cost (or even a loss) knowing they'll most likely make it up in other ways. I can't see Apple releasing a 7" tablet that's equal to (or better) than the Nexus 7 for $199. And if they do put something out that's $50 or $100 more will people bite? Are people buying the Nexus 7 because of the form factor or price (or a bit of both)? Or are their sales mostly to gadget geeks who have to have the latest and greatest products and are company/platform agnostic?I'm still waiting to find out the impact an iPad Mini would have on the lower end tablet market. I wonder if it would completely dominate the entire marketshare of the lower end tablets or if it would just make a small impact in their market share.
Does Apple count tablets in stock at Best Buy, Target, Walmart, etc. as sold or shipped?I can't believe that I am the first to point out that Strategy Analytics described iPad sale as shipped when Tim Cook clearly described the 17 million units as sold.
I know I am getting ahead of myself, but what do you guys think they will do for the 4rth gen Ipad?
They got the display, obv a small spec bump. But since it's been 2 years on the design (pretty much) think they will change the design?
I know the Microsoft surface is only vapor ware at this point but I can't help but think that a lot of people will be flocking to it.
Well, ...the Pro version at least.
I know the Microsoft surface is only vapor ware at this point but I can't help but think that a lot of people will be flocking to it.
Well, ...the Pro version at least.
I don't know about flocking. There will doubtless be buyers but I think a lot of Microsoft's woes in mobile come from this weird insistence on branding everything with the Windows name. What the guys at Microsoft don't seem to get is that the average user out there associates "Windows" with a myriad of headaches, crashes, viruses, lost files, petty annoyances, etc. I think seeing that brand name attached to a phone summons all sorts of crazy scenarios in the minds of consumers that they want nothing to do with.
Look at Microsoft's biggest success in the last decade--Xbox 360. It's basically a Windows PC optimized for games but not one mention of the Windows brand anywhere on it. I think MS needs to come to terms with the folly of putting Windows everywhere. It's just bad marketing.
There was a post on mashable.com which is making the rounds on twitter saying Apple has to release an iPad mini and it has to be $199.
I know the Microsoft surface is only vapor ware at this point but I can't help but think that a lot of people will be flocking to it.
Well, ...the Pro version at least.
So, Windows XP? And Windows 7? The most popular Operating systems ever to exist? Were failures?
Stop using silly definitions. It isn't vaporware unless it is late, or you really expect it to never exist. I'm hardly a MS fan, but vapor it isn't.
There was a post on mashable.com which is making the rounds on twitter saying Apple has to release an iPad mini and it has to be $199. The problem with that is Apple's in the business of making money off devices. Google and Amazon aren't. They can sell their tablet at cost (or even a loss) knowing they'll most likely make it up in other ways. I can't see Apple releasing a 7" tablet that's equal to (or better) than the Nexus 7 for $199. And if they do put something out that's $50 or $100 more will people bite? Are people buying the Nexus 7 because of the form factor or price (or a bit of both)? Or are their sales mostly to gadget geeks who have to have the latest and greatest products and are company/platform agnostic?
Not surprising considering Apple has blocked others from sale, it's almost a monopoly on the market.
Meh I don't care, the Nexus 7 rocks. And i think the Galaxy Note 10.1 will be a good seller, if it isn't blocked by Apple.
I don't know about flocking. There will doubtless be buyers but I think a lot of Microsoft's woes in mobile come from this weird insistence on branding everything with the Windows name. What the guys at Microsoft don't seem to get is that the average user out there associates "Windows" with a myriad of headaches, crashes, viruses, lost files, petty annoyances, etc.