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Computex: It's All Tablets Now

13 June 2010 Bob Snyder Laptops, Tablets, eReaders

You can't help but wonder what they all would have done if the iPAD flopped? At least 20 new tablets could be found at Computex.
ARM Holdings, the maker of processing cores popular in Android devices, estimates there will be about 40 tablet devices just using Arm-based processors this year. Android tablets were on display at Arm's private showroom: Foxconn's 10" N928-1, the 7"Lifepad by Prowave, and Malata with a 10" touchscreen.

WonderMedia Technologies showed off a range of new tablets based on its PRIZM SoC and Android. Tzumu Lin, President and CEO, is already predicting segmentation in tablets: "There's clearly a large and growing interest in the tablet form factor, but what we're seeing now is a rising consumer demand for some diversity in size, shape, style and price."

Go Products based on WonderMedia SmartTouch

How Many iPads Will Apple Sell?

07 April 2010 Bob Snyder Laptops, Tablets, eReaders

Source: TREFIS

Sales of Apple's new tablet computer could exceed early iPhone sales and total Kindle sales to date.

Apple is only confessing to 300,000 sold but some investors are calculating nearly 700,000. (270,000 iPhones sold during that product's initial launch).

Investors say iPad sales will exceed the 1.12 million iPhones during its first complete sales quarter. In less than a year iPad unit sales will exceed all Kindles sold to-date (3 million).

Few analysts think iPad sales Continue reading...

Intel: Netbooks Get Their Own App Store

11 January 2010 Bob Snyder Laptops, Tablets, eReaders

Everybody wants an App Store and the Intel store will come pre-installed on netbooks in 2010 that use "Pine Trail" Atom processors (HP, Dell, Acer, Asus & others.)

Most apps will be written for Linux (Remember our Moblin article?). And Windows of course. Intel will also expand support to Adobe AIR and Microsoft Silverlight.

Intel has 20,000 ISVs in their software partner program. Developers will get 70% of revenue from App Store sales.

Go Intel on AppStore

Ouch! 31% of Netbooks, Laptops Fail in 3 Years

29 November 2009 Bob Snyder Laptops, Tablets, eReaders

Ouch! 31% of Netbooks, Laptops Fail in 3 Years

ASUS Named Most Reliable in USA Study

Ext. warranty specialist Squaretrade reports from USA that 31% of laptops fail completely within 3 years of purchase due to malfunctions and accidents.

This laptop reliability study finds malfunctions alone account for 20% of failures, with netbooks 20% worse than premium laptops.

Squaretrade predicts (within 3-years after purchase) netbook malfunctions will rise to 25%, 21% for entry-level laptops and 18% for premium notebooks.

By brand, Asus malfunctions Continue reading...

Android Pushes PC Makers… HP Tempted

11 April 2009 Bob Snyder Laptops, Tablets, eReaders

HP Tempted on Android for Netbooks

Google will now push Android to more companies that it interacts with on a daily basis. For one, HP has agreed to "study" Android OS to see how well it might work on their PCs. (HP's Mini 1000 Mi Edition netbook runs an HP-designed Linux OS.)

Google wants netbook makers to put in Android so users can easily share data between netbooks and phones. Preloading netbooks with Android could plug HP and netbook makers into a community of software developers who Continue reading...

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