Tag: tablet

Would anyone turn down an iPad Air?

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Yes, there are other tablets with individual apps, and every tablet’s base line functionality means that you can use Android, iOS, Windows 8, or any other flavour and get your work done…. but for that final little push, that bit of shine, is there any other choice other than an iPad Air? … but the iPad Air is more than an iteration on Apple’s successful product line. It feels like the synthesis of everything that has come before, allowing Apple to create a tablet that can fit into your life without you having to compromise any of your expectations. And

The £80 Android Tablet

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The Nook HD, now available for just £79 for 8GB in the UK, is a nice piece of kit. It’s not cutting edge, but it does the job, its comfortable to read on for long periods, and with the inclusion go Google Play, you can be sneaky and install the Kindle app if you’re locked in to Bezos’ ecosystem. It is possible to use the Nook HD and Nook HD+ as purely Kindle readers, which does feel a touch subversive as a user, and I did wonder how sales from the Barnes and Noble store have performed since the opening

Hobson’s choice for Amazon’s Android Tablet

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If Amazon want a successful Android tablet with a volume of sales to make them a player in the tablet space, they’re going to need to price it incredibly competitively, not as low as the Touchpad clearance, but around the $200-$300 mark. Which means that they’ll be reliant on making up that difference on the other side, through App Stores, music sales, Kindle downloads and other incidentals (the so-called Nintendo method). But if the tablet priced is priced that competitively, my suspicion is that any “Amazon branding” and lock-in to their stores and revenue streams will be rooted away in a matter

It’s not a tablet market, it’s an iPad market

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…Apple has sold ten times as many iPads as the three biggest competing devices combined have shipped, which we’ve already established is a very generous way to represent device success. The iPad is clearly dominating the category in a massive way. When you make the category, make the rules, and tell the public what they want, of course you’ll dominate it.