Posts Tagged ‘Tablets’

Archos Claims Third Spot on EU Tablet Market

April 19th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Archos has announced it is the second biggest vendor of tablets on the European market. If the tablets above €400 (yes, that’s mainly you Apple) aren’t counted, the company would be leading the market.

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Google to focus at Cheap Tablets

April 13th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

During the presentation of Google’s financials, CEO Larry Page stated that Google will try to aim for cheaper tablets. Larry talked about the success cheap Android devices have. Even if they are not running Android in the way Google intended them to.

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MWC: ZTE Goes Big on Quad-Core in Europe

February 28th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

ZTE is set to make a splash on the European market with their high-end Android devices. Amongst them is the new ZTE Era. A smartphone with a quad-core (1.3Ghz) CPU, 1GB RAM and a 960×540 screen.

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UPC NL Provides Consumers with Free Mobile Internet

February 21st, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Other news | No Comments »

UPC (part of Liberty Global) has launched a new mobile internet offering in The Netherlands. Consumers that already take their triple-play offering will get free mobile internet with their subscriptions.

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Sony Set to Launch Playstation Tablets

April 26th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Sony has announced their first two Android 3.0 tablets. Both of them will support Playstation Suite and Qriocity. Nothing strange so far apart for the fact that the S2 has a very interesting formfactor.

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J.P. Morgan: Tablet Bubble to Pop

March 10th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Analysts from J.P. Morgen expect that 2011 will be the year in which the tablet bubble will pop due to the release of the iPad 2 from Apple.

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GfK: Dutch Consumers Purchased 41.000 Tablets in December

February 7th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to research from GfK, Dutch consumers have purchased 41.000 tablets in December 2010. The majority of them were iPads from Apple. Samsung took second spot in the charts with about 2.000 Galaxy Tabs.

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IDC: 17 Million Tablets Sold in 2010, iPad Dominates

January 20th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to research from IDC, vendors have shipped 17 million tablet computers in 2010. From Q2 to Q3, distribution grew 45.1%. The number of iPad sales in that period grew from 3.3 million in Q2 to 4.8 million in Q3.