Tag: experience

  • Apple iPad to Dominate Holiday Season Tablet Sales: Gartner Report

    Nathan Eddy

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    Apple’s best-selling iPad will account for 73.4 percent of worldwide media tablet sales in 2011, down from 83 percent share in 2010, according projections from Gartner. The market research firm also noted Apple will have free reign in the tablet market during the lucrative holiday season, as competition from Google Android-based tablet devices and others… Read more

  • A First Look at the Amazon Kindle Android Tablet

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Amazon.com’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) Android tablet has been one of the worst kept secrets for months since CEO Jeff Bezos alluded to it. Analysts have predicted features and price points below $300 to help it effectively compete with Apple’s standard-bearing iPad. Price right with Amazon’s powerful brand, Forrester Research believes the tablet could sell 3 million to… Read more

  • Amazon’s Anticipated Android Tablet Could Ship 5 Million Units

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    Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) could sell anywhere between 3 million and 5 million Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android tablets in the fourth quarter, making it far and away the most successful slate provider on the open-source platform, according to Forrester Research. The e-commerce giant is expected to introduce a tablet based on Google’s Android “Honeycomb” operating system in October.… Read more

  • RIM Remains Committed to PlayBook in Wake of HP TouchPad Fire Sale

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    Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) last week waved the white flag for tablets and smartphones based on its HP webOS operating system. Anyone thinking Research In Motion (NYSE:RIMM) or other OEMs are doing the same against the rising tide of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPads, which command over 80 percent of tablet market sales worldwide, would be mistaken. Motorola and… Read more

  • Verizon Tablets, Mobile Phones Get American Express Serve

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    Financial services company American Express and network operator Verizon Wireless announced they will integrate Serve, a next-generation digital payment and commerce platform, on many Verizon mobile phones and tablets. Over the coming months, Verizon Wireless customers will be able to establish Serve accounts that will enable them to make payments and redeem offers for goods… Read more

  • HP Expands Always On, ServiceOne Partner Programs

    Nathan Eddy

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    Technology giant HP extended its Always On Support with a new partnering model designed to expand sales and service delivery opportunities for partners to drive business growth and increase profitability. The company said in order to better address customer requirements, partners need access to a broad spectrum of technology services ranging from desktop deployment to… Read more