iPad Outnumbers Samsung Tablets 7-to-1 in 2Q 2012 Shipments
Last week, we pointed to tablet estimates for the second quarter of 2012 from research firm Strategy Analytics, results that shows Apple continuing to dominate the tablet market with 68% of shipments during the quarter. Google’s Android platform accounted for most of the remaining shipments, taking 29% of the market. IDC has now released its [...]
Why A Traditional Publisher Can Hurt Your Career
Graphic courtesy of liberatemedia.com Mark Coker, CEO and founder of the hugely successful ebook distribution platform Smashwords, wrote a blog poston how the sales figures for an indie author versus those of a traditionally published author can demonstrate something that not many in the industry know: a traditional publishing deal might actually do more harm [...]
ASUS, Lenovo, Toshiba and Samsung Preparing Windows RT Tablets for Later This Year
If you thought that the Windows RT segment was helpless, seeing that HP is not on board any more, think again. The likes of ASUS, Lenovo, Toshiba and Samsung are now on board with this platform and will release tablets carrying it this year. Other makers will also debut products and wait for Microsoft’s permission [...]
German eBook Distributor XinXii Expands to Other Catalogs
German ebook distribution platform XinXii has announced its partnership with Mondia Media Group, the exclusive digital content provider to several different platforms. This partnership will allow XinXii’s self-published authors to put their titles into the hands of more readers internationally than before. In international markets, authors can now distribute their books through SonyEricsson’s PlayNow, Vodafone [...]
2016: The year of the tablet
Tablets are on the verge of displacing typical PC and notebook sales. And that will make for a consumer electronics industry that is configured very differently. By Peter Suciu, contributor FORTUNE — Shipments of tablet computers will surpass notebook shipments in 2016, but overall mobile PC shipments will see strong growth by 2017. According to [...]
Next Issue Media CEO Morgan Guenther on Subscription-Based Digital Magazines
GoodeReader reported yesterday on the iOS launch of Next Issue’s subscription reading service from a number of mainstream publishers. CEO Morgan Guenther spoke to GoodeReader about the original Android launch of the service in April as well as yesterday’s Apple launch for all iPad models. “We’re once again focused on the top-tier premium titles,” said [...]
Kobo Writing Life to be Launched Soon
Kobo Writing Life is the companies new self-publishing platform that allows authors to employ a myriad of tools. One of the most exciting aspects of this problem is the live metrics to give you a sense of where your books are selling and where, all in real time. You can also set prices differently in [...]
BlackBerry 10 2013 Roadmap Includes 10 Inch Tablet, 4G PlayBook for 2012
RIM may have delayed the BB 10 OS for 2013, but their products based on that platform are still on track, including some cool new phones and tablets. Among the future models we find a 4G PlayBook, that will be released this year in Q4 and has been rumored to debut over the past 2 [...]
Report: Tablet shipments to surpass those of notebooks by 2016
A new report says tablet shipments will surpass notebooks by 2016 to become the dominant type of mobile computer sold around the world. The report, put out by NPD Display Search, finds that the number of tablets that will be shipped between now and 2017 will increase at a compounded annual growth rate of 28%. [...]
HP Scraps Windows RT Tablet Plans
Hewlett-Packard has tabled plans for a consumer-targeted Windows RT tablet powered by a Qualcomm-designed ARM processor and will instead focus on a business slate using the version of Microsoft’s next-generation Windows 8 operating system optimized for x86-based chipsets, PCMag has learned. What’s not entirely clear is if Microsoft’s announcement that it’s making its own in-house [...]
Video games top tablet activities and revenue, survey says
Tablets continue to emerge as a growing platform for playing video games. Games are the top money maker on tablets, according to a new survey by Frank N. Magid Associates. Games also are the second most popular activity on tablets, behind accessing the Internet, the survey found. “Games are clearly at the center of the [...]
Microsoft: We Won’t Build Own Windows Phones
(click image for larger view and for slideshow) A Microsoft executive said the company has no plans to manufacture its own company-branded smartphones, denying reports to the contrary that emerged after Redmond last week roiled the PC hardware industry by unveiling its own tablet computer. Asked in an interview if Microsoft planned to apply that [...]
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