The Tablet Race

THE TABLET RACE THE iPad vs THE REST OF THE PACK APRIL 2010 iPad introduced (first successful tablet) every generation since lighter, thinner, faster weight of App Store iPad Air est. 2008 first generation1.0. 1.5 $10 POUNDS POUNDS app sales 2013 EXTREMELY POPULAR 35% of Americans over 16 years old own a tablet as of September 2013 THE TABLET RACE THE Pad If you add in e-readers, the number jumps to over 50% after the 2013 holiday purchases WEB TRAFFIC Apple's iPads generate over 80% of the tablet web surfing in N. America IS ANYONE CATCHING Apple IN THIS RACE? IF SHIPMENTS ARE INDICATORS OF WHERE SALES ARE HEADING HERE IS A RACE UPDATE THIRD QUARTER 2013 2.5% acer 4.8% lenovo ALL OTHERS ASUS 7.4% 29.6% 35.2% SAMSUNG 20.4% Apple 14.1 M UNITS Non-Apple 33.5M 29.6% UNITS 70.4% the year before Apple's share was 40.2% But if we look at the scoreboard, Apple has the advantage in many ways PROS CONS first to market with the multiple brands + revolutionary touch-based devices cummulative +market lead multiple tablet sizes first with custom apps, profitable for 3rd party developers multiple resolutions only support 2-3 T versions of iOS at any given time multiple versions of Android mobile OS still active But for all tablets out there, iPad leads in the innovation race SURGICAL AID IN THE OPERATING ROOM FILM PRODUCTION FIELD DIAGNOSTICS FOR TECHNICIANS SPORTS TRAINING & ANALYSIS UNDERWATER RESEARCH THE RACE IS ON WITH THIS REVOLUTIONARY COMPUTING DEVICE THAT IS CAPTURING US ALL IN ITS VERSATILITY AND SIMPLICITY. CITATIONS: http://www.apple.com/ http://www.chitika.com/insights/2013/Q3-tablet-update http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/01/22/apples-ipad-air-dominates.aspx http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/11/15/apple-ipad-huberty-idc/ http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerld=prUS24420613 http://www.macvoices.com/wordpress/macvoices-13103-nab-josh-apter-turns-your- ipad-into-a-serious-video-tool-with-the-padcaster/ http://marketingland.com/android-tablets-outship-ipads-usage-still-favors-apple-devic- es-65365 http://marketingland.com/apple-people-spent-10-billion-on-apps-in-2013-69701 http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Tablets-and-ereaders.aspx http://wallstcheatsheet.com/stocks/is-apple-really-losing-the-tablet-market-to-android. html/?a=viewall http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_tablet_computers BROUGHT TO YOU BY: www.bestchoicereviews.org