-
by
Eric Smith
| Oct 16, 2018
The first two weeks of October have been exciting for the computing world. First, HP unveiled its new Spectre Folio convertible PC which utilizes a leather fold...
...
-
by
Eric Smith
| Mar 03, 2018
Huawei, Alcatel, and Lenovo all launched new computing devices at MWC 2018, which we covered in our first two blogs from the show. Some over-arching themes...
...
-
by
Eric Smith
| Mar 02, 2018
We saw Huawei and Alcatel launch tablets and PCs during the press days of Mobile World Congress and Lenovo rounded out the show with its own PCs. It should...
...
-
by
Eric Smith
| Feb 26, 2018
Before MWC kicks off, we saw two vendors come out with new tablets spanning the high and low tiers of the market.
Alcatel kicked things off on Saturday with the...
...
-
by
Eric Smith
| Jan 11, 2018
Two of the biggest stories here at CES have important implications for tablet vendors: 1. The proliferation of voice control; and, 2. Bringing the phone experie...
...
-
by
Eric Smith
| Jan 09, 2018
The Windows ecosystem is getting key upgrades this year thanks to some serious technology commitments from Qualcomm, Intel, and Microsoft. These advancements in...
...
-
by
Eric Smith
| Aug 03, 2017
After 13 straight quarters of year-on-year shipment declines, Apple posted a sensational increase in Q2 2017 of +15%. Meanwhile Huawei has thrilled the industry...
...
-
by
Eric Smith
| May 18, 2017
In an attempt to jumpstart slowing growth of its ultra-low priced tablets, Amazon announced a relaunch of its two most popular tablets as well as an increased f...
...
-
by
Eric Smith
| Mar 24, 2017
Apple’s market share has been in decline for six years and the company has been unable to spark replacement of millions of older iPad 2 devices still bein...
...
-
by
Eric Smith
| Feb 28, 2017
There were several tablet announcements on Day Two which we will cover fully in a wrap-up report after the show, but these were the models and features that cau...
...
-
by
Eric Smith
| Feb 27, 2017
After a day of new phones from Blackberry/TCL-Alcatel, Huawei, Motorola, and Nokia/HMD, Samsung spent Sunday night announcing two new tablets at MWC. Both devic...
...
-
by
Eric Smith
| Dec 19, 2016
With an announcement by Hiroshi Lockheimer, Google’s Senior Vice President for Android, Chrome and Chromecast, that Android and Chrome OS will not me...
...
-
by
Eric Smith
| Jul 29, 2016
Global Tablet shipments fell 8% year-on-year in Q2 2016 to 46.7 million units while average selling prices (ASPs) went the other way, climbing 9% during the sam...
...
-
by
Eric Smith
| Jun 09, 2016
In search of higher margins and conquest sales from the PC market, Tablet vendors 2-in-1 and Pro Slate devices have garnered higher revenue and stabilized avera...
...
-
by
Eric Smith
| Apr 28, 2016
The global tablet market began 2016 just as 2015 left off: down. Tablet shipments fell 10% to 46.5 million units during the Q1 2016, according to the new &ldquo...
...
-
by
Eric Smith
| Apr 23, 2016
We were in New York yesterday to see the latest Acer product launch and left impressed with the view from one of the new World Trade Center tower, as well as fr...
...
-
by
Eric Smith
| Jan 11, 2016
Among other things, I was on the hunt for Android Tablets during my time in Las Vegas last week. I did end up finding some, and not just among the group of boot...
...
-
by
Eric Smith
| Jan 08, 2016
I tried. I really tried. I have only found one new Android tablet being announced in Las Vegas this year and I’ll have more to say about it tomorrow. For ...
...
-
by
Eric Smith
| Jan 06, 2016
We weren’t expecting a lot of tablets announcements at CES, but the lack of tablets and mobile devices from companies like LG and Sony this year did stand...
...
-
by
Eric Smith
| Oct 19, 2015
We are optimistic about the Tablet market returning to growth in 2016. This year has seen Tablet shipments retrench as major vendors refocus their strategies to...
...