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Excerpt from a lengthy article about a pioneering 1994 tablet vision
Or had Fidler’s crew simply planted the concept of this most fantastic innovation into the public mind all those many years ago? This last one, it turns out, is the linchpin question in an epic patent battle between Apple and Samsung, an emergent rival in the tablet market. And of all the wonder and what-ifs, it’s the question that has catapulted Fidler from his peaceful academic life to the center of a global legal war.
Apple is suing Samsung, alleging that the Korean company copied its iPad design. And Samsung is defending itself, in large part, by using Fidler’s video-gone-viral, saying it… Continue reading: For tablet computer visionary Roger Fidler, a lot of what-ifs – The Washington Post
Excerpt from a stark PC market dynamics snapshot
“Tablets are on fire, there’s no question about that,” said Brad Silverberg, a venture capitalist in Seattle at Ignition Partners and a former Microsoft executive, who hastened to add that he was speaking mainly of the iPad, which dominates current sales.
Tablets are not there yet. In 2011, PCs outsold tablets almost six-to-one, estimates Canalys, a technology research company. But that is still a significant change from 2010, the iPad’s first year on the market, when PCs outsold tablets 20-to-one, according to Canalys. For the last two years, PC sales were flat, while iPad sales were booming. The Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble’s… Continue reading: As New iPad Debut Nears, Some See Decline of PCs – NYTimes.com
Check here for the full review + a video overview; for an accentuate-the-negative review, see Galaxy Note: Lame tablet, lousy smartphone (InfoWorld) and a PC Magazine review (“Bottom Line: the Samsung Galaxy Note is an unfortunate tweener, satisfying neither phone nor tablet buyers”)
After testing the Galaxy Note, I have decidedly mixed feelings about it. It isn’t a very practical phone and, as a tablet, it can’t match the experience of the iPad, which is more spacious and has over 150,000 apps designed for it. However, I can see where some folks might consider the 5-inch screen a good trade-off for much better portability than other tablets, and Samsung has done some very… Continue reading: Samsung Galaxy Note Review: Better as a Jotter, not a Talker – Walt Mossberg – Personal Technology – AllThingsD
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Samsung’s much-anticipated Galaxy Note will be available at AT&T on Feb. 19 for $300 with a two-year contract.
The 4G LTE smartphone can be pre-ordered online or in stores beginning Sunday for delivery by Feb. 17, the company said.
Samsung has been hyping the Galaxy Note as a new device category geared toward the creative-minded set, although most consumers will likely view it as a combination of a smartphone and tablet. The device features a large 5.3-inch touchscreen — one of the largest on a phone — and a stylus,… Continue reading: Samsung Galaxy Note will be available at AT&T stores Feb. 19 – latimes.com
Excerpt from an Amazon snapshot; also see Tablet Sales Will Increase Fivefold Over Next Five Years
While revenue growth is impressive, the company’s profitability is being weighed down by losses from the $199 Kindle (which is not quite a break-even proposition), the construction of more warehouses across the globe (17 were added in 2011 for a total of 69) and other investments in infrastructure, like its cloud-computing services and media services, like video, music and e-books.
In contrast, Apple has a rich markup on its iDevices and doesn’t have much of the same overhead as Amazon.
Still, the number of consumers Amazon touches in just one quarter is staggering,… Continue reading: Amazon and Apple: Two Tablet Makers, Two Different Fourth Quarters – Tricia Duryee – Commerce – AllThingsD
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