"tablets" articles

Join Parks Associates for the complimentary Webcast The Impact of Cloud Services and Improved On-Device Content Experiences July 28th at 1 p.m. Central, hosted by LEVEL Studios. Join speakers Daniel Blackburn, Vice President, Mobile and Tom Kotlarek, Vice President, Technology, LEVEL Studios and Kurt Scherf , Vice President, Principal Analyst, Parks Associates as they discuss how new and converging device categories are making it difficult for manufacturers to understand...

Revenues for U.S. consumer and SMB technology support services will grow nearly threefold in the next five years, with U.S. households accounting for over 40% of the $30 billion market. The firm's new research reports - Consumer Technical Support Services: Overview and Opportunities for SMB Technical Support – find broadband service providers in particular driving this market. Major retailers and OEM efforts are also important in promoting technical support services to a wider...

Parks Associates' report Media Tablets: Analysis and Forecasts shows the products at greatest risk of losing sales are other mobile Internet devices, including netbooks, notebooks, and e-readers. Tablets will also have significant impact on content publishing, including newspapers. “One year after the launch of the Apple iPad, tablet adoption reached 13% of U.S. broadband households, slightly below current netbook and e-reader adoption rates,” said Jennifer Kent , a Parks...

The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK charity which exists to promote the study of computer science and related topics, especially at school level, and to put the fun back into learning computing. Their first product is about the size of a USB key, and is designed to plug into a TV or be combined with a touch screen for a low cost tablet. The expected price is $25 for a fully-configured system. They plan to develop, manufacture, and distribute this an ultra-low-cost...

Barnes & Noble, Inc., the world’s largest bookseller, announced that it added significant new features and content to the NOOK Color Reader’s Tablet, making what has already been acclaimed as the best reading device on the market, the best tablet value on the market at just $249. With a major update to its bestselling device, Barnes & Noble is delivering more of what NOOK Color customers want: shopping a broad collection of popular apps, staying connected with...

Earlier this week, Sprint and HTC announced a new smartphone, Evo 3D , and a 7-inch tablet, Evo View, that will run on Sprint's 4G WiMax network. Both will be available sometime this summer, although pricing has not been announced. HTC’s Evo 3D will run on Android’s Gingerbread OS, also known as Android 2.3 . It will also feature a dual-core 1.2-GHz Snapdragon processor, making it the fastest smartphone on the market. Sprint and HTC introduced their first WiMax...

Parks Associates forecasts more than 68 million of the 126 million tablets sold worldwide in 2015 will have 3G or greater technology. The research firm's latest report Mobile Broadband & Mobile Computing Devices shows 29% of the 16.5 million tablets sold in 2010 featured embedded 3G technology, while tablets with 3G/4G technology will account for over one-half of all tablets sold in 2015. Consumer demand for mobile data will increase further as carriers continue to deploy...

Comcast Corporation recently announced the launch of a new 24x7 technical support and equipment protection program for the growing number of home electronics devices – like laptops, home networking equipment, gaming consoles, Wi-Fi enabled smartphones and tablets – people are connecting to Comcast’s services. Called Xfinity Signature Support , this service offers customers a single source for troubleshooting and support for their computers, home networks and many other devices...