It’s hard to ignore the headlines raving about tablets and how they’re winning the hearts and minds of developers and consumers. According to recent data from industry research (IDC and eMarketer), the hype appears to be justified. In eMarketer’s report, “iPad Sales to More than Double Next Year,” over 41 million Americans are predicted to own a tablet by 2012. This is close to double the forecast for 2011 (24 million). Many consumers are reaching for… Read more »

It’s no secret that tablets are currently the hottest items in mobile; they made a splashing debut that swept the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show. Well, app developers have had their say, concluding that 2011 is the year of the TABLET. A Q1 2011 Appcelerator/IDC developer survey, in which 2,235 developers were polled, found that developers are most interested in creating apps for iOS and Android devices, and interest in creating tablet apps is significantly higher than… Read more »

With tablets forecasted to take over E-readers, the war is just heating up.  It seems as if Apple’s iPad has solidified is marketshare, but others are on the rise.  One would say there are too many platforms for all to sustain a share of the market. There’s a great article via mashable.com that adds some insight to various tablet/platforms on the rise and how they might be one of the last standing.  Platforms/tablets mentioned in… Read more »

(via gigaom.com) With the anticipated rise in tablet sales, due to the debut of Apple’s iPad, in the next 12 months e-readers may be in trouble. The UK analyst firm, Informa Telecoms and Media predict consumers will choose multi-purpose tablets over dedicated e-readers such as Amazon’s Kindle.  This year alone, 3.65 million are said to be sold, not to mention projected sales heading for 50 million by 2014 (an increase of over 1200%). Although some… Read more »