CNET: HP No. 2 Tablet Maker, for now

[kjk]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-573...-tablet-maker/

Despite all of the attention on Apple's iPad, the other tablet makers saw decent adoption. In total, the U.S. tablet market excluding Apple saw sales of more than 1.2 million units and retail revenue of $415 million from January through October, according to a study conducted by NPD. Of course, sales were virtually nil last year, before the tablet market really got off the ground. HP stood on top of that pile, closely followed by Samsung Electronics.

Of those 1.2 million units:
HP: 17%
Samsung: 16%
ASUS: 10%
Motorola: 9%
Acer: 9%

The power of $99.

[tubemonkey]

I heart my $99 internet device from HP

[Andrew H.]

I suppose I would quibble with 1.2 million sales YTD being "decent" adoption, given that (1) the top seller was sold way under cost when HP got out of the tablet business; and (2) the iPad sold 11 million units in the last quarter alone.

[SeaKing]

Originally Posted by Andrew H.

I suppose I would quibble with 1.2 million sales YTD being "decent" adoption, given that (1) the top seller was sold way under cost when HP got out of the tablet business; and (2) the iPad sold 11 million units in the last quarter alone.

It's a good start from "no-where."

I give Apple credit for starting a market.

[kartu]

Originally Posted by Andrew H.

I suppose I would quibble with 1.2 million sales YTD being "decent" adoption, given that (1) the top seller was sold way under cost when HP got out of the tablet business

Fair enough, but other competitors sell at a price quite close to ipad 2 and Samsung even dared to remove expantion slot, which fended off a lot of consumers.

Originally Posted by Andrew H.

...and (2) the iPad sold 11 million units in the last quarter alone.

Is it US alone? Because it contradics numbers mentioned here by quite a lot (however they do mention 11 million units sold by Apple in previous quarter)

They state Apple "may top" 75% this year (others estimate it at 70%). So if Apple sells 40-50 million tablets, competitors should sell 13-16 million. So only 10% of them are sold in US? (Apple's smartphone market share is also higher in US, about 25% vs about 14% worldwide)

Note that last year Apple's share was about 96% and that many major competitors just joined the battle.

[murraypaul]

Originally Posted by kartu

Is it US alone? Because it contradics numbers mentioned here by quite a lot (however they do mention 11 million units sold by Apple in previous quarter)

It says: "The company sold 11.1 million iPads in the September quarter,"

The September quarter is the last quarter.