06-27-2011, 04:11 PM | #1 | |||
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E-Reader Ownership Outpacing Tablets
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http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-an...Report-472278/ The article touches on a million different small points. Some Quotes: Quote:
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EDIT:: I found the link to the survey that this article refers to: http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/...ts/Report.aspx Last edited by WalkingDistance; 06-27-2011 at 04:13 PM. Reason: Found source. |
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06-27-2011, 04:48 PM | #2 |
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06-27-2011, 05:03 PM | #3 |
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There are about 235 million adults in the United States, which means there are about 28 million adult ereader owners, and 19 million tablet owners.
Another interesting nugget from the study: the demise of the laptop has been greatly exaggerated. Since the November 2010 the percentage of adults who owns laptops has increased from 53% to 57%, whereas the percentage of adults who own tablets has only increased from from 5 to 8%. Last edited by spellbanisher; 06-27-2011 at 05:10 PM. |
06-27-2011, 05:28 PM | #4 |
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I believe laptop sales will greatly diminish once touch tablets also allows one to write with a stylus, either handwriting or swiping letters on a virtual keyboard. Typing on a virtual keyboard is not practical at all as you miss touch feedback (yes, despite the rumble).
Once you can input with much ease, the tablet will be seen less as a device for pure consumption of content, and more of a productivity tool. |
06-27-2011, 06:33 PM | #5 |
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for me, and many people, the problem with touch screens is the loss of tactile feel for WHERE you press, and not that you've pressed. Especially on smaller devices, with smaller widgets, did you press the button you wanted, or the one next to it? Hard to tell if your finger covers them.
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06-27-2011, 07:20 PM | #6 |
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I didn't see that one coming, to be honest. I can see how it would be that way, but I figured that tablets would be more prevalent than dedicated e-readers.
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Tablets will probably eventually outnumber dedicated ereaders, but unless tablet software/hardware developers put some serious thought into making them excellent for ebooks, the dedicated devices will continue to have a share of the market. Right now, AFAIK, none of the tablets has a good "all your ebooks go HERE" solution that shows all the ebooks it can read in one place (the app system conflicts with that), and their ebook functionality is dependent on 3rd-party apps and not integrated with the hardware. |
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06-27-2011, 08:36 PM | #8 | |
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It is thought that the worldwide installed base of Kindles was 13 million last month which suggests the US base is something like 30% if there are 28 million adults who own one (assuming no one owns more than one). And that means 7 out of 10 ereaders owned by US adults is NOT a Kindle. |
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06-27-2011, 08:42 PM | #9 | |
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If there is a decline in the industry, there is only one thing to blame and it isn't ebook reader sales. |
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06-27-2011, 09:17 PM | #10 |
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Hispanics own more tablets and ereaders than any other group? Did I read that correctly?
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06-28-2011, 01:50 AM | #12 |
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First of all there is only a 4% gap between tablets and ereaders. Dedicated ereaders account for 8% while tablets account for 4%. This is mainly becasue tablets are priced much higher than ereaders. This is not earth shaking news. Ereaders are expected to hit the $99 mark very soon while the minimum tablet price is going for $500. The nook color is a hybrid of both which sells for $250.
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06-28-2011, 06:18 AM | #14 |
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I think there are several factors playing into this.
1. Ereaders are cheaper, and are a close to perfectly developed, easy to use machines. The software is integrated into the machines, no hacking, fiddling around with them. 2. Tablets are more expensive. They are also a jack of all trades, but master of none. You have to download your own software & hope that it works, The Nook is only a tablet once you hack it to have full market access. I'm not interested in screwing around with something to get it to do what I want it to, neither is most of buying public. You gadget tweekers on here don't count. 3. Tablets are simply an after thought as readers, or anything else for that matter. Until they truly put out tablets, that are good to go right out of the box for reading and everything else without a lot of fuss, AND start dropping in price, I believe that ereaders will continue to outpace tablets. |
06-28-2011, 08:14 AM | #15 |
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Actually there are quite a few tablets that sell for under $300. I think that you are referring to the lowest price on the iPad.
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