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eldersignin
Yep... Microsoft is just so super good... The ZUNE is selling millions, iPods ...
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Android cutting deeper into iPad's market share
Dylan McGrath
11/28/2012 4:24 PM EST
SAN FRANCISCO—Apple Inc.' share of the media tablet market fell to 55 percent in the third quarter, the lowest it has been since the company launched the iPad and defined the category in 2010, according to new data from ABI Research Inc.
While Apple has maintained its dominance in the tablet market for 10 straight quarters, the firm surrendered 14 points of market share in the third quarter, mainly to Android-based offerings from Amazon, Google and Samsung, ABI (Oyster Bay, N.Y.) said.
"With the introduction of a smaller, lower-cost iPad mini, Apple has acknowledged Android’s beachhead of 7-inch-class tablets, though at the same time, it has failed to deliver a knock-out punch through innovation, pricing, and availability during the most critical selling period of the year," said Jeff Orr, senior practice director at ABI.
ABI analysts don't believe that the iPad mini has challenged 7-inch Android tablets for market share. Instead, the firm said, analysts believe iPad mini has caused demand for standard iPad models to shift down-market. Limited availability of iPad mini could be the saving grace as end-of-year buying ramps, ABI said.
Android now powers more than 44 percent of all tablets shipped, ABI said.
"As the OS of choice for the majority of device OEMs, we expect the Android ecosystem to continue growing in numbers—new manufacturers, better device choices for reaching more markets and more developers finding value from apps and content," Orr said.
While Apple has maintained its dominance in the tablet market for 10 straight quarters, the firm surrendered 14 points of market share in the third quarter, mainly to Android-based offerings from Amazon, Google and Samsung, ABI (Oyster Bay, N.Y.) said.
"With the introduction of a smaller, lower-cost iPad mini, Apple has acknowledged Android’s beachhead of 7-inch-class tablets, though at the same time, it has failed to deliver a knock-out punch through innovation, pricing, and availability during the most critical selling period of the year," said Jeff Orr, senior practice director at ABI.
ABI analysts don't believe that the iPad mini has challenged 7-inch Android tablets for market share. Instead, the firm said, analysts believe iPad mini has caused demand for standard iPad models to shift down-market. Limited availability of iPad mini could be the saving grace as end-of-year buying ramps, ABI said.
Android now powers more than 44 percent of all tablets shipped, ABI said.
"As the OS of choice for the majority of device OEMs, we expect the Android ecosystem to continue growing in numbers—new manufacturers, better device choices for reaching more markets and more developers finding value from apps and content," Orr said.
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pelle
11/29/2012 2:17 AM EST
Apple is still lucky the rumors about the 100USD Nexus tablet didn't pan out. That would have hurt badly.
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eldersignin
12/24/2012 5:57 PM EST
And anti-gravity would kill Ford.
Hey one can hope. /s
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GREAT-Terry
11/29/2012 9:49 AM EST
Apple needs to think harder in order to fight against the Android ecosystem. I hope they can come up with good and much more advanced innovation on both the cosmetic and features (both hardware and software) in order to keep its dominance in the market. I hope Apple can still be heard after 5 years.
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eldersignin
12/24/2012 5:58 PM EST
Its just market share. NOT profit.
Apple is still making over 70% of all the profit in the smart phone market. Samsung is pushing sales to look good, not make money.
Just a thought.
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asic_pal
11/29/2012 1:59 PM EST
Yeah, I used to Admire Apple products for their innovation and novelty (I think it's called Jobs Era) but in the recent past I started hating it's closed loop system (such as taking out Flash, Java, google maps etc) and greediness. Ofcourse we are engineers but often driven by ethics and morals to benefit ourselves by benefiting our customers. In Indian mythology "greediness" considered as an evil (one of the five evils), which ultimately leads to ones failure. I am sure Apple would realize the fact very soon.
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eldersignin
12/24/2012 6:00 PM EST
"(such as taking out Flash, Java, google maps etc) and greediness."
I think you are reading the wrong anal...yst blogs.. Google maps is back and better than ever and you still can use Apple maps. Flash died its own death. It just could not deliver a version that would run on flash mobile with out killing the battery and processor.
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GroovyGeek
12/1/2012 2:56 AM EST
Mac vs PC all over again, with the same ending too. Closed systems rarely thrive for more than a decade in a consumer driven market. The iEverytging days are numbered.
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eldersignin
12/24/2012 6:03 PM EST
Yep... Microsoft is just so super good... The ZUNE is selling millions, iPods dont exist, and plays-for-sure rules the roost. ANd of course MS ownes the world market in tablets... Yep. MS wins and Apple loses.
Hey Windows RT will just be the thing to buy. Have you got yours yet.. I mean a tablet that jumps back to the windows 7 interface then surface, then 7, then surface... Its just so exciting... Well, at least according to the tech writers.
Just a thought, but I see Apple being around for a while longer...
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