...over 78% in the worldwide tablet market (Columbus, 2013). USA is expected to remain the market leader in terms of consumers and Asia, especially China (43% growth by 2017), is expected to be the growth market (Croker, 2014). There is over 50% difference between urban and rural expenditure in China (“China Household Finance Survey”, 2013). With an average tablet expected to cost about $416 by 2015 ("Average Selling Price Of Tablet Pcs Worldwide From 2005 To 2015 (in U.S. Dollars)", 2014), there is a huge potential to capture the budget tablet (priced 30-50% below current market price) segment. Tabby International selected US and China as their initial markets to startup with. The company has a leadership team with background in running hardware and mobile devices production. It has also recruited a team of engineers, and researchers to develop the prototypes. Tabby will initially sell its products through its websites and set up booths in key urban locations in US and China to launch and support its products. Market Needs Due to the value technology has added to the global marketplace, consumers are driving the demand for products and services that break the traditional cliches of working and socializing behind four walls. The need for a desk, chair, and office is being replaced with a stylus pen, wi-fi connection, and a tablet in the new fast past environment. Currently schools, businesses, and government agencies have found a wide range of uses for tablets that include but...
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...To Tablet Or Not To Tablet – That Is The Question Advances in technological development over the past four decades have created new opportunities and new ways to conduct business and explore the new channels of communication. Over the past several years, the growth in mobile technology and development of new advanced mobile devices such as smart phones and media tablets has increased the potential revenue of some businesses that have embraced the new technology and taken stops to secure a niche in the market. “Earlier this year, choosing the best tablet computer was as simple as knowing one model name: iPad.” (Consumer Reports). As of late August 2011, Apple’s computer tablet iPad and iPad2 represent over 61% of the market for tablets, leaving other companies such as Hewlett Packard laggin behind (Difference Engine: Reality Dawns). Simply put, it doesn’t matter if it’s the iPhone, the Macbook, or most recently iPad, everyone wants one, and if they can’t have it they want something as close to it as possible. It is important then, to explore what the iPad has that makes it the staunch front runner in the tablet industry. Not only has Steve Jobs of Apple Computers offered the world innovative and user friendly technological creations, with the release of each product, Apple’s success has forced its competitors to raise their stakes as well. Innovative, user-friendly, and in-genius are but a few of the many words that have become synonymous with Apple products. One of...
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...wasn't even close. TheMicrosoft Tablet PC was announced in 2001, and tablets built to its specifications were released in 2002, eight years before the iPad first appeared. That same year, Microsoft Pocket PC 2002 was developed for smartphones. (It later became Windows Mobile, and now is Windows Phone.) Apple got around to building its first smartphone, the iPhone, five years later, in 2007. Apple has long been portrayed as the technology world's leading innovator, coming up with visionary ideas well before anyone else and creating entire product categories from scratch. Microsoft has been thought of as an unimaginative plodder, waiting for others to develop innovations, and then coming in with brute force and cornering the market with big marketing budgets and smart business moves. In fact, though, Microsoft has been out front on a number of occasions. It's not that it can't innovate. It's that it doesn't do a good job of turning innovations into market-changing products. Take the Tablet PC. At the time, it was certainly innovative. But Microsoft never figured out how to make a marketable product out of it, largely because the company thought about it as a traditional computer in a different form factor -- essentially a tablet-based Windows PC. In a press release at the time, Microsoft described it this way: "The size of a legal notepad and half the weight of most of today's laptop PCs, the Tablet PC is a full-powered, full-featured PC." Full-priced, too, typically costing $2...
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...Challenges of mobile computing: An Overview Mobile computing encompasses a number of technologies and devices, such as wireless LANs, notebook computers, cell and smart phones, tablet PCs and PDAs. Basically, any electronic device that helps you organizes your life, communicate with coworkers or friends, or do your job more efficiently is part of mobile computing, the combination of wireless communication infrastructure and portable computing devices has put the background for new computing ,which allows users access information and working With each others, when they move. Mobility can find e the form of users moving between specific terminals in the world. The constraints of mobile computing: mobile device constraints: are small size according to its processor speed ,the capacity of storage space and monitor resolution. Network constraint: the network of mobile wireless is not full reliable when to compare wired. Mobility constraints: mobile parts are very important for each one , the storage is the one of which makes mobile to save a lot of information. Wireless communication is very hard to Automate as wired communication because of the interaction of surrounding environment with the message. Mobility is the capacity to alternate one position when connected to the network increases the stability of some information. Portability there is a lot of problems for moving mobile from one location to another such as low power can’t find enough electricity to charge your mobile...
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...over the next five years. Finally, I will synthesize how those anticipated trends might impact the successful marketing of the product. Product The iPad is a highly portable tablet pc designed by Apple to enable its users to surf the internet, wherever there is an internet connection and with the cellphone industry providing Wi-Fi, this connection can be made practically anywhere. Apple released the iPad to the public in April 3, 2010 and functions like a touch screen computer with access to web browsing, email, photos, videos, music, games, e-books, and much more (Apple, 2010). This high definition portable pc has revolutionized the way people define computers and innovatively captured the market share. Future Trends The Apple iPad has without a doubt made a tremendous splash in the ocean of portable computing. In terms of trend setting, Apple seems to be the leader when it comes to creating and producing a product, while others stumble over to mimic. This is supported by the idea that those organizations that can identify and effectively deal with the key trends before its competitors do, is much more likely to win and retain the competitive advantage (Mullins & Walker Jr., 2010). Some of these trends that are project to impact the industry in the next five years are decreased PC sales especially in the area of netbooks; increase need for productivity applications used for tablet devices, improved gaming applications, mobile community platform, improved mobile...
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...| Research Project Proposal | Tablet PC becomes Common Uses in Our Present Life | Table of Content Introduction 2 Critique of Journal Articles 3 Journal Article One (Tablet Computing) 3 Journal Article Two (Tablet PCs in school) 4 Overview of the research project 5 Research Questions 5 Research Method 5 Pilot Test Run 6 References List 8 Introduction This Research Project is to help me gain real appreciation for research through my experience. It is designed to let student to select an interested topic for a research project. The topic I am chosen is “Tablet PC becomes Common Uses in Our Present Life”. In now days compare tablet pc to ordinary computers, tablets by design are comparatively lightweight and relatively easy to carry around. Many of them may still be too heavy to hold in one hand, but they're great in your lap or on a surface. Tablet PC is become more and more useful in many areas, such as school, business, organization, government etc. Using tablet to browse the Web is much easier than getting up, going to your desk, and booting up your computer. Even laptops, which are supposed to be mobile devices, can take a while to start, and they often get hot after a short period of use. There are many advantages by using tablet PC. For example firstly, the ability to capture and store personalized input such as diagrams, mathematical and scientific equations and similar forms of input. Secondly, Faster and effortless navigation...
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...A View of the Ways Mobile Computing Has and Will Affect the Nature of Humans in Our Future Theresa McCray INF 103 Computer literacy Denton Murray Jan 28 2013 Mobile Computing is evolving faster than lighting it would be wise to be knowledgeable about the subject. In this paper I will explain what mobile computing is and will give examples of present day devices and their used as well as give some examples of what the future may bring in the way we compute in the future. Mobile computing past, present and the future Over the past years we have evolved into a new era of mobile computing, one that guarantees a wide variety in application, improved usability, and faster networking. Apple’s iPhone 5 is a prime example for the trends were heading into, but there are plenty of other options on the rise. Google Android made its appearance in 2008, offering a great alternative to apple devices. Apple had control of almost all computing systems since it was the only platform that could be used in mobile computing. Google brought competition to Apple allowing people to have a choice and the competition caused by...
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...A PROJECT REPORT ON CONSUMER PREFERENCES WHILE BUYING TABLETS Submitted by : Deepika Sharma MBA IVth sem ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I take this opportunity to express my profound and deep sense of gratitude to Mrs. Parul Dhargava for her cordial support, valuable information, time and guidance, which helped me in completing the project through various stages. I would also like to express my special gratitude to all the respondents without who this project would not have been possible, thank you for sparing your valuable time in filling my questionnaire. Deepika Sharma Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 3 Different operating systems for tablets .............................................................................................. 4 Review of Literature .............................................................................................................................. 6 Research Paper Reviews: ................................................................................................................... 6 Article Reviews: ............................................................................................................................... 10 Objectives of our project ...................................................................................................................... 12 Research Design & Methodology .......
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...multinational computer technology company that was founded at 1 November of 1984 and was also approved by the Chinese government on that day. The headquarters of Lenovo Group Ltd was located in Beijing, China, and Morrisville, North Carolina, United States. Lenovo’s first major success was developing a circuit board that would allow IBM-compatible personal computers to process Chinese characters after several of failed plans. Reason of the failure was because they were compounded by the fact that its staff had little business experience. After keep on improving , Lenovo company eventually managed to manufacture and market computers using its own brand name on 1990.Since then , Lenovo had develop magnificently and also was listed in Hong Kong was incensement of nearly US$30 million on year 1994. Because of its good management, strong brand recognition, and growth potential , Lenovo’s stock market had been keep on raising until many analysts were optimistic about Lenovo. Lenovo issued a secondary offering of 50 million shares on the Hong Kong market in March 2000 to fund its continued growth and it was raised up to US$212 million. In year 2015, Lenovo Group Ltd had now become one of the most improved and famous computer technologies in this world. Product of Lenovo Lenovo expanded in a far-reaching way in 2005 through its obtainment of IBM's PC business, including its ThinkPad and ThinkCenter lines. As of January 2013, shipments of THINK-stamped PCs have duplicated subsequent...
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...Tablets Over the next Decade 1. Introduction A tablet PC is a wireless, portable personal computer with a touch screen interface. The tablet form factor is typically smaller than a notebook computer but larger than a Smartphone. Bigger and Brainier than a smart phone but smarter and sleeker than a net book, tablet computers have revolutionized the way in which modern day consumers experience and fulfill their computing and communication needs. The credit of pioneering this field and creating the market segment goes to Apple with launch of i-pad in 2010 and once again proving its capability of a leading innovation driven firm which redefines the course of overall computer industry as a whole from time to time. Since then the tablet sales have seen unexpected momentum in terms of growth in sales figures worldwide with apple emerging as the largest supplier till date as compared to all others. However, Android based tablet PCs are expected to take over Apple’s share in the coming years. The world has seen aggressive competition among tablet PC manufacturers after the launch of iPad from Apple. Within five months of the release of iPad, Samsung launched its Samsung Galaxy Tab to compete with Apple. Since then, the tablet PC manufacturing industry has seen the emergence of numerous players. Most tablet manufacturers such as Asus, HP, and Lenovo among others released their models of tablet PCs in quick successions, but none of them could surpass Apple’s...
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...With the seismic shift in recent years to the way pharmaceutical organizations approach sales and marketing, physicians are demanding alternate methods of interaction with sales representatives. All the while, patients are relentlessly searching for disease state and treatment information that can provide them with an understanding of their condition and even help them cope. The evolution of mobile technology and its integration into a brand’s sales and marketing strategy can be the key to building value-based relationships with physicians and patients that last. Pharmaceutical manufacturers face increasing pressure to refine their strategic and operational approach to sales and marketing. In the primary care setting, physicians typically give a pharmaceutical sales representative less than thirty seconds per interaction, most of which is time spent signing for samples. In specialty therapeutic areas, sales reps receive much longer periods of time but still struggle with their ability to differentiate themselves through clear, concise, and interactive messaging delivered to each physician, while also dealing with the challenge of increasing their effectiveness. This need is motivated by a quickly changing industry landscape driven by healthcare reform (HCR) and an expanding web of strict government regulations. This includes gift ban laws, aggregate spend compliance/sunshine laws on both the state and the federal level, and diminishing physician availability because of...
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...Perceptions of Grade VII Pupils: Tablet PC as a Replacement for Mathematics Textbook Ms. Irene Mae L. Manabat/ Dr. Juanita M. Cruz/ Marlon I. Tayag Systems Plus College Foundation, Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines irenemaemanabat@gmail.com/ juanitacruz2004@yahoo.com/ lonskee2000@yahoo.com Abstract Tablet PC for mathematics was introduced this school year to the SPCF Grade VII pupils. This study assessed their perception on its use as a replacement for the mathematics textbook. Forty-eight pupils answered a 25-item Likert-scaled questionnaire adapted from several related researches. Eight factors were generated namely: Time-saving (loading=0.66, mean= 5.16); Instructional tool for learning mathematics (loading= 0.61, mean= 5.04); Interactive technological tool (loading= 0.65, mean= 5.53); More interesting way to learn mathematics (loading= 0.76, mean= 5.10); Minimal school bag load (loading= 0.73, mean= 5.85); Extended tablet usage (loading= 0.60 mean= 5.08); Visual learning of mathematics (loading= 0.72,mean= 5.95); Usability in higher mathematics (loading= 0.89, mean= 5.5). Cronbach alpha= 0.75 and 73% dependent variable variance is explained by independent variable variance. T-test in the final grades revealed no significant difference between all sections and between 2 best sections that used and did not use the tablet. Significance was indicated between 2 regular sections that used and did not use the tablet. Overall mean (5.30) indicated a moderately agreeable response...
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...started as the New Technology Development Company (NTD Co.) of the Institute of Computing Technology (ICT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and considered a pioneer of Chinese market reform in the science and technology sectors. The company’s first technological innovation, a Chinese-language add-on card, was stemmed from ICT researcher Ni Guangnan. The name of the add-on card- Lianxiang- remains the Chinese name of Lenovo to this day. The company expands in Hong Kong that allowed them to raise its capital and overcome Lenovo’s previous experience in the global IT industry with a more international partner. In 1988, the company was restructured into Legend Computer Group Co. In the early 1990’s, the company was the largest among several domestic PC makers. In 1992, as the tariffs on imported PCs in China were reduced and import quotas were eliminated, foreign PC makers had a distinct price advantage over Legend. Consequently, Legend became sales and distributive representatives of American and Japanese computer companies in China. However, this became very strategic for Legend as it developed both technical and management expertise from its Hong Kong operation and from its foreign partners such as HP. Legend gain an advantage in building extensive distribution channels when the Chinese government restricted establishing distribution and retail operations of foreign companies in China. Legend introduced its self-branded PC in China that let it be the largest PC brand in China...
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...Strategic Research About the Lenovo Technology Company Kehao Wang (Leo) 1011906 Northwood University MGT- 4800- 02 Doctor Susan Dennett Oct .11.2014 Abstract Lenovo is a Chines multinational computer. It leads Chinese electronic industry market because it has successful competitive strategy and excellent management. As a one of global the Fortune Top 500 enterprises, and became the world’s largest personal computer manufacturer in 2013. (1) The Lenovo is worth research. Introduction Lenovo Group Ltd. (stylized as Lenovo) is a Chinese multinational computer technology company with headquarters in Beijing, China, and Morrisville, North Carolina, United States. It designs, develops, manufactures and sells personal computers, tablet computers, smartphones, workstations, servers, electronic storage devices, IT management software and smart televisions. In 2013 Lenovo was the world's largest personal computer vendor by unit sales. It markets the ThinkPad line of notebook computers and the Think Centre line of desktops. Lenovo has operations in more than 60 countries and sells its products in around 160 countries. Lenovo's principal facilities are in Beijing, Morrisville and Singapore, with research centers in those locations, as well as Shanghai, Shenzhen, Xiamen, and Chengdu in China, and Yamato in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It operates a joint venture with EMC, Lenovo EMC, which sells network-attached storage solutions. It also has a joint venture with NEC, Lenovo...
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