Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/25/netbooks-slip-under-tablet-shipments-achieve-has-beeen-status/
Still unconvinced we’re headed towards a
post-PC future? We can at least conclusively say we’ve entered a post-netbook present, as Q2 2011 marks the first time their numbers have been eclipsed by tablets, according to
ABI Research. 13.6 million
slates were shipped in the quarter, besting the 7.3 million the
diminutive laptops were able to clock in When compared to the prior quarter, that works out to 112 percent or 7.2 million increase (!) for the former, and a 1.1 million decline for the latter. Cost apparently isn’t a driving factor, as the firm notes that tablets pack an average price of $600 — nearly double that of their trackpad-toting brethren. Oh, and in case you were wondering, 68 percent of tablets shipped were of Cupertino’s flavor. More cold hard facts await you in the PR after the break.
Continue reading Netbooks slip under tablet shipments, achieve has-bEeen status
Netbooks slip under tablet shipments, achieve has-bEeen status originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink 
BGR | &! nbsp;|&n bsp;Email this | Comments
—
drag2share – drag and drop RSS news items on your email contacts to share (click SEE DEMO)
1 million, 6 million, ABI, BGR, break, brethren, bsp, case, click, clock, cold hard facts, Continue, cost, Cupertino, decline, DEMO, EDT, Eeen, email, email contacts, engadget, factor, firm, flavor, former, increase, laptops, latter, nbsp, netbooks, news, news items, Oct, percent, Permalink, post, present, price, quarter, reading, research, RSS, share, slates, source, status, Tablet, time, Tue, use
Augustine Fou
Uncategorized
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/12/idc-tablet-shipments-drop-28-percent-in-q1-2011/
Whether you believe we’re living in a post-PC world or not, there’s no denying the overwhelming growth of tablets in the past few years. Just this March, IDC put out figures saying 2010 saw the sale of 18 million tablets, but despite the recent boom, the outfit’s now reporting a 28 percent drop in tablet shipments in Q1 2011, bringing first quarter worldwide shipments to 7.2 million. IDC’s latest report points to “slower consumer demand, overall economic conditions, and supply-chain constraint,” but nonetheless estimates that total tablet sales will reach 53.5 million by year’s end, up from IDC’s original estimate of 50.4 million. Once again, Apple’s come out on top of the slate game, with the iPad 2 leading the market, despite its own dip in shipments. E-readers have apparently also seen a decline in the first quarter, with shipments dipping to 3.3 million units. Despite a slow start to the year, however, IDC’s optimistic about future sales, but you don’t have to take our word for it — full PR awaits you after the break.
Continue reading IDC: tablet shipments drop 28 percent in Q1 2011
IDC: tablet shipments drop 28 percent in Q1 2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink Tech Digest | 
IDC | Email this | Comments
5 million, apple, boom, break, constraint, consumer, Continue, decline, demand, Digest, dip, drop, economic conditions, EDT, email, end, engadget, estimate, future sales, game, growth, idc, iPad, Jul, March, market, nbsp, outfit, overwhelming growth, pc world, percent, Permalink, post, quarter, reading, report, sale, slate, source, start, supply chain, Tablet, tech, top, Tue, use, word, world, Worldwide, worldwide shipments, year
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/21/self-published-kindle-author-breaks-one-million-in-sales-legs-m/
Our big, bad digital era’s been caught red-handed overturning media industry business models before, so it comes as no surprise that publishing houses have a new headache on-hand. Straight outta sunny Seattle comes word that Amazon has welcomed its first self-published author to the “Kindle Million Club.” John Locke (so this is where he wound up after going to that quasi-’heaven’) is the lucky dude who gets to claim the prize, and that’s not all — Mr. independent-author-from-Kentucky now shares bold-face status with the likes of Stieg Larsson and Nora Roberts. By churning out action / adventure novels on the $0.99 cheap and making heavy use of some leggy lady models, Locke easily blew past the one million mark, and even has a book to tell you how he did it. Take that evil publishing overlords. Hit the break for Amazon’s official PR spiel.
Continue reading Self-published Kindle author breaks one million in sales, legs might have something to do with it
Self-published Kindle author breaks one million in sales, legs might have something to do with it originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink MocoNews | | Email this | Comments
action, action adventure novels, adventure, Amazon, author, bold face, book, break, business, Club, Continue, dude, EDT, email, engadget, era, headache, heaven, independent author, industry, industry business models, john locke, Jun, Kentucky, Kindle, Lady, lady models, Larsson, leggy, leggy lady, legs, lucky dude, mark, Million, million club, MocoNews, nbsp, nora roberts, Official, one million, outta, overlords, Permalink, prize, publishing, publishing houses, quasi, reading, Self-published, something, source, spiel, status, Stieg, stieg larsson, Straight, sunny seattle, surprise, Tue, use, word
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/12/adobe-finds-another-critical-flaw-in-flash-steve-jobs-smiles/
Hey, guess what? Adobe has found yet another serious security flaw in Flash. We can already hear the iOS fanboys warming up their commenting fingers. The vulnerability affects all platforms, including Android, though only attacks on Windows have been seen in the wild so far. Just like last month’s exploit, this one is spreading via malicious .swf files embedded in Office documents, only this time it’s Word instead of Excel being targeted (a hacker’s gotta keep it fresh, after all). Once again Reader and Acrobat are also vulnerable, but attacks can be thwarted using Reader’s Protected Mode. When exactly Adobe plans on plugging this hole is anyone’s guess, so when a deposed Nigerian prince tells you about the fabulous sum of money he’d like you to transfer, you’ll have yet another reason not to open the Office attachments in his email.
Adobe finds another ‘critical’ flaw in Flash, Steve Jobs smiles smugly originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink The Inquirer | Adobe | Email this | Comments
Acrobat, adobe, Android, anyone, Apr, EDT, email, engadget, Excel, fingers, Flash, flaw, gotta, Guess, hacker, Hey, hole, Inquirer, iOS, Mode, Money, month, nbsp, Nigerian, nigerian prince, Office, office attachments, office documents, Permalink, platforms, prince, Protected, Reader, reason, security, serious security flaw, source, steve jobs, sum, sum of money, swf, swf files, time, Tue, use, vulnerability, warming, Windows, word
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/05/apple-releases-iad-gallery-app-all-ads-all-the-time/
Tired of apps always getting in the way of your ads? There’s an app for that.
Update: Well, it looks like there’s a bit more to this story. It turns out a developer of a similar ad-only app informed us a while back that her Ads Tube app (demoed after the break) was rejected by Apple because there was “not enough user functionality.” Guess it finally worked out that problem itself.
Continue reading Apple releases iAd Gallery app: all ads, all the time
Apple releases iAd Gallery app: all ads, all the time originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink Apple Headlines | iTunes | Email this | Comments
app, apple releases, Apr, bit, break, Continue, demoed, Developer, EDT, email, engadget, functionality, Gallery, Guess, headlines, iAd, nbsp, Permalink, problem, reading, source, story, time, time source, timeApple, Tired, Tube, Tue, UPDATE, use, user, way, while
