Category Archives: Tablets

Emergence of E-Commerce Sites as Potential Sales & Marketing Channels for Tablets in India

The average monthly sales of tablets in India have trebled since Q4, 2011. This is primarily due to the increasing number of low-end (sub $200) device models being launched by Indian OEMs, enabled by both hardware commoditization (driven by China/Taiwan … Continue reading

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Proliferation of Tablets in the Indian Education Sector

Digital technologies have existed for over ten years in the Indian Education Sector, albeit with minimal adoption. Earlier, the use of VSAT based classrooms for distance learning, plasma TVs in schools and colleges, Ethernet based networks in connected campuses have … Continue reading

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Technology Manifestation Cycles for ‘True Convergence’

Apple continues to set the bar higher with the release of the new iPad in March 2012. This is really an evolutionary step forward on the features and functionalities on what has been established as the defacto standard for tablets … Continue reading

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Key Drivers for Evolution of Tablets in India

Tablets have been in existence only these past 15 months, with Apple launching iPad in April, 2010. Since then, tablets have gained significant traction and have globally clocked an estimated sales of 15 million in Q2, 2011 alone. Of tablets … Continue reading

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