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Showing Original Post only (View all)iSad: Nobody wants to buy tablets anymore [View all]
(MarketWatch) Theres only one thing helping the tablet market right nowkeyboardsand even that is not enough to stave off a decline in tablet sales as consumers grow increasingly uninterested in the devices.
Worldwide shipments of tablets fell another 15% during the first quarter as overall disinterest in the product category reached record highs, according to analysts at industry tracker IDC.
Apple Inc. AAPL, -1.15% sold the most tablets of any other company during the quarter, giving it a 26% market share. However, that is a decline from a 27% share last quarter as iPad sales plunged 18%, according to IDC. ............(more)
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/isad-nobody-wants-to-buy-tablets-anymore-2016-04-29
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My tablet is used primarliy as an ereader. I've got about 6000 books in pdf format on it.
hobbit709
Apr 2016
#3
bought a cheap one last year. found i really need a full keypad and a bigger screen( old guy)
dembotoz
Apr 2016
#9
Computer companies have gotten ridiculously rich on the need for upgrading
AZ Progressive
Apr 2016
#20