Articles tagged with: Ereader

British Students Adopting E-Books Faster than Global Average

­Students in the United Kingdom who recently participated in ebrary's Global Student E-book Survey reported a greater preference for digital over printed books and higher usage than their global counterparts in a similar survey conducted in 2011.  more

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E-Books Boost Reading Amongst Middle School Boys

­Middle school boys rated reading more valuable as an activity after two months of using an e-reader, according to a new study.  more

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Qualcomm May Gain as Ebook Reader Display Market to Double in 2011

­Although worldwide shipments of displays for pure-play ebook readers are set to more than double in 2011, growth will slow in the coming years, prompting suppliers to consider spicing up their products.  more

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eBook Sales to Reach $9.7bn by 2016, as Tablet Apps Fuel Usage

­A new report from Juniper Research has found that continued strong growth in the dedicated ereader market, allied to an upsurge in usage across tablet devices, will push annual revenues from eBooks delivered to portable devices to $9.7 billion by 2016, up from $3.2 billion this year.  more

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eReader Shipments to Reach 67m by 2016, Up from 25m in 2011, Despite Tablet Threat

­A new report by analyst firm Juniper Research forecasts that ereader shipments will reach 67 million by 2016, nearly triple the 25 million devices the company expects to reach the market in 2011. While this is less than half the 55.2 million tablets that will be shipped this year, the price of the market-leading Kindle has fallen significantly (from $349 to $79) since it was launched, and electronic ink technology will ensure that the device continues to carve out a niche for itself in the wireless device ecosystem.  more

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Amazon Kindle Launching as Leading Android Tablet for Developers in North America

­From an apps developers perspective, Amazon's new Kindle Fire edged Samsung Galaxy Tab as the number one most popular Android Tablet in North America, on par with interest for the iPad prior to its launch in April 2010, and second only to the Galaxy Tab globally.  more

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40% of Tablet and Smartphone Owners Use them While Watching TV

­According to a study by Neilson Wire, roughly 40 percent of tablet and smartphone owners in the USA used their devices while watching TV, while only 14 percent of ereader owners said they watched TV while using their device.  more

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Android Media Tablets in Australia and New Zealand outpace Apple's iPad growth in Q2

­The Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) media tablet market doubled in Q2 2011, driven by multiple launches of Android-based devices, and soon to be joined by other players globally such as the Amazon Kindle Fire.  more

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Apple to Maintain Dominance in the European Tablet Market in 2011

­Media tablet shipments in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) reached closed to 4.4 million units in 2Q11, ahead of forecast at 3.7 million, representing an increase of 394% compared with the same quarter last year and up 82% compared with 1Q11.  more

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Apple to Maintain Dominance in the European Tablet Market in 2011

­Media tablet shipments in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) reached closed to 4.4 million units in 2Q11, ahead of forecast at 3.7 million, representing an increase of 394% compared with the same quarter last year and up 82% compared with 1Q11.  more

Related Tags: appel-ipad, tablets, blackberry-playbook, acer, asos, archos, windows-phone, windows-phone, windows-8, ipad-3, ipad-2


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