A recent study of 6,224 Americans ages 16 and over by
Pew Internet Research indicates that one in three Americans owns a Tablet as
stated in the article “35%
of Americans now own a Tablet, Pew says”, published October 18, 2013 9:10
AM PDT by Larry Dignan, CNET News and “ONE-THIRD
OF ALL AMERICANS NOW OWN A TABLET, AND ONE-FOURTH OWN EBOOK READERS”,
published October 18, 2013 By Jeffrey Van Camp, Digital trends. To be precise:
1. 35% of Americans owns a Tablet
2. 24% of Americans owns an e-book reader
This is further confirmation that
e-books are a produce all of their own and will never be gobbled up by Tablets
which are in fact poised for growth in the Developing World as predicted by HIS
iSuppli in my Geezam blog article entitled
“IHS
iSuppli reveals e-Readers are poised for explosive growth in the Developing
World as the First World loses interest in Reading”!
Most Americans who are Tablet users also have an e-book
reader separate and apart for reading books and tend to go more for Google
Android Tablets in the 7” category according to a Localytics Study as stated in
my Geezam blog article entitled “The
Two Towers of Tablets, 7” Amazon Kindle Fire and 7.9” Apple iPad are the Global
Tablet size of Choice”.
As usual the stats are best revealed in the form of a
Graph:
But the Table is a bit more fascinating. It indicates
that Tablet ownership is still a
typical white American Teenager (ages 13 to 17) and Millennial (ages 18 to 28)
who at or went to college, works as a Computer or Petrochemical Engineer and
lives in the suburbs:
Jamaica is yet to catch on full to this Mobile Computing
Trend, despite entertainers toting smartphones and Tablets. This lack of
interest has already affected our 4G LTE (Long term Evolution) Auction as
stated in my blog article entitled “Jamaica's
700MHz Spectrum Auction fails to attract bidders on Friday October 11 2013 -
Jamaicans Lack interest in Broadband Internet and no Telecom Regulator for the
Sector”.
Hopefully as Tablets get cheaper, we’ll develop a taste
for Tablets. But many of my computer Repair customers have expressed misgivings
about Tablets, stating that they’re underpowered and only good for YouTube. Also,
their fragility is also an issue, as when many of them break, the cost to
repair the cracked screen and where to get it repaired are not quite as easy as
fixing a Laptop Screen. That’s the perception that needs to be changed for
Tablet’s to gain rapid adoption!
For serious Typing, you’ll have to get a case for your
Tablet with a keyboard and also learn to touch-type, not to mention learn the
proper care and cleaning of your Tablet as explained in my Geezam blog article entitled “How
to make your own Cleaning Fluid and Cleaning Tips for your Smartphone or Tablet”.
Also, you’ll have to have an External SSD (Solid State Drive) Harddrive as
those are more rugged than the External SATA External Harddrives to provide
extra storage for those Tablet users that are always mobile.
Currently this Christmas, the dream products on
everyone’s Christmas shopping list is Samsung Galaxy smartphones and Tablets as
stated in my blog article entitled “Samsung Galaxy smartphones
and Blackberrys are tops on Jamaican Searches according to Google Trends -
Importation Guide to Selling smartphone to Jamaicans”. Eventually as cheaper Tablets and smartphones hit the market, more
Jamaicans will develop a Taste for Tablets as well by 2015!
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