Kingston’s got it cracked for iPad expansion

Kingston’s revolutionary Wi-Drive is the ideal way to add Flash-based storage for Apple iPads – and for the iPhone and iPod Touch too. Users can share their data, photos, videos, music, whatever, with up to three Apple devices, and stream media to get around the storage limitations of any particular device. With integrated Wi-Fi and four hours of battery life, the Wi-Drive is a highly portable (it slots into a pocket) and convenient storage. Apple users just love it, so don’t miss out. Take advantage of our superior stock holding and get some on the shelves, in your showroom, onto your website. Remember, Computer 2000 PC Components are the number-one for all your Kingston memory and accessories needs – so you know who to call for the Wi-Drive or all things Kingston.

The new iPad

With the release of the new iPad we thought we would let you know some of the key facts and figures that Apple have released.

The new iPad has a breakthrough Retina display, 5-megapixel iSight camera, and ultrafast wireless, and is more immersive than ever before. You can surf the web, check your email, flip through photos, watch a movie, play a game, thumb through a book or magazine, and more. iPad gives you a smarter, more intuitive, more fun way to do everyday things—and thanks to 200,000 apps in the App Store, things you can’t even imagine (App count refers to the total number of apps worldwide).

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ASUS Transformer gets rave reviews

The ASUS Transformer Prime is the latest version of the company’s excellent convertible tablet form factor and it’s been going down a storm with reviewers and with buyers alike. One recent review in PC Pro said that the Transformer Prime was ‘an improvement over the original in most respects (and most other Android tablets), with better battery life, a superb screen, a good camera and much slicker design’. Hexus.net described it thus: ‘It is the thinnest and lightest tablet we’ve ever seen, yet it houses a gorgeous Super IPS+ display, a quad-core processor, arguably the best tablet camera, and, when combined with the bundled dock, dual batteries that’ll outlast a flight from London to Singapore’.

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Tablets to take a sixth of the market

IDC expects tablet sales to make up more than a sixth of the PC market in 2011. The analyst says that 62.5 million units will be shipped this year while overall PC shipments will be up just 3 percent to 357 million, which would give tablets a 17.5 percent slice. Around 18 million tablets were shipped in 2010. In Q2 this year, IDC says that Apple took a 68.3 percent share of the market. In EMEA Europe, tablet shipments were almost 4.4 million units in 2Q11 – an increase of 394 percent compared with the same quarter last year and up 82 percent compared with 1Q11.

Tablets take PC sales up 17 percent

Channel research specialist Canalys measured global PC market growth at 17 percent in the second quarter of the year, driven by widespread upgrades to Windows 7 and strong tablet sales. Gartner’s preliminary figures for Q2 – which do not include tablet PC sales – tell a different story with global sales up by only 2.3 percent on last year. It says that the market is now shifting to a pattern of modest, but steady growth.

Desktops Vs Laptops Vs Tablets… Part 3

Laptops are portable and provide just as much power as a desktop t oday – but there are still plenty of advantages from a user perspective to having a PC on the desk rather than one you take with you everywhere…

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Desktops Vs Laptops Vs Tablets… Part 2

Media tablet shipments in EMEA are expected to reach 22 million units in 2011, says IDC, so where does that leave desktops?

Driven by the success of Apple’s iPad, media tablet sales are expected to gather pace this year, with IDC predicting that over 22 million will be shipped in 2011 across the EMEA region. Adoption will continue unabated in Western Europe with continued uptake across all key countries, including the UK (See www.computer2000.co.uk/idc for the full release).

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Desktops Vs Laptops Vs Tablets… Part 1

Amidst the excitement about the new tablet formats now coming to market and the continued dominance of the laptop, the desktop PC seems to have been forgotten – but there are many reasons why customers might still want to opt for desktops and current trends could even lead to revival in their fortunes.

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Massive market growth expected for tablets

Recent research from DisplaySearch predicted that 60 million tablet or slate devices will be sold worldwide this year and that in 2016, 260 million tablet devices will be shipped worldwide. That equates to annual growth of 34 percent. More conservatively, InStat has predicted that sales of tablet devices will hit 58 million units by 2014. Whichever research figures you believe, this is certainly going to be a big market and one that no IT, mobile or technology reseller or retailer can afford to ignore.

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Apple iPad 2 expected to help tablet sales reach 58 million by 2014

Ahead of the launch of the Apple iPad 2, InStat predicted that sales of tablet devices will hit 58 million units by 2014. Newspaper and magazine content and a rise in table-specific apps are expected to fuel growth in sales. Emailing and browsing are currently the top two main uses for tablets, according to InStat with more than half of users spending nine hours or more each week using their devices. Adobe recently announced a version of its Digital Publishing Suite that enables creation of interactive publications on tablets which will give developers greater flexibility in development and will only enhance the content available on tablets.

Do you own a tablet or are you thinking of getting one for business or home?  Let us know how you think the market will develop.