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  • Apple, comments, IHS, IHS, Microsoft, MSFT

    Is Surface Pro 3 Too Expensive?

    Friday, May 23, 2014 - 10:42am

    Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) new tablet offers a host of groundbreaking features. From the Surface Pen (which, in addition to its impressive sensitivity, allows users to "click" it for instant access to OneNote -- even if the device is off) to the 12-inch ClearType Full HD display, Surface Pro 3 is...

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  • Apple, comments, IHS, IHS, iPad, iPad Mini

    Will 12-Inch Tablets Reign Supreme?

    Thursday, May 22, 2014 - 9:18am

    Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is now among the tablet manufacturers that are building bigger and more powerful tablets. Is this a sign of things to come, and will consumers embrace the larger format? "The rumor mill has been hot and heavy around the 12-inch product," Rhoda Alexander, Director of...

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  • AAPL, Amazon, AMZN, Analyst Color, Apple, CNET

    Apple Could Defeat the Kindle Fire 2, Nexus 7 with $249 iPad Mini

    Thursday, August 30, 2012 - 3:12pm

    Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has already become the overall leader of the tablet market. With an iPad Mini priced at $249, the company could trounce its competitors. That's according to IHS iSuppli analyst Rhoda Alexander, who told CNET that if Apple wants to "crush the opposition," it needs to release a...

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  • Amazon, AMZN, Apple, IHS, iPad, iPad 2

    Is the iPhone 4S Cannibalizing the iPad 2?

    Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 2:24pm

    Apple's toughest competition in 4Q 2011 was Apple, iSuppli claims. The IHS (NYSE: IHS) research firm has released a report (via Barron's) on the tablet market, revealing that Apple may have actually cannibalized sales of the iPad 2 with the release of the iPhone 4S. This might explain why the...

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