HP exec: TouchPad not aimed at dethroning Apple's iPad

An HP executive said Thursday that the TouchPad tablet is not meant to take the market away from the iPad and is instead aimed at the enterprise, while a new report claims Apple is set to overtake HP next year as the world's leading portable PC vendor, if iPads are taken into account.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 55

Review roundup: HP TouchPad billed as 'mediocre tablet'

Hewlett Packard's entry into the tablet market has drawn praise for its external beauty and criticism as reviewers dug beneath the surface, with one journalist calling the device a "mediocre tablet."

Josh Ong 14 years ago 111

Apple may make more profit selling one Mac than HP does from 7 PCs

Apple has a tall order ahead of it if the company ever plans to challenge some of its larger rivals in personal computer market in terms of volume shipments, but the profit the Mac maker currently takes home from the sale of each system may already be enough to spook its competition.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 190

HP exec dismisses Apple and Intel's Thunderbolt in favor of USB 3.0

PC maker Hewlett-Packard reportedly looked at the new high-speed Thunderbolt port created by Intel and Apple, but has decided for now to stick with USB 3.0.

Katie Marsal 15 years ago 132

Apple ranked world's most valuable brand at $153 billion

A new survey ranks Apple as the world's most valuable brand, worth an estimated $153 billion, beating mainstays like Coca-Cola, BMW and Disney, as well as tech rival and the previous No. 1 company, Google.

Sam Oliver 15 years ago 48

Fears of iPad cannibalization drive PC estimates downward

Slowing shipments of PCs have prompted some analysts to revise their 2011 PC shipment estimates downward over concerns that Apple's iPad is eating into sales of PCs.

Josh Ong 15 years ago 33

iPad retains 74% tablet market share as Apple sits among top 5 PC vendors

Apple's iPad accounted for 74 percent of tablet shipments in the first quarter of 2011, as combined Mac and iPad sales made Apple one of the top five PC vendors in the world by volume.

Sam Oliver 15 years ago 46

Palm, Facebook investor changes tune on Apple over iPad, apps

In a marked shift from his former belief that sales of the iPhone would dry up after two years, Roger McNamee, a prominent venture capitalist who has invested heavily in Palm and Facebook, said in an interview that Apple will likely lead a 10-year technology growth cycle with the continued success of the iPad and its App Store ecosystem.

Josh Ong 15 years ago 41

US Mac sales grow 9.6% in Q1 2011 as rest of market drops 10.7%

Apple's line of Mac computers saw great success in the U.S. in the first quarter of calendar 2011, growing 9.6 from 2010, while the rest of the American market fell 10.7 percent and netbook maker Acer tumbled 42.1 percent.

Katie Marsal 15 years ago 50

Gartner sees Apple's iPad dominating tablet market through 2015

Research firm Gartner sees Apple's iPad controlling the lion's share of the tablet market for the next three years, and remaining the top mobile platform in terms of sales through at least 2015.

Katie Marsal 15 years ago 76

'Unstable performance' of Android 3.0 seen as benefit to Apple's iPad

Tablet makers who craft their own mobile operating system — particularly Apple and its iOS — stand to gain from the "unstable performance" of Google's tablet-centric Android 3.0, codenamed Honeycomb.

Slash Lane 15 years ago 106

PC sales start slow in 2011 while market is 'usurped' by Apple's iPad

Following a blockbuster start to sales for Apple's iPad 2, sources in the Far East PC supply chain have reportedly indicated that PC sales have seen "weak demand" to start 2011.

Neil Hughes 15 years ago 53

Acer to "overhaul operations" in the wake of Apple's iPad

The founder of Acer, the second largest PC maker globally, has acknowledged that the company must overhaul its operations to focus on profit margins rather than market share in reaction to the success of Apple.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 47

Dell, HP execs lash out at Apple's iOS successes

Executives from rival technology companies Dell and HP spoke out against Apple this week, with a Dell executive predicting that the iPad will fail, while an HP executive criticized Apple's relationships with its partners.

AppleInsider Staff 15 years ago 232

With 60% of world's touch panel capacity, Apple squeezes competitors

Apple has reportedly locked up 60 percent of the world's touch panel capacity, which has led to "tight supply" among competitors hoping to take on the iPad.

Sam Oliver 15 years ago 58

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