Tablets, Netbooks & Mobile CE

Research Service

The Tablets, Netbooks and Mobile CE Research Service delves into the chipset and vendor landscape for media tablets, netbooks, UMPCs, MIDs, and mobile broadband-enabled consumer electronics devices, including eBook Readers and connected PNDs. In addition to cornerstone research reports and timely analysis briefs, quarterly market data studies are published to track movements in segmentation, shipments, and revenues.

Other topics covered by this service include chipset and device competition, mobile operator support, the ultra-mobile device (UMD) space, and the actual relevance of the mobile CE market.

This Service Covers the Following Technology and Market Issues:

  • Chipset competition
    • Processor and mobile chipset vendors have new battlegrounds in UMDs and mobile CE devices.
  • Device competition
    • PC vendors, handset vendors, and consumer electronics vendors will come from different directions to compete in the UMD space.
  • Mobile operator support
    • Mobile operators will have to become more flexible in how they charge subscribers for UMDs and especially mobile CE devices.
  • Relevance of MID and mobile CE market
    • The market for UMDs and mobile CE devices will be small compared to the handset market, but combined will become significant enough to be relevant.
  • The Ultra-Mobile Device (UMD) space
    • Comparison of media tablet, netbook, UMPC (Ultra-Mobile PC), and MID markets.
  • Acer
  • Aircel India
  • Always Innovating
  • Amazon.com
  • AMD
  • Apple
  • ARM
  • ASUS
  • Augen Electronics Corp
  • AU Optronics Corp
  • Barnes & Noble
  • BenQ
  • Bharti Airtel
  • Bookeen
  • Bosch Sensortec
  • Broadcom
  • Cirrus Logic
  • C-motech
  • Copia
  • CSR
  • Dell
  • Dialog Semiconductor
  • Digicel Group Limited
  • Dynamic Digital Depth
  • E Ink Corporation
  • Elonex
  • Entourage Systems, Inc.
  • Foxconn Electronics
  • Freescale
  • Fujitsu
  • Fulton Innovation LLC
  • Gigabyte Technology Co Ltd
  • Haleron Technologies
  • Hardkernel Co, Ltd
  • Hercules Networks
  • Hewlett-Packard
  • Ingenic Semiconductor
  • Intel Corporation
  • Intivation BV
  • InvenSense
  • Inventec
  • iRiver
  • Kobo Books
  • Kohjinsha
  • Lan Yu International
  • Lenovo
  • LG Electronics
  • Lilliputian Systems, Inc.
  • Marvell Technologies
  • MasterImage 3D
  • Maxim Integrated Products
  • MerchSource, LLC
  • Micro-Star International Corporation Ltd
  • Mobinnova
  • Movidius
  • MTI MicroFuel Cells, Inc.
  • National Semiconductor
  • Nokia
  • NVIDIA
  • OLPC
  • OpenPandora Ltd
  • Pandigital
  • Pegatron
  • Plastic Logic
  • PureEnergy Solutions
  • QIGI Future Technology
  • Qualcomm
  • Reliance Communications
  • Rightware
  • Safaricom Ltd
  • Samsung
  • Scaleform
  • Sharp
  • SiPix Imaging, Inc.
  • Skiff, LLC
  • Solar Components LLC
  • Sony
  • Spatial View
  • Spring Design
  • SuperD
  • Texas Instruments
  • Toshiba
  • Tremont Electric LLC
  • Velocity Micro
  • VIA Technologies
  • ViewSonic
  • Vodafone Essar
  • Wistron
  • WiTricity Corporation
  • Wolfson Microelectronics
  • WonderMedia Technologies
  • ZTE Corporation