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Yesterday Japanese research firm BCN said that during the last quarter of 2012, Google’s Nexus 7 may have outsold Apple’s tablets in the Land of the rising Sun. That, however, isn’t the case…
Based on a survey of 2,400 consumer electronics stores in Japan, Nexus 7 took 44.4% of the market versus Apple’s iPad with 40.1%, according to the Nikkei newspaper. There is one main problem with this – the figures don’t include sales at Apple’s own stores or its online sales, which gotta count for something. Heck, many Apple fanboys living in the vicinity of these stores like love to shop there, rather than doing the same at “generic” electronics stores.
Moreover, it’s also worth adding that there was a reported shortage of Apple products during the period, so not all users who wanted an iPad could get one.
For the time being, Apple remains the dominant player in the tablet space, despite Google and other vendors offering some really cool devices…
[Via: CNet]
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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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