Research and Markets: "iPad Comes of Age" Report: How the Apple iPad is Revolutionizing the Entertainment, Publishing, Information and Technology Industries

July 12, 2010; 01:13 PM

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a96465/ipad_comes_of_age) has announced the addition of the "iPad Comes of Age" Report: How the Apple iPad is Revolutionizing the Entertainment, Publishing, Information and Technology Industries" report to their offering.

Sales of the iPad soar and demand continues unabated. In less than three months, Apple sold 3 million units, an average of one every three seconds. Clearly, a Rubicon has been crossed in the digital media industry.

Proven sales and positive user feedback now present an array of very real business and product opportunities that were mere speculation only a few months ago.

With the iPad, Apple has created a device that is equally at home curled up in an armchair for a relaxing read as it is to being propped up in the kitchen as a helpful digital cookbook, used to play a movie in the bedroom or at the local coffee shop browsing this mornings' news.

Content producers and owners are no longer limited to immobile TV sets, mobile phones with tiny screens or PCs that place entertainment and information in a secondary role. Major TV networks, online video services, newspapers, magazines and book publishers are turning the iPad into a hybrid TV/PC.

Furthermore, its Wi-Fi connection replaces all those set-top boxes, media players and wires.

The iPad Comes of Age report provides information from digital media strategy bulletin "The Online Reporter" about the iPad and the impact its having.

The 32-page report focuses on the emergence of the iPad in the following sections:

• Introduction
• Industry Quotes
• Apps - their diversity, versatility and pricing models
• Video Apps - a survey of content provider offerings
• Reading Apps - the "dust-free" library
• Music Apps - the untapped potential of the iPad
• Content Control and Production - a study of early innovations already available
• Sales Projections - international analysis and forecasts
• Lies, Damn Lies & Statistics about the iPad market so far
• The Competition - "is there anyone out there?"; rivals and potential alternatives
• HTML5 v Adobe Flash
• Apple Approved Web Sites
• The iPad Tech Specs Tear Sheet
• Worldwide Pricing - at a glance chart
• Conclusion

Who should read the report?

Decision makers and influencers in the Entertainment, Publishing, Music, Consumer Electronics, Wireless Telecoms manufacturers and operators, PC, Software and 'Cloud Computing' industries as well as financial analysts and industry consultants.

Key Topics Covered:

INTRODUCTION

• Apples iPad Revolution

INDUSTRY QUOTES

APPS

• Apps Are the Key

VIDEO ON IPAD

• Watching videos on the iPad

READING ON READING ON THE IPAD

• Apps: The Dust-Free Library

MUSIC ON THE IPAD

• Music on the iPad:Untapped Potential

CONTENT CONTROL AND PRODUCTION

• Doing More with Content

SALES PROJECTIONS

• What the iPad Can Do and What It Will Do
• Analysts: iPads by the Numbers

LIES, DAMN LIES AND STATISTICS

• iPad Stats So Far
• iPad Going Global
• 90% love Their iPad
• Where iPad Interest Comes From
• 46m Tablets to Be Sold by 2014
• The iPad Will Eat Your Time, Your PC And Every Other Device
• Video Streams to Outpace Downloads this Year
• Consumers Will Watch More Internet-Delivered Videos than Pay-TV by 2020
• Intel Is Uncertain About the Market
• $260 Worth of Brass Tacks
• App Stores Are Well-Functioning Content Delivery Model
• iPad to Have Major Impact on Health Care

THE COMPETITION

• iPad Competitors: Anybody Out There?
• A Quick Glance: Tablet Operating Systems
• How Not To Compete
• Nokia May Not Be First with Phones & Tablets with Symbian^3 or MeeGo OSs
• Cisco Purchase Brings Tablet User Interface & Consumer Design
• Microsoft Pursues OS that Brings Vast PC Apps Base into Mobile World

HTML5 v ADOBE FLASH

• Adobe Versus Apple; Flash Versus HTML5
• Adobe Shows Why Workarounds Dont Always Work

APPLE APPROVED WEB SITES

CONCLUSION

TECH SPECS

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