Although Android was able to sell a total of 7.3 million tablets last quarter, Apple’s iPad still controls the market with quarterly sales of 17 million, a new research by Strategy Analytics revealed. Compared to the same period of last year, the company’s market share grew from 62% to 68.3%. That’s the highest figure Apple has seen in two years.
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In his latest investor note, Needham & Company analyst Charlie Wolf upped his iPad shipment projection for the June quarter from 13.5 million to 20 million tablets. According to his own words, the original figure he provided in April was “hastily estimated,” which is why his updated forecast is so much more optimistic.
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Following a settlement with Proview over the iPad trademark, Apple is now reported to launch its latest-gen iPad in Greater China on July 27th. The date has been highlighted by MIC Gadget, which discovered the news on PCPOP.com. The device will reportedly hit the shelves in Apple’s six retail locations in mainland China. The company is also said to offer it at Suning, one of the major retail chains in the country.
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The new iPad have been finally approved for sale in China, The Wall Street Journal reports. Apple can now officially launch its latest tablet in the country, even though its mobile infrastructure is largely oriented around 3G speeds and isn’t ready yet to make a switch to the third-gen iPad’s enhanced 3G and LTE networking technologies.
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Apple has reached a settlement with the Australian regulator over the false 4G iPad advertisement and is now bound to pay an AU$2.25 million penalty to the ACCC. Aside from that amount, the company is also anticipated to pay AU$300,000 toward the commission’s legal fees. The ACCC representative Colin Golvan called the penalty “substantial” and expressed hope that it would help to undo the harm done by the misleading promotion.
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