| Tablet War: Apple vs. Google vs...? |
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Congratulations, a new front on the mobile war has been officially opened! Its name is Tablet Computer. Right after Apple announced its iPad, back in January of this year, many consumer electronics analysts' prediction was - by the end of this year we're gonna see at least 50 devices similar to iPad and it's no brainer the majority of them will be run on Android.
In many ways it looks like a logical continuation to the war between iPhone and Android. Well, when I say war I mean it's a war for companies, who do design, manufacture and market their devices; end user is happy to choose whatever he feels will work for him. Speaking of what will work and what won't. A tablet computer is not a brand new conception, back in 1998 Apple debuted with their famous Newton but at that time Steve Job's verdict was - no, the thing isn't gonna fly, btw it was a time when Steve got back to the company and became its CEO. Well, 12 years later Apple hit the market with iPad, for the last decade there were and still are many tablet computers but their application is restricted to specific tasks and they aren't meant to be used by people in a way as we see people use iPad now. It looks like all companies, which now launch their iPad-like devices, were waiting for Apple to come up with their 2010 version of a tablet computer and, because Apple has a long record of releasing successful products, as soon as a tablet will be presented, to copy its conception, alter it enough to not go to trial for copyright infringement and throw it to the market to get their share. Ok, so how we're doing so far? Let me outline the major opponents below:
iPadDesign - Apple, Inc, OS - iPhone OS 3.2
HP SlateDesign - HP, OS - Windows 7
WePadDesign - Latestsets, OS - Linux
Archos 7Design - Archos, OS - Android
And it's just the beginning... |