iPad undefeated defeated Tab or dark horse

Jobs fell ill and the Apple kingdom created by Jobs was still strong. From iPhone to iPad, Apple can always rely on innovative smart devices to achieve "famous and wealthy." Success is not only admiring, but it is also paralyzed and imitated. At CES, Apple’s iPad has become the target of public criticism. The voices “higher than the iPad” and “beyond the iPad” are heard. With the advent of nearly a hundred tablet computers, a battle between hard-soft and hard-wired manufacturers to smash the iPad officially blew up the clarion call.

iPad to seek independence

It is difficult to have a product on the market that rivals iPad.

Has been imitated, never surpassed. Whether it is Microsoft, Google, or Nokia, Samsung, it is difficult for Apple to have such confidence. The iPhone set off a wave of smartphones, and the iPad led to a hot tablet market.

Data shows that iPad sales accounted for half of all tablet PC sales (16 million units) last year. No one can shake the market's leading position. In addition, Apple will release a second-generation iPad with stronger performance at the beginning of this year, and continue to consolidate its dominant position in the tablet PC market.

Not only are the hardware capabilities superior, but in terms of software applications, the iPad is even more unique. "The success of the iPad lies in its excellent application experience. The strong support of the App Store has created the success of the iPad." Wang Yang, an iSuppli analyst, told the China Electronics News.

Currently, there are nearly 300,000 applications on the Apple AppStore, and the iPad can run nearly 200,000 applications. In addition, Apple has also developed a new program specifically for the iPad and has made special annotations. There are more than 65,000 entertainment applications on the AppStore, and 35,000 applications have been designed specifically for the iPad.

Reporters saw in the electronics store, many tablet computer products, touch screen, rough work, poor heat dissipation, reaction speed and other performance, hardware and software are not comparable with the iPad.

Market research firm IDC said that in the third quarter of last year, tablet PC sales reached 4.8 million units, of which iPad shipments accounted for 90% of the total; tablet PC sales in 2011 will grow to 44.6 million units, and Apple iPad will occupy more than Half of the market share.

It can be seen that no matter from the hardware configuration or from the perspective of application richness, it is difficult to have a product that rivals the iPad. So who can challenge the iPad?

Tab or dark horse

Samsung GalaxyTab or become a dark horse that challenges the Apple iPad.

Whether you have the ability or not, and whether the market recognizes it or not, it is a common choice for many companies to challenge the iPad first. Following the high-profile release of Music Phone at CES last year, and expressing that it will surpass the iPhone in China, Lenovo will also use CES this year to launch the Tablet PC Music Pad and issue the “Beyond iPad” rhetoric.

Of course, there are also some companies that have not made a high profile when they release products, but have quietly won the market. For example, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab has achieved initial success. It is understood that within just three months after the listing of the GalaxyTab, global sales have exceeded 1.5 million units. The reason why GalaxyTab is considered by the industry as the most likely threat to iPad is because it has a differentiated competitive advantage. The iPad focuses on entertainment, while the Samsung GalaxyTab emphasizes communication and mobile internet. For example, the GalaxyTab also supports WCDMA 3G network calls in addition to tablet functions.

In the domestic market, the 3G version of the iPad is not yet available, and the Galaxy Tab with 3G Internet access is undoubtedly the first opportunity in the smart tablet market.

Motorola's tablet XOOM with Android 3.0 system also has certain strength. Ma Daojie, director of the China Telecom Terminal Management Center, told the China Electronics News that China Telecom is willing to introduce XOOM and believes that this product has the iPad's strength. Obviously, if XOOM is introduced, this product will also be equipped with a 3G communication module.

GalaxyTab and XOOM are just a few of the representatives of Android tablets. In fact, Android tablets on the market can be described as “flooding”. At this year's CES, Lenovo, Huawei, Toshiba, Asus, Fujitsu, Sharp and other companies have introduced the "Pad" using the Android system.

From the Android camp point of view, in addition to Samsung GalaxyTab and Motorola XOOM have a certain strength, other tablet PC products can not pose a real threat to the iPad. There are reasons why the Android system itself is flawed, and there are also manufacturing and marketing reasons.

Although Google released the latest Android 3.0 operating system, its compatibility and security have not been improved. "The compatibility between different Android versions is not good. There are also problems with the compatibility of different models of the same version." He Xiaoqing, deputy secretary-general of the Embedded Systems Subcommittee of the China Software Industry Association, told the "China Electronics News" reporter.

The emergence of Android has lowered the threshold for companies to enter the tablet market. This has led to a serious phenomenon of product shoddy. On the whole, the open camp still lacks killer products.

Reporter Comments

Beyond Terror "Be attentive"

There are still technical problems in the migration of Android applications for mobile phones to tablet PCs, and Android applications for tablet PCs are not yet very rich. In addition, the proportion of malicious code embedded in Android applications is increasing, which will hurt the entire industry.

Not only is the open camp "wrong," but Hewlett-Packard and RIM in the closed camp can hardly challenge Apple's hegemony. After Palm acquired at the beginning of last year, HP introduced mobile devices using the Palm operating system. With the rise of Android, the emergence of Window7, and the robustness of iOS, it would be difficult for the Palm system, which is on a declining road, to perform a big job. Tablets using this system will also be difficult to make major breakthroughs.

RIM's tablet computers use the BlackBerry system, but the BlackBerry terminals only perform well in the corporate market, and the personal market has been suppressed by Apple, Samsung's products. In the tablet market, where personal markets have taken the lead, RIM also has little chance of surpassing Apple.

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