No iPhone killer yet, how about iPad killers?
Every new phone that comes out is heralded as the new killer of the iphone, and none has yet come even close. Is it going to be even easier for any (or all) of the iPad clones to kill the Apple tablet?
In the smartphone world, the iPhone has survived more “iPhone killers” than everyone can shake all of their sticks at. Not one of the Blackberry line, nor any one of the Android phones even come close. They’re having a hard enough time defeating the iPhone as a group. The iPad had been out in the world almost unchallenged while every manufacturer in the world prepares a clone with which to challenge it. Will any single one of those competitors be able to catch up to the iPad, or has Apple simply produced another winner that will be at the head of its marketplace for a very long time?
There is no reason, if you listen to the analysts, to believe that any of the competitors to the iPad will have much of an impact in the near term. It is true that the clones will be less expensive, but they will be seen as knockoffs of the original, and as such will stay in the shadow of the iPad for quite a while. The iPad will have the lion’s share of sales at the end of 2010, of course. Most predictions say that Apple will still control at least 60% of the tablet marketplace at the and of 2011. The iPad seems poised to do even better than the feat of the iPhone. Having started in the leading spot, it may well be able to stay there longer.
Sony, Samsung, and a host of others are showing off iPad clones by the dozen in Berlin according to a BBC story, just as those same manufacturers did at in Las Vegas last year. The newer rivals will do better than the first batch because at least they now know what to shoot at, having an actual iPad to look at and try to match feature for feature. The first generation rivals went nowhere. The second generation clones will do better, because they are getting better. But they will still be seen as iPad wannabes for some time to come, until someone actually innovates (as Apple did with the iPad) and stops just trying to copy. Build a better tablet, not a clone, and the world may flock to it.
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September 3rd, 2010
of course! in my opinion , i think ipad is invincible , whether the google ipad , the BB ipad or this Samsang , they all can’t beat ipad ~ i am using ipad and i support it . if you get a ipad , if you also a movie fans , you must download a Aneesoft ipad video covnerter like me which will give you another surprise ~
September 3rd, 2010
Not quite correct. the Samsung Galaxy S is one of the phones that beats the Iphone, The Droid X is evenly matched and the Evo4G too. As for the Ipad, there are hardly any tablets out there to compete with it, but on paper the Notion Ink Adam has the ipad beat by a long shot.
September 3rd, 2010
How many Notion Ink Adam tablet sold thus far?
By the time they are in full production, whether or not the market buys them… the second generation of iPad will be on the market… and LOL when iPad has a front facing camera, they will bleat oooh but our tablet had it first… blah blah..
September 3rd, 2010
Well how about (and this is still speculation until the tablet actually hits the market) lower price, longer battery life, usb and hdmi ports and a screen that can actually be used in sunlight to name a few improvements over the ipad.
September 3rd, 2010
Wait… a screen that can be used in sunlight?
That was tried and all failed… and if you mean over heating then try any large screen device in hot sunlight for the same amount of time…
Besides that.. using a large screen device of any kind in direct sunlight is not a good thing, either for the device or the eyes, especially when the sun reflects directly back into the eyes…
Lets see if they can get more than 10 hours battery life… if they can! Great!
September 3rd, 2010
“That was tried and all failed… and if you mean over heating then try any large screen device in hot sunlight for the same amount of time…”
I wasn’t actually revering to the complaints of overheating but legibility. it’s called e-ink and has been proven numerous times to work with devices such as the kindle or sony’s ereader, all of which offer less strain on the eye than the ipad or any other glossy backlit screen display. In case of the Adam it uses the PixelQi screen which is a hybrid of the two and has also been proven to work very well in direct sunlight.
September 4th, 2010
Hmmmm well in that case you should write… ‘E-Ink’
but it’s still capour until it’s on order…. and sold in millions per month..
September 4th, 2010
HD video, usb and hdmi ports, sd slots, camera for video conferencing, slide out keyboard, swappable battery etc….
Apple is a hardware vendor and will simply not put in features that make the device an “instead of” versus an “in addition to” gizmo. If you buy an iPad instead of an iPod Apple is happy. Instead of a MacBook not so much.
A slot to accept SIM cards or USB Dongle so you aren’t married to AT&T for 3G and the ability to replace your smartphone with a 7″ screen.
Apple had to deliberately neuter the device to keep it from cannibalizing other products. Other vendors will be competing to offer the best value without those restrictions.
The device to go “Netbook” in sales still hasn’t hit yet and Apple won’t be the source.
September 5th, 2010
The Ipad is really a piece of crap. It can’t multi task, and no camera. That is just a bunch of fail, and it is only as portable as a laptop. I don’t see all the hype for it.
September 7th, 2010
The competitors will all bring out their devices, many of them technically superior with better hardware and added features (USB, HDMI etc), but what none of them get – not one – is that the hardware is less than half the story. It is the user interface and experience that sells Apple products again and again, not the hardware. The competition have never properly understood this and until they do, they will continue to follow rather than lead.