Sure, Android already has a major brand tablet to its name, the Samsung Galaxy Tab. And the Apple iOS has been first in the industry with the launch of the iPad. However, to say that the two devices are solid competitors is not all that right. While they are technically rival products, one also has to realize that the tablet industry is relatively young and it is far too early to state that one is more dominant than the other –even sales figures are unreliable since the iPad has had monopoly of the market for quite some time.
So what about the future? Apple has already learned a few useful lessons in the tablet industry thanks to all the consumer feedback it has received with the iPad. If the initial rumors about the upcoming iPad 2 are anything to go by, it shows that Apple has been keen in correcting many of the early issues that it has faced.
The lack of stocks was a big hurdle for Apple –which will no longer be the case as they have now signed a deal with Foxconn to have more than half a million units made by the end of February (two whole months before the expected launch, and the production will still continue afterwards). The presence of a camera on the device is also another hint of consumer influence.
Google has been adamant that previous versions of the Android OS were not designed for tablets –after all, the Google Chrome is the OS that was made for larger display screens. But this has not stopped manufacturers from using the OS in a wide variety of tablets. Andy Rubin has now confirmed that the Android Honeycomb will definitely be made with tablet support in mind.
The new Motorola Android tablet (which looks a lot like the leaked Stingray) showcases the new software. So far, we have seen the new look for the Google Maps app –which was running quite smoothly thanks to the dual core NVIDIA CPU.
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