subject: Android Tablets leading the race against iPad [print this page] Android Tablets leading the race against iPad
It is a struggle between IOS and Android, and this struggle has evolved tremendously from smartphones tablets. Strategy Analytics, a market research company, reports that in the fourth quarter of 2010, Android tablets sold on the market has increased dramatically to 22% market share. This increase in market share is a tenfold increase in Q4 compared to Q3 of the same year.
Samsung Tablet Galaxy contributed to the big jump in market share for the fourth quarter of last year. Apple iPad iPad distributed approximately 7.3 million units in Q4 of 2010. On the other hand, Android tablets accounted for 75% of shipments worldwide. The strong sales of tablets Android is seen as constantly emerging, despite the fact that honeycomb or Android 3.0 has not yet been released in the tablet market. Android 3.0 is expected to rise as the main competitor to Apple iPad once it is made available to the public. If the fight goes, Apple is set to release Apple iPad iPad 2 this year. For now, let us try to understand why customers prefer to buy through Apple iPad Android tablets.
IPAD has great graphics, clear video, touch screen sensitivity, 3G connectivity, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 10 hours battery life, games and other applications that can be installed in this unit. An Android tablet, on the other hand, has an open source operating system. This means that users can still improve in the applications and coding. There are more games and applications developed with Android Tablet. It has GPS, 3G, and users can read e-books. It also has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth comparable iPad. Android Tablet has a camera and support for Flash, while iPad not have this feature. You can do multi-tasking, as iPad and it is relatively cheaper in terms of cost.
As for the disadvantages of the two products, IPAD does not have a camera and lacks USB port. It does not support Flash. Also, YouTube and CBS are reportedly problematic Huku iPad. It does not have GPS. Android Tablet, the battery life is not the same as that of an iPad.
What Apple iPad not now, you may be in the near future, particularly iPad 2 comes out in the market quickly. The same goes with Android tablets. This is seen as an endless battle between the two. What these two are undergoing right now is similar to how it was earlier in the mobile phone market. If one or two features become basic, additional and more advanced features are incorporated in mobile phones. The tablet market is no different than this.
Laptop users and mobile users have their need for tablets. The tablet market is relatively new and is still unsaturated so users will have to examine the two tablets to their needs and who will still lead the race to observe.
