By: Arthur Cooper
Submitted: 2010-10-27 08:26:38 | Word Count: 664
As with most Apple products, the introduction of the iPad left consumers digging into their wallets and competitors wanting in on the action. So, who should Apple watch out for?
1. HP Slate: This prototype device is said to be coming later this year. One of the only tablets running Windows 7, it is capable of some gaming, and has multi touch capabilities. Other than that, Microsoft isn’t saying much about it just yet.
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2. Dell Streak: This device is only about 5-inches and is going to have trouble sizing up its competition. Details are fluid at best, including the fact that the Streak may not even be the products name upon release, whenever that may be.
3. Compaq Tablet: This 7-inch device runs on a new processer NVIDIA announced at the latest Consumer Electronics Show called the Terga 2. This technology allows the tablet to have excellent battery life while running 1080p videos. This product ran the Android 2.0 operating system. The release date for the Compal was unknown.
4. Notion Ink Adam: This tablet, scheduled for release sometime this year, is also an Android tablet using the Terga 2. However, it’s 10-inches wide and combines optimum touch screen quality with technology allowing use in direct sunlight.
5. Samsung Galaxy Tab: This 7-inch device lands somewhere between the Streak and the iPad as far as size. It should be available to the U.S. market sometime before year’s end. While pricing is still not known, it comes with Android 2.2 and the option of 16GB or 32GB of memory. It will also come with a video-chat capable camera and an impressive 7 hours of battery life. This seems to be the most promising and realistic competitor for the iPad so far, and is generating a lot of buzz.
6. Google: Google has long since had an intense rivalry with Apple, and currently a Google tablet device is mere rumor. It’s assumed it would run on Google’s Android system and content is unknown. However, techies across the board speculate the device would be excellent.
Come Christmas, the iPad may have to share the tablet market with 1 or 2 competitors that can genuinely keep up with it.
