Following are some of the products that were successful during the year that saw a more cut throat competition from these companies. 1. Apple iPhone 4S No introduction to this revolutionizing handset. It just got bigger on the screen this year. The iPhone 4S is the ultimate comeback kid. Despite showing up four months later […]
Dec 31 2011 | Posted in
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Not many innovations this year but there were are a number of new products that advanced in mobile technology and home entertainment. Apple spurred mobile technology and gave it a new name of mobile computers. There is no doubt that mobile was in the market even before the first iPhone came into the market but […]
Dec 31 2011 | Posted in
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In 2011, Apple sold 39 million iPads versus 7 to 8 million tablets using the new Android tablet OS (v3.x). Amazon and B&N, with Google’s ball, developed low-price tablets based on Android 2.x; they sold about 6-7 million this year. However, the bigger picture still has room for Google’s operating system to pose as the […]
Dec 29 2011 | Posted in
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Google locked horns with Apple in mobile technology in 2008 after the release of its first Android operating system. Since then it has been the ball game of two; other operating systems like Blackberry OS and webOS didn’t stand a chance in the market. Google’s strategy in mobile computing had been totally different from others. […]
Dec 29 2011 | Posted in
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Research In Motion is going through a major transition right now. While much improvement has come to BlackBerry Smartphones over the years and the upcoming BlackBerry 6.1 OS looks to push things even farther, the traditional BlackBerry OS on phones is hitting a point of maturity where RIM’s only option is to start with something […]
Nov 27 2011 | Posted in
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iPad 2 makes everything that was good in iPad, great. It starts with the thinness: iPad 2 is a lot thinner than the first iPad. Granted, there was some empty space in the original iPad shell, but still, iPad 2 is unbelievably thin when compared to its competition: the most recent Android and WebOS tablets. […]
Nov 14 2011 | Posted in
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I need a Tablet in my life…. Or do i? Tablets, tablets and tablets, it is a frenzy that has always left me with a lingering question. Do I need one or do I just want one? There were tablets before the time of Apple’s iPad, yes it’s true! Apple did not invent the tablet, […]
Oct 26 2011 | Posted in
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The e-business giants Amazon.com, Inc. entered the tablet industry four years ago with their first-in-line e-reader, Amazon Kindle. However, the online shopping magnate took a big leap in the industry this year with their first Android powered tablet, Kindle Fire. There are, however, speculations that the new Android tablet has opened the Pandora’s Box for […]
Oct 25 2011 | Posted in
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