Comments on: iPad will own 2011 holidays (and many after that) say analysts http://www.slashgear.com/ipad-will-own-2011-holidays-and-many-after-that-say-analysts-22181905/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Tue, 15 May 2012 21:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/ipad-will-own-2011-holidays-and-many-after-that-say-analysts-22181905/#comment-137726 Anonymous Fri, 23 Sep 2011 02:02:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=181905#comment-137726 I agree, though I think market momentum should keep Apple ahead until at least 2014.  It took Apple years to get to where it is now and unless they release a obviously bad product then it’ll take awhile to slow that momentum down.  Since none of the competition to date has offered an obviously better solution yet and need to offer much better to start pulling ahead faster.

However, we should start seeing the momentum of the competition start growing noticeably by 2013. 

While Windows 8 may come late to the game, but even if it has a slow start on ARM platform they can still be combined with Android on the same devices to help promote them.

Intel for one is already investing in a company that offers a version of Android that allows quick switching to an alternate OS for example.  So they can assure those who still question Windows on ARM that they can still do everything they can already do with a equivalent Android device.  While also attracting more customers who may want what Windows can offer that the mobile OS solutions still can’t.

Also by 2014, we should start seeing hardware from both ARM and Intel that will make us start questioning the continued need for a mobile OS when every device is powerful enough to run a desktop OS.  So that may be when Windows starts influencing the mobile market more and Apple may replace iOS with OSX to better compete.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/ipad-will-own-2011-holidays-and-many-after-that-say-analysts-22181905/#comment-137727 Anonymous Fri, 23 Sep 2011 02:02:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=181905#comment-137727 I agree, though I think market momentum should keep Apple ahead until at least 2014.  It took Apple years to get to where it is now and unless they release a obviously bad product then it’ll take awhile to slow that momentum down.  Since none of the competition to date has offered an obviously better solution yet and need to offer much better to start pulling ahead faster.

However, we should start seeing the momentum of the competition start growing noticeably by 2013. 

While Windows 8 may come late to the game, but even if it has a slow start on ARM platform they can still be combined with Android on the same devices to help promote them.

Intel for one is already investing in a company that offers a version of Android that allows quick switching to an alternate OS for example.  So they can assure those who still question Windows on ARM that they can still do everything they can already do with a equivalent Android device.  While also attracting more customers who may want what Windows can offer that the mobile OS solutions still can’t.

Also by 2014, we should start seeing hardware from both ARM and Intel that will make us start questioning the continued need for a mobile OS when every device is powerful enough to run a desktop OS.  So that may be when Windows starts influencing the mobile market more and Apple may replace iOS with OSX to better compete.

]]> By: Frank Bales http://www.slashgear.com/ipad-will-own-2011-holidays-and-many-after-that-say-analysts-22181905/#comment-137690 Frank Bales Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:21:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=181905#comment-137690 I’d say that a 10% loss of market share is significant. I agree that the iPad will be a market leader, and that no single Android tablet will top it anytime soon, but Android tablets will become predominant and “own” the market. People still want choice.

]]> By: Frank Bales http://www.slashgear.com/ipad-will-own-2011-holidays-and-many-after-that-say-analysts-22181905/#comment-137691 Frank Bales Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:21:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=181905#comment-137691 I’d say that a 10% loss of market share is significant. I agree that the iPad will be a market leader, and that no single Android tablet will top it anytime soon, but Android tablets will become predominant and “own” the market. People still want choice.

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