Everywhere you look someone has an I-Pad, I-Phone, smart phone, regular cell phone, laptop, etc...I think that it would be safe to say that these ways of internet browsing and communication have opened new doors to people and that these things are going to be around for a while. Apple it seems is coming out with something new every other week and most of the time they are capitalizing on things that they already have created.
When it comes to who the top players are for the mobile device market I think that there is a clear winner…I-Phones and Androids. These two phones are big time winners but if it came down to the two of them, I would say that the I-Phone will be around longer than the Android. Many of my friends have Droids but end up getting new ones because the technology on Droids changes so often they feel outdated.
The I-Phone, while yes a new one comes out every so often and what not, they are still basically the same. Sure some might get faster internet than others but come on, these days as long as people can check their mobile Facebook all is right in the world. They can’t check their Facebook? They’ll freak the hell out and throw their phone, I have seen it happen.
Next we have our tablets. Hello I-Pad! Whenever I think of the word tablet I automatically think of the Apple I-Pad. My sister, my cousin and my cousin’s husband all own one. And my Aunt wants to buy her husband one for Christmas instead of getting him a new laptop. I honestly did not know much about other available tablets until this assignment. Although I have seen the stuff about the Kindle Fire, makes my Kindle look so sad.
When you’re a corporation as big as Apple you want to protect what is yours. Which could be the cause for the multiple lawsuits against other companies, hello Samsung, saying that said companies are violating Apple’s patents when they produce similar phones and or tablets.
In my opinion I say that people sell tablets. Apple’s profits don’t seem to be taking a major hit as of yet and I myself prefer their I-Pad to others, it’s a nice screen to play Angry Birds on. With everything that you can do on a tablet, watch movies, play games, read books and so on I think it makes sense for there to be multiple choices so a person can pick which one suits them best. Even with the price being what they are people will still buy.
I went into an Apple store in PA with my sister who was just going to look around. The hour that we were in there five I-Pads were sold, including one to go to my sister. I’d say that isn’t a bad day price wise especially when you think about the people in their looking specifically at phones, I-Pods and computers.
The Fusion Garage Grid10 is honestly something I had not heard of until reading a peers blog (Thanks Gina!). When I read that this product was Android based with access to the Amazon appstore I was highly intrigued. If anyone like me is a huge Amazon fan, and buys most of theirs things from Amazon including textbooks for school, than the Fusion could be a key competitor.
Looking ten years down the road I would say that it could be difficult to see who the major power player will be. But if Apple keeps going the way it is then I can see them thriving still ten years from now. With new things being created everyday then maybe ten years from now a whole new tablet or file format could be the big thing, the top seller. I think that the best we can do it review, research and see what works best for us as the customer.
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