Apple iPad opened a billion dollar market of tablet devices like it at with a great potential opportunity to develop, every major device manufacturer are trying to grab a pie it. The third essential device, that was predicted not be popular as daily using gadget, has proved all criticizers wrong and rapidly growing on the sales chart since it was released.
Not only the main unit, but the iPad applications, games related with such device, advertisement opportunity inside it is quite huge and getting bigger day by day. Revenue gathered from these accessories are not trivial to neglect that’s the reason why Google, Microsoft, Dell, HP and all major tech developers are eager to release a version of their own iPad like tablet device in the market.
The closest competitor of apple ipad is the Dell Streak that has been waiting first official launch shortly after the Q2 of 2010 and claiming to be the first major iPad challenger till date. Apart from the similarity and technical details, the Streak will be running Android Operating System 2.1 which is upgradable to the newest 2.2 version that can make the difference while comparing. The current iPad OS don’t have fully fledged multitasking capability nor does it support flash which are boasted in the Dell Streak via the Android UI and Adobe Flash 10.1 support assistance. This can cover some spots where iPad leaks but pretty hard to predict whether it can beat iPad in the long Run.
HP Slate is the one has been in the light for a long time, even before iPad was released but it’s still in the developing stage, no word has been spoken officially about its release date, actual specifications or price. But running on Windows 7 the HP Slate is anticipated to deliver HD clarity entertainment facility.
Google is anticipated to have a Tablet of their own soon and the features they will bring into that may beat up the iPad with innovative ideas for which Google is well known. Microsoft is not too far away from creating a bigger Kin that will resemble iPad like device and will be running Windows 7 operating system to provide with the user interface.
All the devices that are being released or in developing state have a single goal to take up the market on which iPad is sitting now and they are trying hard to beat iPad in own game by adding the features that are absent in iPad like multitasking and Flash support.
But not only technical features, the iPad is well known for its innovative interfacing system that doubles up the enjoyment of using it with the amazing graphical animation. And with the iPhone OS 4 is coming soon to be integrated into the iPad the vulnerability of it will be decrease by a good extent.
So far the announced and predicted devices that are trying to challenge iPad has good technical specifications but whether they are worthy enough to beat the iPad experience or not, is a matter of criticism that can only be solved over time.
