Oh joy, Apple has managed to sell 14.8 million iPads worldwide from April 2010 till December 2010, way beyond the market predictions. However, according to Australian market reseracher Telsvte, Apple's market share of the local tablet market has decreased from 91 percent in 2010 to 60 per cent in 2011.
Previously, Apple had to deal with last year's competitor when the 7-inch screen Samsung Galaxy Tablet was released. This particular tablet is based on Google's Android operating system. However, it seemed to have come across some failures, whereby they were short of apps and the limitations of their OS's version 2. However, this year, Google has released the Honeycomb 3.0 version of Android, a version custom made for tablets. Moreover, Motorola has released Xoom, that might be Apple's biggest fear. Furthermore, there are products like the BlackBerry Playbook, new models from Samsung LG Asus Hewlett-Packard [H-P] and Lenovo to fill Apple with bigger fears. Apple would have to come out with something extraordinary to compete with these products.
According to SMH, iPad 2 is predicted to contain a longer battery life, whereby a front and rear facing camera would be included. Moreover, Apple has been rolling out a new Skype-like feature called Face Time, which enables users to make video calls, using the front and rear facing camera. Furthermore, a high resolution display and a better speaker is expected to be installed in the new iPad 2.
Although we may not be sure if these features are likely to be true or if there may be other outstanding features, fret not. The full details about the iPad2 will be released on Thursday morning, AEDT. Expect much, for the best is yet to come.
