BlackBerry Playbook Is Claimed Faster than iPad
As the originator of the tablet market booming, Apple iPad often become targets of comparison of competitors, including RIM BlackBerry Playbook. Though planned for next year, RIM claimed Blackberry Playbook is more advance than iPad. Videos on YouTube shows the Playbook has a faster web access , another display show multiple Web pages that looks more perfect than the iPad.
The absence of Flash on the iPad also features highlighted in it. Unlike Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO of RIM as quoted from BusinessWeek declared the importance of the application. But in some cases, the application is a substitute for a bad web browsing experience, the web is not supposed to turn into an application and we should not need a YouTube application for accessing YouTube, he added. Balsillie ask viewers to see it for them selves the speed on accessing YouTube.
Playbook will be thrown into the North American market in the first quarter of 2011. And after that, the tablets will be sold globally.
Blackberry Crashed Against iPhone in Global Market
In the global smartphone market, the BlackBerry has fallen in the hands of Apple’s iPhone, as claimed from Strategy Analytics research firm . The conclusion was obtained from Global smartphone data taken in the third quarter of 2010.
According to Strategy Analytics, a total of 15.4 million iPhone units shipped in that period, while shipments BlackBerry “only” reached 12.4 million units. In the third quarter, both the iPhone and RIM BlackBerry showed sales growth from the previous period. But RIM is ‘just’ up 46%, while the iPhone increased almost 2-times.
Quoted from PCWorld on Monday, Apple may be looking at any existing Nokia in the first position. But Nokia still quite far with shipments of smartphones in the third quarter reached 26.5 million units.
According to Strategy Analytics analysis, one factor that make RIM’s fall is the lack or the touch-screen gadgets that they produce. The fact is, touch screen mobile phone is still a trend. Even predicted that RIM Blackberry will continue to spread around. “We believe the gap between RIM and the two top vendors in the consumer market will increase at each quarter “, according to estimates Sameet Kanade, an analyst at Northern Securities
5 Tablets To Be iPad Strongest Opponent
Hard to deny the tablets is on the rise by the presence of the Apple iPad. Since the launch, iPad has received very good response from consumers. No wonder if the competitors and then try to bring the tablet counter. Here are five potential tablets considered to fight the iPad as quoted from the Sydney Morning Herald on Thursday :
1. BlackBerry BlackPad
BlackPad presence is not yet officially confirmed by the manufacturer of BlackBerry, Research In Motion (RIM). But many leaks have been circulating widely on this BlackPad, for example on the specifications of 9.7-inch screen size, and has Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. If properly launched, BlackPad could be a strong opponent of iPad considering BlackBerry handsets is a big name behind.
2. Toshiba Folio
Toshiba Folio carrying Froyo Android will soon invade the market. Powered by Nvidia’s Tegra processor 2, Folio performance ensured good. Myriad also features Toshiba’s embedded in tablets with 10.1-inch screen this. Call it a 1.3 megapixel webcam, WiFi, stereo speakers, Adobe Flash Player 10.1, HDMI connector up to 16 GB of memory can be expanded with microSD.
3. Dell Streak
Streak Dell dimension seems to include most small tablets with, only presents the area of 5-inch screen. This tablet could be an alternative for those who pleased with the gadget cute, in addition to the facilities in it also not be overlooked. For example, the powerful 1 GHz processor and equipped with a camera along with flash lights. Only shortcomings, this tablet just run Andori version 1.6 or donut and not support Flash Player 10.1.
