With the tablet market being overshadowed by the Apple iPad, many companies have lost hope in building a competitive tablet. Motorola and Samsung have both put out opposing products, but they have fallen significantly short. Amazon just released the plans to the colored Kindle, which many think may stand up to the iPad. Analysts are not as positive towards this new tablet. Some pointed out the statistic that some companies took three months to ship the same amount as Apple does in three days. This statistic, although daunting to some, has not seemed to faze the officials from Kindle. The first generation of Kindle was released at a poor time in the holiday season, but still sold out of stock for five months. Some expect that if released at a more strategic time, the Kindle can have a large potential.
This is important to the industry, because many analysts think that this vastly differing strategy from Apple may have a strong outcome. When asked to comment, Apple denied to make a statement about their new found competition. This could bring a huge battle of hardware and software to the table in the near future.
I think that this is great, it will be interesting to see how this unfolds over time and how it impacts consumer trends...any idea of the prices or pricing strategies of Kindle?
ReplyDeleteThis makes me think about how Apple's sales may be affected without Steve Jobs. I'm wondering if other companies will be able to close the gap in competition now that Apple has lost such an influential icon.
ReplyDeleteApple has continued a trend of the release of their new and innovative products. Similar to the iPhone and iPod which took command of product lines as they were released. The iPad has also taken a command of the tablet industry. By combining the abilities of all e-books and all tablet based computing devices, Apple has created a product that can only become stronger. I believe it will be very difficult for other brands to release products that can compete with the iPad
ReplyDeleteWhy cant other brands include features that combine the abilities of e-books as wells as tablet features? I think that other companies have the technology and the tools to compete with Apple but consumers are caught up in brand loyalty and the fact that the ipad was the first tablet.
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