Tablet Wars Are Coming

This year Apple delivered one of the most fabulous gadgets common users can dream of. But that was just the beginning as iPad is the first in a long line of the likes. At the moment Apple is quite confidently occupying the top position at the nascent tablet market and is hardly to welcome any competition. Nevertheless, multiple competitors are coming, eager to get their own piece of the pie and a share in enormous profits Apple is enjoying.

According to the statistics, gathered by Jobs’ company, so far it has sold about 3 million gadgets which is quite a figure. Its closest competitor – Samsung’s Galaxy Pad – which Steve Jobs called “dead on arrival” announced about 600,000 of its devices sold or shipped in the first month of sales. Adding Dell’s Streak and HP’s Windows running tablet to the list we’ll get quite an impressive picture which signals that the war actions at the tablet market have already been unleashed.

It is quite evident that so far Apple’s iPad is winning is all spheres as the company managed to deliver an exceptionally quality device supported by powerful iPad application development process. Android tablets which either have already been delivered to the market or are yet to come this year have been a real disappointment. Some analysts and reviewers go as far as to call them hardly more than a piece of junk. The only exception to the rule is Samsung’s Galaxy – a hot something between a regular smartphone and a mini-tablet. And again it just comes close to the iPad but it’s not any better than the Apple’s device. Given it costs as much as the iPad and has a smaller screen, most users would prefer the fabulous gadget from Apple.

Windows tablets could have been a hit this year, as the OS is quite reliable and rather familiar for the majority of office workers. Unfortunately, due to some reasons HP was not a success this year. However, maybe it will be able to make another try before its closest competitors deliver their own gadgets.

To make a long story short, it is quite reasonable to wait for second generation tablets which are to come to the market next year and improve the shortcomings of the current devices. Or to buy an iPad if waiting seems to be that unbearable.