One big step made, more to come

A Cheyenne E. Adams, Jarred S. Adams, Lauren E. Adams, Erica M. Aguiar, Whitney A. Alboszta, Destiny E. Aldridge, Janelle M. Alford, Wyatt J. Alford, Matthew Almanzar, Daniel Alvarenga, Jonathan T. Arciola, Parveen Arjune, Yolanda M. Arroyo, Xavier A. Astacio, Ashley E. Atha, Dallas Atkinson, Shakira Atkinson.

B Nicole M. Badami, Michael A. Bailey Jr., Daniel J. Bailey, Morgan J. Baker Jr., Matthew P. Baldwin, Cory A. Barone, Nicholas A. Barwick, Phillip J. Baur Jr., Ryan T. Beaton, Shawni M. Beaupre, Rodrigo L. Beers, Jeidy J. Beltran, Matthew T. Bennett, Samantha S. Berberette, Kiley N. Bierwiler, Emily Bird, Brittany R. Bitzberger, Brittney Block, Matthew L. Bolton, Nathan R. Borgese, James F. Bowles, Amanda L. Bradley, Steven L. Brass, Cassandra Braz, Cameron J. Brogna, Austin T. Brooks, Katelin I. Brooks, Mallori M. Brooks, Philip C. Brown II, Emily M. Brown, Michael A. Brown, Shelby K. Brown, Trisha A. Brown, Tyler A. Brumfiel, Melissa Y. Bruno, Franklyn G. Bryant, Ashley L. Buchalski, Derek J. Buel, Brendan P. Buell, Sarah J. Burda, Robert J. Burke, Joshua T. Burkhart, Mckenzie L. Burns, Sandra J. Burns, Jacob P. Bushell.

C Samantha N. Cabrera, Paul F. Calabrese, Maya A. Callum, Andrew M. Camacho, Jessica T. Campbell, Diosvany Capote, Briana L. Cardillo, Cole A. Carmichael, Audrey D. Carnley, Haley N. Carson, Desmond D. Carswell, Melody B. Carver, Joshua R. Cassista, Marissa L. Castillo, Kelsey A. Castle, David M. Ceglia, Cassandra H. Cerro, Zadee G. Cespedes, Amy Chapkowski, Elizabeth A. Chaves, Amanda R. Cherubino, Demetri N. Chin, Daniel Cintron, Lisa M. Ciresi, Paul D. Clark, Courtney R. Clay, Kevin A. Colbert, Joshua J. Colon, Cassandra Conard-Roberts, Anthony A. Connor Jr., Kyle D. Conran, Erica J. Cooksey, Anna L. Costello, Megan A. Countryman, James D. Courtney, Kevin L. Croan Jr., Patricia M. Cromartie, Thomas Cromwell, Peyton N. Cross, Ryan E. Crowder, Kelly Cusumano.

D John J. Daly III, Rowmia M. Davis, Kaitlyn M. Davison, Janeece E. Deine, Jorge I. DeJesus, Deon L. Delaine, Chelsey N. Dennis, Victoria M. Desmond, Darren N. Devenney, Robert P. Diaz Jr., Maritza M. Diaz, Steven F. Diaz, Michael D. Dimuccio Jr., Jacob T. Divito, Melissa J. Dolin, Joseph M. Domer, Elissia M. Dominguez, Jacob R. Dorn, Paige K. Drinkwater, Joeseph S. Dutkiewicz.

E Victoria A. Easler, Elizabeth A. Echevarria, James A. Egbert, Maddalena Ellerbee, Michael Elsebough, Devon C. Emery, Danielle T. Engle, Bethany D. Ennis, Devon A. Escoffery.

Tablets, Tablets, and More Tablets

The  Apple iPad rules the tablet universe, of that there is no doubt. Two versions of the iPad have been introduced in the time it has taken most companies to bring the first version of their own tablets into the market.  Reviewers have not been kind to the other tablets on the market and the press is full of comments that Apple rules the tablet market and everyone else is an also-ran.

I think those trying to outdo the iPad have several problems. First, they are coming out with a tablet product only, without the back-end support of iTunes and the Apps store. Next, the developer community has moved to the iPhone and iPad platforms because coding for these two hit products is relatively easy. Only one operating system and one set of software development tools are needed. Further, the market for both the iPhone and iPad is huge compared to most other markets. Apple does a great job of vetting applications for the platforms and, to date, there have been no bad applications permitted in the app store and no issues with any delivered via the app store as far as I know.

Next up is the fact that Apple has set the expected  price for the tablet market and if others don’t meet or beat these prices they are perceived as not being competitive. This has certainly hurt the  Motorola Xoom , which starts out $100 more expensive than iPad’s lowest price model. Not only have others missed the price point, they are having problems meeting making money on their own tablets.

So if you believe the tablet wars are over, you would declare the winner to be Apple by a mile—but you would be wrong. Tablets are not only the new thing, they will be around for a long time. History has a way of repeating itself, not that Apple has ever paid attention to history, but Apple had the PC market to itself with the  Apple II , then lost it to IBM , which in turn lost it to  Compaq and  HP , which in turn ended up sharing it with Dell and a host of offshore companies until the industry contracted and today there are only a few choices left.

The same thing happened in the world of notebooks.  Grid had the first true notebook, then  Data General , then a host of others including IBM with the ThinkPad line,  Toshiba was huge, and HP, Dell, Compaq and many more were going strong. Again, the companies that are still in the laptop business have thinned out and notebooks have also become commodity products.

I am not saying this will happen to Apple, but if you go back in history you will find that Apple lost out because of its closed way of doing business (no clones permitted). When it did permit clones , it missed the timing big time. But Apple has introduced and held onto the lead with iPods, iPhones, and now tablets so you might think history may no longer repeat itself. However, I believe we are only at the beginning of the tablet era and there is much more to come. Some companies are holding back and watching the market and not jumping into it quickly, while others are trying to enter into the market quickly.

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