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iPad2 Vs THE WORLD
Apple’s iPad revolutionised the computer technology industry. The iPad2 is proving just as successful. So what are the other options available on the market?
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hen the international technology community descended on Las Vegas for January’s Consumer Electronics Show, it was tablets that generated the most excitement. In the immediate wake of the success of the iPad, Apple gave us the iPad2. Upgraded via a 1GHz dual-core processor, it will almost undoubtedly outsell all other tablets on the market. However, this isn’t to say that the alternatives aren’t worth investigating. Asus have revealed their Eee Pad Transformer. Running Google’s Android 3.0 Honeycomb
operating system, the Eee Pad has a 10.1-inch screen, a 16-hour battery life and comes with a minimum of 16GB of storage. Elsewhere, the 7-inch BlackBerry Playbook comes with dual high-def cameras, HDMI and micro HDMI output and is Flash compatible. Other options include the Motorola Xoom, featuring a 1280 x 800 resolution HD widescreen display, and the Samsung PC 7, which, with a sliding keyboard, is perhaps more half-netbook than fully fledged tablet. Experts predict that 2011 will be the year of the tablet. How much of that market will be dominated by the iPad2 remains to be seen. n
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