SourceCode: The Tablet Situation, A Mid-year Report

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

2011, the proclaimed "Year of the Tablet," has reached the halfway point.

We now have something resembling a very young marketplace for tablets other than Apple's iPad. Most of the new models have bet the farm on Google's Android OS and hope it will succeed as wildly and as quickly on the tablet space as it did in smartphones.

Braver manufacturers like RIM and HP are pushing their own hardware and software platforms hoping that customers who want 'something different', might subscribe to their approach and buy their products. 

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5 Disruptive Technologies of 2010 - Part 1 : Tablets

Disruptive technologies are game changers. Products and innovations by whose very presence can alter the marketplace either by creating a new segment, breaking a price barrier or offering products to a completely new set of users.  This 5 part series focuses on the biggest, most innovative and emerging stories of 2010 that are expected to impact 2011.

Part 1- Tablets

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WishList: ViewSonic outs new 7 and 10-inch ViewPad Android Tablets

 ViewSonic Corp.,  recently announced its ViewPad line of Android-based devices, featuring the ViewPad 7 and ViewPad 10. The ViewPad 7 will be available in late Q4 2010 for an ESP of $479. Third-party accessories and ViewCare™ extended warranties will also be available at launch.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab - Contender in the tablet space?

Updated on Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 9:00PM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Samsung, maker of some of the world's best screens and panels has a product you might be interested in. Its called the Samsung Galaxy Tab and while it looks remarkably like something else that's very popular these days- it obviously is running Android OS. 

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