iPad Vs HP, Google, Dell, Camangi Slates
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Tablet PCs have never enjoyed a mass market. Microsoft as usual never pushed the innovative envelope to enhance the user experience. However Apple has now pushed into the segment with its iPad.
Redmond felt some heat from Cupertino and showcased prototypes of the next generation tablet PCs running mammouth Windows 7, at CES. I wonder why Microsoft announced these tablet PCs at CES. These PC's have less to do with Microsoft and more to do with hardware players like HP. Tablet PC's like iPad and Dell Streak (Linux) would challenge Microsoft's declining Windows market share in the Tablet PC segment. Things are going to be even more difficult for Microsoft with Gnu-Linux arriving on the tablet platform. [Also read: No iPad For Grandpa...]
Interestingly, the iPad will not be challenged from Microsoft but from the sleeping-giant Gnu-Linux. Here is a comparison with some of the to-be-released Gnu-Linux powered tablets. There is one advantage of these “Muktware” powered tablets -- they will not be 'restrictive' devices. Unlike Apple's airtight compartments where you can't even drag and drop, these devices will allow you to do virtually everything you can do with a PC.
Here is a chart comparing devices which will compete with the iPad, and may even beat it! The devices we compared are: Apple iPad, Dell Mini5 Streak, Camangi Webstation, HP Slate and Google Gpad*.
| Tech Spec | iPad | Dell Mini5 Streak | Camangi | HP Slate | Gpad* |
| OS | Mac iPhone | Android Linux | Android Linux | Windows 7 | Chrome OS (Linux) |
| Processor | A4 1GHhz | Snapdragon 1GHz | Marvell PXA303 624MHz | Snapdragon | Qualcomm 1 GHz |
| Weight | 680 grams | N/K | 390 grams | N/K | 700 grams |
| Display | 9.7 inch | 5 inch | 7-inch | 10 inch | 9.7 inch |
| Applications | App Store | Google Apps | Google Apps | N/K | Google Apps |
| Battery | 10 hours | 10 Hours | 4-5 hours (full usage) | N/K | 10 hours |
| Restrictions | Full Apple control | User has full control Drag and drop: YES | User has full control Drag and drop: YES | User has partial control Drag and drop: YES | User has full control Drag and drop: YES |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi 3G mobile (separate model) | Wi-Fi Bluetooth 3G mobile | Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g); 3G connectivity (USB); GPS module | N/K | Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g); Bluetooth; GPS Module; |
Port; Input/output | No USB; | N/K | Built-in speaker 3.5mm stereo headphone jack; Built-in microphone Micro SD card slot, supports 1G~16G; Type A & mini-B USB port | 3.5mm stereo headphone; | Built-in speaker 3.5mm stereo headphone jack; AC Adaptor; Built-in microphone; SD card slot; Type A & mini-B USB port |
| Interface | Multi-touch | Capacitive touch | Single Resistive touch | Capacitive touch | Capacitive touch |
| Camera | None | 5-megapixel camera | None | Yes | Two 5-megapixel cameras |
| Phone Capabilities | None | None | None | None | Google Voice |
In this comparison, the iPad seems to be the weakest player. Remove the Apple logo and Steve's fan following, and see the product fall just like Newton's apple.
Note: Dell, HP, Google specs are based on 'expectations' and various information collected through various sites. There is no official confirmation about these products by the companies. Please feel free to make suggestions if you have more info on these products.
* Google gPad is a hypothetical product!
N/K = Not known
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How do the tablet prices compare? How many apps run in the Andriod linux tablets?
How do the data plans compare? I mean $15 per month for the iPAD is pretty cheap and makes a big difference in the total cost of ownership- don't you think?
How can you compare a product that's shipping in 60 days to one that may ship in nine months or maybe longer?
This article is typical of so many that miss the point!
Didn't you hear what Steve Jobs said so clearly? This is not a tablet PC! This is not a netbook replacement. You are comparing apples to oranges! This is a different device, targeted at the general public as a means to deliver media content in an elegant and simple way. It is a platform, with huge and as yet largely unrealized potential. I can only start to imagine what this device will be capable of after 100,000 iPad dedicated applications are available from the App Store.
You think we've drunk the koolaid, we think you have ears that cannot hear and eyes that cannot see!
Haha you are funny anonymous.
Haha you are funny anonymous. This is not tablet, this is not notebook. this is an overzied iPod Touch you can't even carry. You need a phone to make calls coz iapd can't do that...you need a PC to do shit, coz iPad can't do that...then why the heck you carry this useless device? Are you drunk? iPad is worst than eye pads...it's useless shit, Apple sucks