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By Bill Wu

Apple dominates the tablet industry with its iPad devices. Latecomers used to watch in grimace as the laughingstock idea of a smaller computer, larger iphone develops into the next big thing that Fortune 500 companies are experimenting with as part of essential corporate technology. Indeed, Apple and Jobs have proven everyone wrong.

Apple is soon to come out with a new iPad2.0 version that will feature a new design as well as video camera on its iPad. No big surprise; it’s been expected for a while. More info can be found at: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-expected-to-extend-lead-with-new-ipad-2011-03-01?dist=afterbell

But, latecomers to the game are not to be overlooked. South Korean electronic giant Samsung has pushed out the Galaxy tablets that are lighter than the iPad, acts as a phone, has front & rear facing cameras and has more Ram available despite being smaller. More comparisons at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/204779/samsung_galaxy_tab_vs_the_ipad_compare_for_yourself.html (click on the chart/picture).

What’s even more amazing is Motorola’s Xoom. This tablet has a larger screen, higher resolution, front camera and a rear facing 5megapixel HD video capable camera, very very business/user friendly multitasking capabilities, less annoying notifications, Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system with upgrade capabilities, dual core chip, and 1GHz Nvidia chip. There’s already buzz flying around: http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/02/04/why-android-honeycomb-should-have-apple-scared/.

Apple will continue to dominate the tablet industry for now as Samsung and Motorola fight for small pieces of the market share. But the latecomers are hungry and feature more functionality as opposed to Apple’s simplicity. Who knows, but I’m betting the competition on the block will drive down some of Apple’s market shares.

Comparison pics are also all over the web: http://usingapple.com/img/HP_TouchPad_vs_iPad_vs_Xoom_vs_PlayBook-20110211-193635.jpg

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