Ipad will get the competition from Samsung,Ms,Dell Tabs

Apple’s iPad faces a host of competition in 2011, with Microsoft reportedly readying several Windows-based tablets for debut at January’s Consumer Electronics Show and other manufacturers preparing their own first- or second-generation devices.For the moment, however, it seems that the iPad’s sales record remained strong through the end-year shopping season, with some analysts taking a particularly strident position on the device’s appeal to holiday consumers.

Even with a handful of tablet competitors hitting the market, the iPad remained the only game in town in our holiday checks largely because many of the tablets hitting the market are junk for lack of a better word,” Brian Blair, an analyst with Wedge Partners, wrote in a research quote quoted in a Dec. 28 AllThingsD report.They are underpowered, poorly constructed and largely not ready for prime time.Reports from other analysts suggest robust iPad sales. “Computer hardware ranks as the top growing category for the holiday season to debate with a 25-percent increase versus lsat year,” reads a Dec. 19 note from research firm comScore. “Purchases of handheld devices (such as Apple iPads and e-readers) and laptop computers drove much of the growth.”That comes despite prevalent rumors that Apple is preparing a next-generation iPad for unveiling sometime in January. On Dec. 10, Reuters posted an article suggesting that front- and rear-facing camera modules would appear on that device, along with a higher-resolution screen.

Apple’s competition in 2011 involves tablets targeted at both consumers and the enterprise. The iPad currently constitutes some 82 percent of the business market, according to a recent survey by ChangeWave, followed by Hewlett-Packard with 11 percent and Dell with 7 percent.In 2011, though, those numbers change somewhat, with 78 percent of corporate buyers indicating their eye is on the iPad, followed by 9 percent each for Dell and Research In Motion tablets, 8 percent for HP, and 4 percent for Samsung’s Galaxy Tab.“Although the release of the RIM PlayBook isn’t expected until late-1st Quarter 2011, RIM (9 percent) is now tied with Dell (I percent) for second place in terms of future buying—a positive development for the Canadian manufacturer,” Paul Carton, ChangeWave’s vice president of research, wrote in a Dec. 15 research note.

iPad helps hospital treat patients

The Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center, located in the largely ultra-orthodox Tel Aviv suburb Bnei Brak, said on Tuesday it is the first hospital to program the high-resolution, touch-screen iPad to interact with Microsoft Corp's Chameleon software used by hopsitals.

The hospital's computer department programed the iPad with the help of an external technology company.The hospital have the same program and the same database for treatment in the hospital on the iPad,"The patients' data are in the computer ... so physicians who are out of hospital but on call can see X-rays and ultrasounds through their iPad and give more intelligent advice to staff in the hospital.For example, a patient recently arrived in the emergency room with a broken hip and ultimately needed a full hip replacement.The doctor on duty consulted with a senior orthopeadic surgeon who was not in the hospital and who offered advice on the treatment after studying the X-rays and CT scans. The senior doctor was also able to follow up immediately after the surgery to see the results."The high resolution of the screens enables good viewing of the X-rays and also the iPad is fun to work with," Liwer said. "People like to carry it with them wherever they go. They don't take a laptop but the iPad is with them all the time so we get better and more intelligent consulting."

DSPanel Extends Its Mobile Business Intelligence to the iPad

Mobile business intelligence vendor DSPanel has just added an iPad application to their already extensive range of BI products. As part of the company’s Performance Canvas mobile analytics products, the new functionality enables users access to their analytics, including data visualization through the Safari browser.

Available for download this month, the new application enables users access to their data as well as the ability to choose their data source and drag that data directly on the rows and columns within the visualization screen. It also enables users to create, modify and share real-time visual queries and dashboards at any time.
DSPanel and Business Intelligence:
While DSPanel has a number of different products including a mobile BI server and a Portal Edition that provides SharePoint dashboards, the mobile Business Intelligence package is designed for web, mobile and embedded use. Features include:
* Mashboards: Enables users access data from inside and outside the organization.
* Visualizations: Using Canvas technology you can display your information in a variety of different ways on multiple platforms. Comes with performance mashboards and dashboards.
* Planning: Canvas Planning add-on imports data from Excel for future decision making.
* Embedding Technology: Enables embedding into enterprise systems already in use.
DSPanel says it was the first company to provide BI to mobile communications. That would be hard to substantiate given the number of companies that have gone the iPad route since its launch.

ipad 2.0 will be launch 2011

Apple’s next-generation version of the iPad, presumably due in early 2011, should ship with improvements that make up for the first generation’s shortcomings.
With the recent iOS 4.2.1 update, the iPad is finally now at OS parity with the current iPhones and iPod Touch devices and finally offers multitasking support.
Firstly we can say that right off the bat, the new iPad will almost certainly have the same built-in gyroscope that the iPhone 4 has in addition to the accelerometer. This is a no-brainer addition, as it vastly improves responsiveness and precision control for games and also will permit the creation of even more immersive augmented-reality applications on the tablet.
The reason being that with the much larger form factor, aiming the camera towards the subject’s face is going to be a lot more difficult unless the camera itself is on an adjustable swivel mechanism or is much higher resolution than the iPhone 4’s (higher than VGA, such as 2 Megapixels or better).
This is due to the fact that a larger form-factor device such as the iPad is going to be held much further away from the face with regular use than a smartphone due to ergonomic/biomechanical issues and will require the ability to zoom in and crop the facial image without significantly increasing pixelation.
With above considerations taken into account, a higher-res fixed position camera could work more like a desktop webcam (as the face would be about the same distance away) and could intelligently adjust the field of view and track subject head movement using a digital zoom, much like Logitech’s webcam software does on the PC.
It should also be stated that the next-generation iPad should be brought to parity or exceed the memory capabilities as its flagship phone counterpart. The iPhone 4 has 512MB of main memory in its A4 Package on a Package (PoP), but the iPad currently only has 256MB, the same as the iPhone 3GS.
Even a typical Android phone such as the Motorola Droid 2 has 512MB of RAM. The new HTC MyTouch 4G has 768MB of RAM. The Samsung Galaxy Tab and the Viewsonic G both have 512MB of RAM and RIM’s yet-to-be-released QNX-based PlayBook has 1GB of RAM.

Ipad will creat a new customer class in India

Craving to get your hands on the Apple iPad? Wait for a while as it will be still some time before it becomes available in the Indian market.

Experts also believe that the tablet will create a new user segment in India.

Unveiled in January, the iPad lets users browse the web, read and send email, share photos, watch videos, listen to music, play games, read e-books and much more. The 9.7 inch touchscreen tablet is just 0.5 inches thick and weighs just 1.5 pounds-thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook-and delivers battery life of up to 10 hours.

The product, touted as a device between smartphone and a laptop, was officially launched in the US market Saturday. Prices in the US start at $499 and the most advanced model costs $829. But Indians customers who are eagerly waiting to try the 'game changing product', as it is often called, will have to wait for some more time.

"iPad will be available in both Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 3G models in late April in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. International pricing will be announced in April. iPad will ship in additional countries later this year," said an official release.

Industry observers in the US believe the iPad could well outsell the Apple's iPhone, launched in 2007, of which one million had been sold after 74 days on shop shelves.
However, considering price sensitive Indian market where consumers always look for a package product seeking maximum features in lowest possible amount, iPad may remain limited to the upper middle class segment only.
The experts believe it would create a niche market for itself and emerge as a lifestyle product and not a mass product in India.

Ipad will hit the the indian market soon.

All of the built-in apps on iPad were designed from the ground up to take advantage of the large Multi-Touch screen and advanced capabilities of iPad. And they work in any orientation. So you can do things with these apps that you can’t do on any other device.

Safari

iPad is the best way to experience the web. View whole pages in portrait or landscape on the large Multi-Touch screen. And let your fingers do the surfing.

Mail

There’s nothing like the Mail app on iPad. With a split-screen view and expansive on-screen keyboard, it lets you see and touch your email in ways you never could before.

Photos

A vivid LED-backlit IPS display makes viewing photos on iPad extraordinary. Open albums with a tap. Flip through your pictures one by one. Or play a slideshow and share your photos.

Video

The 9.7-inch high-resolution screen makes iPad perfect for watching podcasts, videos and more.

App Store

You’ll find more than 250,000 apps on the App Store and iPad can run almost all of them. Including everything from games to productivity apps.

iBooks

Reading is a joy on iPad. Text looks crisp and bright. Pages turn with a flick. And you can download free public-domain books from the iBookstore. Just download the free iBooks app to get started.

Maps

See more of the world with iPad. Find locations easier than ever with street view, satellite view or new terrain view — all using Google services

Calendar

Work, home and everything in between. Your schedules are easy to read and easy to manage on iPad — even all at once.

Home Screen

With just one press of the Home button, you have access to every app on your iPad.

Contacts

With Contacts on iPad, you can see much more than just names and numbers. And you can do more with them too.

Spotlight Search

No matter what you’re looking for, Spotlight Search can help you find it.

Accessibility

Universal access is built into iPad. So right out of the box, Apple makes it easy for people with disabilities to enjoy all that iPad has to offer.

iWork

The iWork productivity applications — Keynote, Pages and Numbers — have been completely redesigned for iPad.* So you can create great-looking presentations, documents and spreadsheets. You can even share them as Microsoft Office files with any Mac or PC user. All using just your fingers.

Keynote

Create a presentation with custom graphic styles, elegantly designed themes, stunning animations and effects, and powerful new features designed just for iPad.

iPad - Do You Really Want to Buy One?

It's widely reported that the launch of the Apple iPad was disapointing to say the least. It wasn't just the expected first generation bugs, or the odd name. It lacks 16:9 support, Flash support, multitasking, SD card slot, HDMI or high-res video output support, USB ports, GPS and the list goes on. It is also exclusive to AT&T's network and the 3G wireless add-on is $130 extra with a data limit of 250MB per month. That's a joke I can burn through that much data in a day on the internet. I would say that some of these missing features will eventually come along but seriously folks; this is a work in progress. Would you want to buy one right now knowing that it is the first generation release complete with bugs and all? I need to be convinced that buying the iPad is going to be a better choice than a notebook.

What Apple needs to do is not try to make this seem better than a notebook because I don't see how at this point it really is. The iPad is a fancy news print reader, or a replacement for paper. This makes it ahead of its time. The idea of tablet computers is nothing new; Microsoft has been working on one for years. I just believe that Apple would be better suited to try to market the iPad as something that could be used in schools or could be used as a way to revolutionize how we read our news every morning.

I'm going to stick with my laptop for now and see what happens with the iPad before I spend a fairly good chunk of money on one. Let the bugs get worked out first.