Tablet PC war started

A few days ago, HTC's newest tablet PC, the flyer, was officially released. This company, dubbed as "Apple's most powerful competitor," has formally joined the market for tablet PCs. Since Apple released the ipad, various manufacturers have launched their own tablet PCs. Today, mainstream manufacturers including Lenovo, Dell, Asus, Samsung, etc. have all released their own tablet PCs and announced the market war for this product. Started.

"With the slowdown in the PC market, the next stage of the computer market will probably evolve into a tablet computer battle," said an industry source.

After the traditional computer manufacturers launched the tablet from ipad, tablet computers became the hottest digital products on the market. Major manufacturers have invested resources to develop their own tablet products. Among the traditional computer manufacturers, it was Lenovo that took the lead in launching the tablet computer. Shortly after the advent of the ipad, Lenovo announced the launch of the music pad, and subsequently launched a variety of tablet products. Last month, Lenovo also used the Hollywood blockbuster "Transformers" to launch three tablet computers, targeting ordinary consumers, business people, and families. It expanded its tablet computer types to four.

Also borrowed from the "Transformers" Dongfeng and veteran PC maker ASUS, it launched the Tablet PC and even the name is called "Transformers." Last week, Dell also released its own tablet Streak 10 Pro. Together with HP and Acer, which have previously released tablet computers, mainstream PC makers have all joined the Tablet PC camp.

It is understood that the tablet computer products introduced by these major computer manufacturers pay more attention to the extension of the traditional computer functions and design a large number of external devices for the tablet PC so that the tablet PC can be quickly "deformed" into a traditional notebook. Computer-competitive products have become an important means for traditional computer makers to compete with ipad.

The competition between mobile phone manufacturers and the traditional computer market is that the tablet market has introduced more powerful competitors. This kind of product between a computer and a mobile phone attracts a large number of mobile phone industry giants while attracting computer makers.

Last month, HTC released the tablet PC product flyer, which has attracted much attention in the market. It became the world’s first tablet computer product with a capacitive touch screen, a stylus, and handwriting input. It is understood that HTC's mobile phone has always been considered the iphone's biggest competitor, and with the release of HTC Tablet PC, many industry insiders have high hopes for this tablet.

In addition to HTC, there are many traditional mobile phone manufacturers have joined the battle. Previously, Samsung’s tablet PCs have attracted a lot of attention and have become one of the iPad’s biggest competitors in the market. Motorola, which launched the tablet product XOOM soon, also revealed to the outside world that there will be new tablet computers in the second half of this year.

Tablet will become the "main battlefield"

"In fact, with the development of the market in recent years, almost all manufacturers have realized that the growth of the traditional PC market has significantly slowed down, and PC profits are rapidly being diluted." An industry source told reporters in such a situation In the future, tablet PCs will undoubtedly become the focus of competition among major manufacturers in the future. This is why major manufacturers have developed tablet PCs.

Chengdu Digital Plaza staff told reporters that from the current market situation, although Apple's iPad is still the top spot, but other PC makers such as Lenovo, Asustek tablet PCs have entered the store, most digital counters are currently in the store Sales of tablet computers dominated the sales space of other digital products.

Not only that, the future competition of the tablet PC market will definitely be more intense than PC competition. According to industry insiders, as mobile phone manufacturers gradually enter the market, the number of competitors in the tablet PC market will increase significantly.

"At present, ipad is indeed the industry leader, but this status is not unshakable." A senior industry source told reporters that other latecomers have their own advantages. "For the average consumer, they are not familiar with Apple's system, and the tablet PCs launched by domestic manufacturers may be more suitable for their use habits; some manufacturers have also developed more high-end or low-end products for the iPad, and make differences. Competition.” The person said that the tablet’s future market share is very large. From the current situation, “everyone has a chance.”

With the increase in the level of intense competition, the first change in tablet computers in the next phase should be price. "At present, the price of tablet computers is not expensive. After more products are invested, the price is likely to drop again," the source said.