How iPad Revolutionarize the Industry

Here's an interesting article by China Business Weekly published in September 2010.

An overview of how iPad changes the computer hardware and software industry:
  • Taiwan Supplier: chip supplier for iPad will definitely secure a rich long-time relationship in the long run; it will however affect the chain distribution and supply for both Taiwan-based Acer & ASUS.
  • Entertainment Industry: provides the next phase of media information for publisher to present and update in real life time, track interactions and deliver targeted ads.
  • IT Service: along the growth of mobile Internet, wireless data connectivity - Syniverse will definitely benefit from iPad growth.
  • Mobile Data Service will definitely receive a lot of investment for further technology and coverage development.
  • Computer Retailer: are predicting a drop in laptop sales.
  • eBook Seller such as Amazon will definitely benefit as iPad grows in China.
  • Japan Technology Industry: HDD hard-drive is predicting a drop, due to Apple pushing more into Flash based memory, this will affect company such as Fuji, Toshiba, etc.
  • Software Industry: Adobe remains unpopular with iPad, although both are standing their grounds; in the long-run this might actually produce slight interesting pros & cons for Adobe as iPad users grow.
  • Processor: will benefits ARM in the long-run, while it will affect negatively for Intel & AMD.
iPad has definitely made a big entry into China, especially before iPad officially enters China. The products found its way via other means, friends or resellers that ship them from US. Up until recently iPad was a lot cheaper to purchase in Hong Kong, the China government has however implement taxing incoming iPad among other technology items.

(note for the industry affected by iPad - orange bulb represents beneficial impact, gray bulb represents negative impact).

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Mobile Talk: Nokia World 2010, will it hold?

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Nokia is finally making their move at the #nokiaworld 2010, after management and brushing their mobile to appear "upgrading". Have a look at this review by Gajeto. I've test drive several of Nokia touch screen before and it still feels sluggish, notice whenever you tilt to use the horizontal keyboard the screen goes black first (just don't leave a smooth transition feeling for me). I used to own several Nokia (pre-2004 I believe, if I am not mistaken they were the first to push the antenna-less mobile), but I felt lately their product has not yet make a breakthrough in innovation.

The overall Symbian OS feeling is like copying iPhone, I mean up until iPhone the mobile market has been going round and round in the same circle and pretty much the same model. Post iPhone, everyone was pushed by the full screen usage, still if they copy each mobile producer can't compete with the Apple OS system compressed at the palm of your hand. That combined with their MacBook or iMac system and MobileMe that just push and sync everything ever so smoothly makes our lives easier, no more disintegration. The first iPhone was not only revelation to the phone industry, but opens up a whole new door of app developers, a mobile that ever so changing customized to the users experience and what they want to do with it. Pre iPhone everyone's mobile were always the same, you get the basic, text message, snap photo (still no sharing, you can share via MMS), record video or audio, some basic game and others, but it never changes until you get a new mobile for the "upgrade" features.

The fact is most mobile never bother with an all integrated environment with the computer and cellphone software updates is basically a never... up until now :)

Welcome to the world where it revolves around our integration and our constant demand for upgrade immediately and not waiting (and forking out $$$) for the next "better" product.