Companies that have contacted Mobile Europe, so far, about the launch of a tablet yesterday.
The tie-ins:
“Personal media company” TigerSpike: Consumers will use it more…enterprises will use it more because of FaceTime and the introduction of iOS4.3 update…brands and publishers will develop more iPad apps and content because apps will be better and there will be more html5 sites.
SVOX: “Unfortunately it doesn’t have speech or voice recognition on it, but some people thought that it might, and that is evidence enough that embedded speech and voice recognition will be the next big thing.”
Ciena: Operators need to invest in Ethernet backhaul infrastructure because tablets like the iPad2 will mean a lot more network traffic”
Mobile Entertainment Forum: “Mobile becomes the preferred platform for using an ever-widening number of services…Competition…consumer choice…business model … ecosystem”
That don’t impress me much…
In-Stat: “As expected….typical upgrade… still does not support external memory upgrades, a changeable battery, or the ability to run Flash…”
InformaTM: “Without the pressure of strong competition in the tablet market, are they getting complacent in Cupertino? Indeed, it seems that the iPad 2 is more of an iPad 1.5, with the real innovations still to come in future iterations.”
ABI Research: “How will the new iPad attract new customers in an increasingly competitive media tablet market? What features has Apple left out that give others a competitive advantage? Is Apple missing the prosumer and business professional market with its continued focus on consumers and home style? ABI Research does not expect Apple to maintain its 2010 market share indefinitely”
iPad2 FTW, FNow…
Forrester: The competing products we’ve seen announced so far from Motorola, RIM, HP, and others, while impressive, have fatally flawed price and distribution strategies… for now, Apple still defines the tablet market, with a product consumers will desire at a price that’s hard to beat.”
Tablets, get yer tablets…
Phones4U: “It looks nice, but don’t forget other tablets like the Playbook and especially the Android ones like the Galaxy Tab are available at Phones4U”
Orange UK: “We’re selling it.”
T-Mobile UK: “So are we”