Recently there has been a new behavioral trend in the telecom industry towards tablets. This tablet flurry was originally pushed by Apple’s iPad. Currently the company is aiming for sales of its new seven-inch tablet computer to top one million units by year end and is looking to offer other sizes as it seeks a bigger chunk of the fast-growing market. Tablets of all sizes will begin to appear on this competitive landscape so Samsung is trying to make its stand in the tablet market sooner rather than later.
Companies in this industry often differentiate themselves in the market by exclusively distributing their products to certain service providers in select areas throughout the world. For example Apple in the past has given exclusive rights and access to the iPhone to AT&T. Samsung on the other hand has given exclusive right to sell the Galaxy Tab to Mobile operator SK Telecom Co, which also first had Samsung's Galaxy S smartphone in the domestic market in June.
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It's safe to say that the trend is all these companies (Samsung, Windows, etc) are trying to reach Apple's Inc production rates. Do you think that Apple will try and file a law suit for "stealing their iPad idea"? Also what is different from Samsung's product and the iPad? Is it anything very original that would make customers want to buy it?
ReplyDeleteI don't believe Apple will not try to file a law suit. In the telecommunications market we see innovations every now and then and the only way to keep up in competition is launching the same product. Off course it was Apple's idea but the other companies are just trying not to fall back and some are even modifying the tablet trend. For instance, RIM will introduce a new tablet in the first quarter of 2011 but one that has cameras and a software that will make it 'more powerful'. However, this is the only company I have heard that has tried something new in their tablet. I still wonder what is it that will make costumers prefer one tablet over the other?
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