Apple will continue to dominate the tablet market

Higher price  - we like to see tablets undercut the iPad whenever possible, and a price bump for the entry iPad would make that a lot easier. While an Android fan wouldn’t hesitate to drop $500 on a Transformer Prime or cube u9gt2 Galaxy Tab 10.1, it’s a lot harder for a more typical consumer to make that call – the Reality distortion Field at work. Android manufacturers can already undercut Apple if they want, but all too often they don’t. We’re looking at you, Galaxy Tab 7.7. What Android really needs is cube u10gt2 Apple-style deals with carriers that don’t require a contract, just like iPad 2 has with AT&T and Verizon. People want mobile broadband connections on their tablets – what they don’t want is yet another two-year contract.

128GB capacity - Apple tends to deal a lot less in the cloud than Google, which makes a lot of sense ramos w6hd considering the two company’s histories. An upgrade to the current 64GB iPad model would be impressive – but from an Android perspective, not overly utilitarian. I’ve never filled up my Galaxy Nexus’ 32GB capacity, and likely never will, thanks to Google Music. Apple has some great onda vi40 elite (strong-armed) deals with flash memory providers, which should ensure   they get a pretty good deal on high-capacity chips. But it’s nothing you can’t replicate with a MicroSD card, for a lot less money. and the chances of the iPad 3 having external storage are basically nil.

LTE – Please. Welcome to 2011, Apple.

Regardless of what comes out of San Francisco tomorrow, Apple will continue to dominate the tablet market, at least for the short term. The typical sales bump means that’l probably continue into the summer. But android tablets are catching up fast, just as Android smartphones did a couple of years ago Zenithink C91 – 40% of new sales already. Expect Android to be even with the iPad in terms of new devices sold by Christmas. If Apple doesn’t sue the free market into oblivion first.

If for some reason you’re an Android fan for phone and an Apple fan for tablets… shame on you. Even so, gooapple phone check out our sister site SlashGear’s coverage. Android 4.0 Tablet PC They’ll be live at the Apple event starting at 10:00 AM Pacific time.