A Lot Of Kindling
Google and Amazon are now locked in a hardware battle. Soon Microsoft will enter the fray, also peddling its own hard goods.
Pretty amazing really.
Yes - they are three of the biggest "hardware" companies in terms of the server market, but they have never ever before been "hardware" companies in any traditional sense of the word.
But now, with dueling 7' and larger tablets - these companies are taking each other on.
All want to dethrone Apple and be the go to source for your content. All want to offer customers a seamless integrated experience.
From my perspective? This is awesome. These companies are throwing huge money behind getting me cheaper tablets with better specs. The maturation of this market has been mindblowing. What was a good tablet only two years ago is now is now totally out of date. At the same time, what was a good laptop two years ago is now... a good laptop. Intel pushing out new chips and the upcoming release of Win8 might change that a bit - but honestly it looks to me as though Win8 without a touchscreen will be a lot like Win7... which I liked less than XP Pro SP3. So... my desktop and netbook will still be running XP Pro for the foreseeable future.
But the big news here? Software is only as good as the hardware which delivers it - and the big software and content players have to compete in hardware to make sure their customers get the best service from their ecosystem.
It's a great time to be a consumer. As someone who currently owns more tablets, computers and phones than any one human can possibly use, I'm loving it.
Pretty amazing really.
Yes - they are three of the biggest "hardware" companies in terms of the server market, but they have never ever before been "hardware" companies in any traditional sense of the word.
But now, with dueling 7' and larger tablets - these companies are taking each other on.
All want to dethrone Apple and be the go to source for your content. All want to offer customers a seamless integrated experience.
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| At the same time... every tablet looks identical... |
From my perspective? This is awesome. These companies are throwing huge money behind getting me cheaper tablets with better specs. The maturation of this market has been mindblowing. What was a good tablet only two years ago is now is now totally out of date. At the same time, what was a good laptop two years ago is now... a good laptop. Intel pushing out new chips and the upcoming release of Win8 might change that a bit - but honestly it looks to me as though Win8 without a touchscreen will be a lot like Win7... which I liked less than XP Pro SP3. So... my desktop and netbook will still be running XP Pro for the foreseeable future.
But the big news here? Software is only as good as the hardware which delivers it - and the big software and content players have to compete in hardware to make sure their customers get the best service from their ecosystem.
It's a great time to be a consumer. As someone who currently owns more tablets, computers and phones than any one human can possibly use, I'm loving it.
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