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Apple is known for their quality products
ranging from their tiny iPod
Shuffle to large iMac desktop and TV systems. Most
consumers do not have any doubt of quality when buying Apple products however,
the unmarked territory of the iPad is different for there is no other like
products to compare it with. Apple has made a reputation of delivering quality
products with hefty price tags however, the iPad is a way to get computer-like
functions and abilities in a product priced just under $500 dollars. The
iPad is marketed by Apple as "the best way to experience the web, email,
and video." Steve
Jobs, CEO of Apple, once said, "“we don’t know how to make a
$500 computer that’s not a piece of junk.” Well obviously he has disproved that
statement with the upcoming arrival of the iPad. The iPad runs programs,
games, has email ability, internet browser access, and comes with a sleek
screen and keyboard. Those features pretty much sums up what qualifies as
a computer to most people. Its
size, low entry price point, ease of use, functionality, and portability make it
strong potential candidate for use by enterprise customers. It’s not hard to imagine a host of enterprise
software that can be written for this device that will usher it into the
enterprise world.
The one drawback of the iPad at this point is the lack of Apps that work with
this new technology however; Apple has developed iWork apps for the iPad and
will most likely utilize these enterprise apps in the not too distant future.
This new technology from Apple will definitely have an effect on enterprise
customers as well as consumers in 2010. The
iPad will weigh heavily on their competitors such as Amazon's Kindle and Barnes
and Noble's "Nook" just like the iPhone did when it went
after the smartphone market. Gaming is also going to be a large market
for the iPad with it's very powerful, technically advanced, and uber competent
platform.
Related
Link:
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/features/article.php/3861946/iPad-Could-Grab-Huge-Share-of-the-Enterprise