Blackberry playbook begin to threaten Android

International Data Corp. research institute. (IDC) reveals that the tablet computer market is growing with a significant trend. IDC projected, until the end of 2011, approximately 62.5 million units of tablet PCs will be sold.

This figure is a correction from a previous prediction that only reached 53.5 million units. This situation has led to intense competition between products. Android-based computer sales began to be threatened by the presence of BlackBerry products output, Playbook.

In its report, IDC said, there are 13.6 million units of tablet computers that are marketed in the second quarter. This figure rose 303.8 percent compared with same period in 2010, and rose 88.9 percent compared with first quarter 2011.

During the quarter, Apple managed to sell 9.25 million iPad. And at the end of the second quarter of 2011, the company has mastered the 68.3 percent global market share of tablet PCs. Rose from 65.7 percent in the previous quarter. What about Android?

Android-based tablet PC market has decreased from 34 percent in the first quarter to 26.8 percent in the second quarter. The main reason is the presence of RIM's Playbook which immediately took over the 4.9 percent global market share of tablet PCs.

Intel and Microsoft
The main players in the PC industry, namely Intel and Microsoft are also working to re-present influence in the tablet market. At the Intel Developer Forum last, they have introduced a 10.1-inch tablet, reinforced coded name Medfield Atom processor and uses the Android operating system 3.0 Honeycomb.

Quoted from Computex, 26 September 2011, Intel claims, To consume low power processor that he has made is ideal for a segment of the tablet and smartphone devices.

Build on the conference, Microsoft announced that the upcoming Windows 8 will feature a touch screen. In a demonstration, Microsoft is using a Samsung tablet that can be controlled using a finger, just like on a smartphone or tablet PC's.

In addition, Microsot mention, they make the operating system is also designed so that a number of separate applications to work together and synchronize files from a variety of devices based on Windows 8.

Looking ahead, in an increasingly tight market, on the one hand, competition will occur between Intel, ARM, and Nvidia, as well as Microsoft, Apple, Google and RIM on the other side