Friday 8 April 2011

Top 5 iPad Competitors

Ipad 2     Price USD $ 499       



A large, high-resolution LED-backlit IPS display. An incredibly responsive Multi-Touch screen. And an amazingly powerful Apple-designed chip. All in a design thats thin and light enough to take anywhere. iPad isnt just the best device of its kind. Its a whole new kind of device.

Hewlett Packard (HP) Slate    Price USD $ 499  


The Slate is a new addition to HP’s growing list of portable touch devices. The tablet PC was announced at CES 2010 and will be available in the second half of 2010 for under $1000. It is quite similar to the iPad in terms of appearance (8.9-inch screen) with multi-touch capabilities and a Windows 7 operating system. The HP Slate will focus on content consumption such as games, e-books, music, videos, Web browsing and offer Flash support. Other features include active digitizer with pen support, front Webcam, rear camera, Wi-Fi, USB 2.0 and Bluetooth.

Archos 5 Internet Tablet   Price USD $ 449   




The ARCHOS 5 Internet tablet is a 5″ tablet computer with screen resolution of 800×400 which boasts of being “probably the best piece of hardware on the market to surf the web on the go”. The device is available in the market now and works with several different operating systems such as Android, Linux and Windows 7. It uses the ARM Cortex Superscaler processor to boost speed and can connect to Wifi-N networks or tether via Bluetooth® to a 3G phone. Other Web related features include WebRadio, Email and online videos. .

Panasonic Toughbook H1 Field   Price USD $ 3,379  


Panasonic describes its new Toughbook H1 Field as “the industry’s most rugged handheld tablet PC” and only few would dispute it. The device is rugged and designed for mobile users. It has a 10.4″ sunlight-viewable screen and sealed all-terrain design. Designed with a magnesium allow internal frame, the Panasonic Toughbook H1 Field can  survive a 6 ft drop. Other features include, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth® and optional Gobi™ mobile broadband support, in addition to fast charging hot-swappable twin batteries for maximum up-time, optional integrated GPS and SmartCard reader. It uses the Windows 7 operating system, comes with a stylish handle and is not very cheap with the base model selling for

                                                                           INotion Ink Adam Tablet   

 Price USD $      






  • $375.33 (LCD screen + Wi-Fi only)








  • $425.33 (LCD screen + Wi-Fi + 3G)








  • $499.45 (Pixel Qi screen + Wi-Fi only)








  • $549.99 (Pixel Qi screen + Wi-Fi + 3G)














  • The Notion Ink Adam tablet will give any tablet a run for its money with its 180 degree swivel camera, Pixel Qi transflective display and dual-core ARM CORTEX-AP MPCORE processor when it is launched. It currently runs on Android 2.1 and has a 10-inch transflective LCD screen, resolution of 1024×600, an e-book client, WiFi, 3G and multi-touch support.