When detailing the financial results of Apple for the past quarter, Tim Cook also spoke about the future of tablets and other similar devices. He seems to think that the day when the tablet market will surpass the PC market is close. With devices with as the Amazon Kindle Fire being priced at $200 and the likes of the iPad becoming school gear, it’s only a matter of time till everyone on the globe has a slate…
Also, the iPad 3 should come this year and generate more hype, fans and adopters. iPad sales were at 15.4 million units over the last quarter, which is the population of a medium level country or maybe a metropolis city. A total of 55 million iPads were sold since the launch of the tablet in 2010 and if this keeps up, notebooks and laptops will be surpassed in a matter of months. The iPad evolution even surprises Apple CEO Tim Cook, who predicted that the slates will take over the PC segment.
He even said that the iPad is cannibalizing Mac sales, but Windows PC sales are taking a bigger hit. Cook also hinted at the Amazon Kindle Fire, saying that tablets with limited functions won’t be as popular as full fledged tablet PCs with all the functionality needed to replace a PC. The CEO defined the iPad as a general purpose device, not just a limited one for media consumption, which is a clear reference to the Kindle Fire. With Honeycomb being so poor and the Android quad core units not looking so impressive right now, Apple has all the odds in favor to rule the tablet market for another year or two and maybe someday the entire PC market…
