Best Buy reportedly said that stores with iPads for sale has managed to cannibalized up to 50% of notebook sales and even managed to impact tv sales as well.
The iPad is pretty awesome as a device regardless which mobile platform you prefer and, soon enough, WebOs, Android, and even Windows 7 tablets will flood the market in 2011.
I think with all these tablets to choose from, I think I can boldly predict tablets will take about 50% of all notebook sales in 2011 and much after that.
But there will always be a market for laptops just as there will always be users who only need a regular cell phone without all the bells and whistles of an iPhone or Blackberry.
Plus, laptops are more functional than tablets and will remain so for a long time.
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Thursday, September 16, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
MegaPower: Is US-Sino Merger Inevitable Like The Alliance In Firefly?
For those who are fans of Firefly, you'll notice that some of the characters mumble through their lines, making it hard to understand what they are saying. No, it's not that they're bad actors. I think the crew of Firefly offered a great group dynamics.
No mumbling by the cast of Firefly. They're speaking Chinese. Why? Well, a true Firefly fan would know that. For the rest of the world, I'll tell you why.
In the future, according to Joss Wheaton's version anyway, The world is dominated by the two remaining superpowers left, US and China. Together, they created the Alliance. Oh, hey, kinda like now, right? Well, except for the Alliance part. That's not going to happen. Right? Right?
Well..maybe it might. The underlings of Washington and eunuch-wannabes of Beijing would have us think that the might of the US will come to blows with the awakened Chinese dragon. After all, there are periodic snipping and words from hardliners from both side.
War, as they say, is bad for business. Perhaps, the best way to best the other guy is to cooperate with him. Create a partnership or co-dependence so that any kind of conflict would not be acceptable.
Well, isn't that already happen? US owes China a couple of trillions while US provides a global political and economic stability that China needs to operate in.
President Obama, in a speech today, urge the US and China to work together to promote free trade. To be sure, there are issues that needs to be worked out. Yuan valuation. Trade barriers. Economic and political skirmishes being fought through proxy nations and corporations.
But once the US and China work their ways through this tough period, they will realize, more than ever, that they need each. Together, they are stronger.
Let me provide you with another reason. The United States and China are more alike in this aspect than not. Americans don't like others telling us what to do. Folks barely tolerate Washington and globalization will bring in political and economic pressures that we aren't going to like too much.
The Chinese people likely feel the same but for different reasons. Capitulating to a foreign power just isn't in the cards these day. Nationalism, for better or worse, is strong in China.
However, the Chinese people will tolerate partnerships and cooperations. As will Americans.
Does this necessarily mean a mega-merger of US and China like the Alliance in the Firefly universe is bound to happen? Not necessarily.
I'm sure European, Russian, and various regional powers will have a lot to say about this. But for "don't tread on me" America and "never again" China, working together to dominate global politics and economy is a better alternative than any visions of a new world order or a structure where they are just one of many.
I'm not advocating anything here. I was watching a news clip of President Obama's speech about cooperation with the Chinese and converting my Firefly DVDs into digital copies. So I put the two together and came up with this fun post.
If you think you can find a similar plausible Alliance with other global powers, I love to read or hear about it. But please, nothing about vampires or werewolves. Or Orcs. This is strictly a human-versus-human affair.
-- Post From My iPad
No mumbling by the cast of Firefly. They're speaking Chinese. Why? Well, a true Firefly fan would know that. For the rest of the world, I'll tell you why.
In the future, according to Joss Wheaton's version anyway, The world is dominated by the two remaining superpowers left, US and China. Together, they created the Alliance. Oh, hey, kinda like now, right? Well, except for the Alliance part. That's not going to happen. Right? Right?
Well..maybe it might. The underlings of Washington and eunuch-wannabes of Beijing would have us think that the might of the US will come to blows with the awakened Chinese dragon. After all, there are periodic snipping and words from hardliners from both side.
War, as they say, is bad for business. Perhaps, the best way to best the other guy is to cooperate with him. Create a partnership or co-dependence so that any kind of conflict would not be acceptable.
Well, isn't that already happen? US owes China a couple of trillions while US provides a global political and economic stability that China needs to operate in.
President Obama, in a speech today, urge the US and China to work together to promote free trade. To be sure, there are issues that needs to be worked out. Yuan valuation. Trade barriers. Economic and political skirmishes being fought through proxy nations and corporations.
But once the US and China work their ways through this tough period, they will realize, more than ever, that they need each. Together, they are stronger.
Let me provide you with another reason. The United States and China are more alike in this aspect than not. Americans don't like others telling us what to do. Folks barely tolerate Washington and globalization will bring in political and economic pressures that we aren't going to like too much.
The Chinese people likely feel the same but for different reasons. Capitulating to a foreign power just isn't in the cards these day. Nationalism, for better or worse, is strong in China.
However, the Chinese people will tolerate partnerships and cooperations. As will Americans.
Does this necessarily mean a mega-merger of US and China like the Alliance in the Firefly universe is bound to happen? Not necessarily.
I'm sure European, Russian, and various regional powers will have a lot to say about this. But for "don't tread on me" America and "never again" China, working together to dominate global politics and economy is a better alternative than any visions of a new world order or a structure where they are just one of many.
I'm not advocating anything here. I was watching a news clip of President Obama's speech about cooperation with the Chinese and converting my Firefly DVDs into digital copies. So I put the two together and came up with this fun post.
If you think you can find a similar plausible Alliance with other global powers, I love to read or hear about it. But please, nothing about vampires or werewolves. Or Orcs. This is strictly a human-versus-human affair.
-- Post From My iPad
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Google Offers 1GB of Online Storage for Docs Users
Google is adding a new feature to Docs by allowing users to upload more files and bigger sizes. Up until the last year, we're all limited to what we can upload.
Soon, Docs users can store up to 1GB of data for free. Google's hope is that this will facilitate file sharing and collaboration. I imagine Google will allow users to increase the size of the storage through added paid service or Google will simple allow uesrs to use up their e-mail allotted storage space.
After all, 1GB is hardly enough. I get 2GB with Dropbox. Google also imposes 250MB limit per file upload.
This is a part of Google's vast cloud computing strategy as well as what they've got planned for the Chrome and Android OS. Safe bet is that Android and Chrome OS will eventually merge into a singular OS for mobile devices like phones, slates, and netbooks.
Alternatively, there are other online storages that are available. I'll get into that at a later time but Dropbox quickly comes to mind as I've been using it for a better part of a year now.
Also, if you're a MobileMe user, you already know you get quite a bit of space with iDisk from Apple.
And if you're a Windows user, give Microsoft's SkyDrive a try if you like 25GB of free storage.
Though not available yet, Google will roll out the new service in the coming weeks.
More at Arstechnica.
Soon, Docs users can store up to 1GB of data for free. Google's hope is that this will facilitate file sharing and collaboration. I imagine Google will allow users to increase the size of the storage through added paid service or Google will simple allow uesrs to use up their e-mail allotted storage space.
After all, 1GB is hardly enough. I get 2GB with Dropbox. Google also imposes 250MB limit per file upload.
This is a part of Google's vast cloud computing strategy as well as what they've got planned for the Chrome and Android OS. Safe bet is that Android and Chrome OS will eventually merge into a singular OS for mobile devices like phones, slates, and netbooks.
Alternatively, there are other online storages that are available. I'll get into that at a later time but Dropbox quickly comes to mind as I've been using it for a better part of a year now.
Also, if you're a MobileMe user, you already know you get quite a bit of space with iDisk from Apple.
And if you're a Windows user, give Microsoft's SkyDrive a try if you like 25GB of free storage.
Though not available yet, Google will roll out the new service in the coming weeks.
More at Arstechnica.
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