[/caption]You didn’t expect the competitors to sit idly by and let Apple get all the “shine” from its iPad, especially when it is a lucrative venture, did you?
As a matter of full disclosure, I do not own any of Apple’s technology, but I am always fascinated with the advent of new technologies and how they affect our way of life. For example, I would watch a movie and picture how the script would have been different, just a few years ago, without the advents like Apple’s iPhone.
To get back on point, the Associated Press is reporting that Cisco Systems, the net-working equipment behemoth, has announced that it has been building its version of a tablet, the Cius, to rival Apple’s iPad.
Cisco said that it has been working on the Cius for over a year, and that there are going to be marked differences from Apple’s iPad. The Cius will have a 7-inch screen, making it smaller and lighter than the iPad; two cameras, facing both toward and away from the user; and an exciting videoconferencing feature.
The Cius will run Google Inc.'s Android software competing with Apple's iPhone. Android phones haven't been embraced by corporations, which usually prefer the security offered by Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry.
According to Barry O'Sullivan, senior vice president of Cisco's Voice Technology, Cisco's goal is to make the Cius as "IT friendly" as possible, giving information technology departments wide control over what applications get installed on the devices.
The tablet will come with the ability to connect to Wi-Fi hot spots and cellular broadband networks. Cisco is also in the early stages of procuring the services of six phone companies around the world, who could provide service for the Cius.
The Cius is expected to be sold for less than a $1,000.
Pursuing such an endeavor seems to be a seamless symmetry, and if Cisco, with its Cius, could secure a percentage of Apple’s sales in this niche area, it would be yet another revenue stream for the networking company.
@Verily Prime I look forward to seeing a competitor to Apple's astonishingly popular tablet, but please, it undermines the legitimacy of your article when you incorrectly and inconsistently label iDevices as, "I-pad,I-phone,I-Phone" etc. Per Apple's most recent 10-Q, their "products and services include the Mac® line of desktop and portable computers, iPhone®, iPad™, the iPod® line of portable digital music and video players." Please, for the sake of the humanity, give your articles a sanity check.
ردحذفPersonally, I liked the subversion.
ردحذفPersonally, I think no real keyboard degrades the utility of these fashion devices.
ردحذفPeople can look like they are tech savvy, I am tech savvy and more productive with my light laptop.