Tablet Race Heats Up,Apple May Go Small


iPad Mini???? 7.9" -screen a good size for purses,say analyst

The tech companies are at again-trying to catch the blockbuster iPad in a race to win the tablet market.
Google on Friday began shipping its Nexus 7,which is smaller and less expensive than Apple’s iPad and is meant to complete with both that device and Amazon’s Kindle Fire.

This summer,Microsoft announced thatit would create its own tablet,Surface.And Amazon is working on its new version of Kindl Fire,with a larger display,that could complete more directly with the iPad,according to a developer who briefed on Amazon plan who did not to be identified.Anayst also believe that the analysts also updating Kindle Fire. Drew Herdener, an Amazon spokeman,declined to comment.Apple is hardly about to cede ground.



The company is developing a new tablet with a 7.9-inch screen that is likely to sell for significantly less the latest $ 499 iPad,with its 9.7 inch display,according to several people with knowledge of the project who declined to be named.The product is expected to be announced this year.Natalie Kerris,an Apple spokeswoman,declined to comment.

Apple’s plan for the tablet with a smaller screen with a smaller screen is part of a business strategy:to lure customers who want different sizes of tablet into iPad product family,say anayst and the technology industry executives.

The strategy may include device with different prices and functions tailored to various uses,they say.The idea is to Apple solidify its dominance in the field of iPad even if the richest companies in the tech business  are trying to are trying to flank Apple

Source:Hindustan Times

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