Why Rugged Tablet Matters in era of Cloud Computing
In the industry of the Tablet PC OS market competition has just begun, then the chips do? Same. Despite Intel's previous market share in the embedded field as ARM processors, but Intel and Lenovo joint show at CES Atom processor-based, using the Android operating system K800 to give us some surprises - standby time of up to 14 days continuous recording time of up to 6 hours. In solving the power problem, which gives Intel cut Rugged Tablet PC, smart phone market offers the best opportunities. "The advantage of Intel and Microsoft, and now the PC side has a lot of applications, developers are already familiar with Wintel development environment." Such a software giant's executives said, "For developers, can be achieved in the PC end once developed, and the application can be deployed on all terminal devices. "Not only that, Intel is committed to the PC and mobile phones can interact, because Intel's mobile chip uses the same x86 architecture, and its communication with the PC than the ARM architecture advantages.
The CES conference in a large number of flat and ultra-pole of this launch, Microsoft's senior vice president of Microsoft Asia-Pacific R & D Group Chairman Dr. Zhang Yaqin, said that from the CES conference, you can see three major software platforms (Windows, iOS, Andriod) and two chip architecture (x86 and ARM) competition. Although the competition has become more intense, but in my opinion, the consumer market has been basically finalized Tablet PC, Apple's leadership is no doubt that other OS you want to comeback in this market, the difficulty is unusual. "In the consumer market, the application experience is the first one." Intel executives have told reporters that, "Apple Tablet PC touch experience is quite smooth, and the Android platform experience inconsistencies exist, which limits the Android platform development as the Windows family, its development is still based on the traditional ideological GUI interface, not the first one to touch as. "
So, does this mean that Android and Windows platforms in the enterprise market had no chance of it? On the contrary, the market has just started, and the force can not just apples and field. Or that Apple are not good fields. "In the terminal area, the basic pattern of the three systems has been fixed. Apple's iOS system, Google's Android system and Microsoft's Windows systems have their own characteristics. Apple created a closed ecosystem, and Google took to the open road. Microsoft in between, emphasizing the manageability of these three platforms have a variety of terminals, from smart phones, tablet PC to TV for full competition is very hard to accommodate a new platform to join and if someone tries to operate the system as a starting point to conduct business, it will be a very difficult process. "Dr. Zhang Yaqin said.
It is because of three OS vendors employ different strategies, which means they differ in enterprise applications prospects. "Now the industry, the tablet market is still in its infancy, although many companies have now developed on the iPAD applications, but these applications are mainly used to display charts, almost no practical use in industrial applications." "Intel Corporation executives said, "Therefore, in the Tablet PC industry application market, Windows, Android and other platforms have a very good chance.
"In the field of industrial applications, custom developed a device very common." Intel executives said, "In the medical industry, for example, is likely to customer equipment size, weight, radiation, etc. There are special requirements, and may also need to provide special terminal equipment and medical equipment for docking slot, which in tightly controlled Apple iPAD various hardware parameters, to complete this development is almost unthinkable in other words, Apple's success in the consumer market, can not be directly Copy to industry market when the Chinese come. "In contrast, Android platform is very open, hardware vendors can be based on customer's specific needs customized development, this flexibility is the Apple devices can not match. Similarly, the Microsoft platform also has a certain openness in the industry marketplace easier to obtain than the iOS market.
In the industry, the market, the more open the more flexible, Tablet PC OEM can play a greater space and more likely to succeed - in the year 2002, the then authorized a Palm PDA giants including HandSpring, Handera, Sony, etc. in Many within the OEM manufacturers from OEM manufacturers developed many industrial applications dedicated hardware in the industry, the market was a great success. In contrast, when Microsoft's PocketPC although also gained significant market share, but in industrial applications is still a gap with the Palm.
However, Microsoft and Intel want to come out on top in the industry application market, also need their own hard work. It is reported that Intel has begun planning the market force in the industry, for the industry, including: education, industry, the financial industry, medical industry and so on. "We are interested in the nature of industry application workload analysis, optimization, and then POC (proof of concept), then is the development of products and production. Currently, the first step we have underway." Intel executives said so.
