Blackberry Playbook Notebook And 5 Major Competitors

By Author: John Mark
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Research in Motion Limited (RIM), one of the leading BlackBerry Smartphone manufacturers announced the launch of its much anticipated product, BlackBerry PlayBook tablet on September 27th 2010. It is also known as BlackBerry BlackPad (Cobalt) that offers full OpenGL and POSIX support alongside web standards such as HTML5. It is powered by the recently acquired QNX operating system.
It is observed that although this product is one of the most powerful tablets with an outstanding technology, there are a few competitors who are gaining an edge over the product. Thus, it is very difficult to presume whether BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet would be a smashing hit in the market.
Let us check some of the similar products offered by the competitors here:
iOS: iOS, introduced by Apple, is one of the most praised operating systems in the Consumer-focused smart phones market. Being associated with the brand name of iTunes AppStore gives an edge to iOS in creating a large customer base and thus, increase its visibility in the ...
... market.
Android: Google is planning to launch a tablet version of Android in the near future. Although Android is not scheduled to be launched with larger screens and higher screen resolution on tablets in near future, Google has started working on tablet-optimized version of Android. The Android OS consists of an impressive list of mobile applications but has not rolled out an integrated distribution and payment platform for apps and media.
MeeGo: Intel and Nokia have entered into a joint venture wherein both the organizations will harness their competencies. Intel wishes its chips in the tablets and Nokia wants a platform for high-end devices. If things fall into perspective, MeeGo would help Nokia's plan to enter the U.S. Smartphone market early next year.
webOS: HP owns Palm and thus, their webOS. WebOS can be considered as one of the major competitors of BlackBerry PlayBook and has the potential to threaten the position of BlackBerry Playbook in the market. HP having sufficient resources to market webOS can give a tough competition to iPad and BlackBerry.
Windows: When we talk about technology, the very first name that comes to our mind is Microsoft. Although Microsoft did not show much interest in the mobile market earlier, they have rectified their mistake with the decision to launch a completely improvised Windows 7 platform. It is very difficult to gauge the outcome of Windows Phone 7 in the market, as WP7 isn't free and that might have an effect on its acceptance in the market.
Having glanced at the list of competitors, we can surely say that BlackBerry is going to face a very tough battle with some of the competitors mentioned above. But we need to wait to see how the brand performs as they have a very limited customer base. And so, at this point of time the launch of PlayBook can play a very crucial role.
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