iPad Still King After CES 2011

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has come and gone, leaving the memory of a slew of wannabe “iPad killers.” While some did garner a bit of media coverage, Wall Street analysts are not impressed—and expect the iPad to retain its dominance of the tablet market.

Tablet computers were the big story at CES 2011, but will the hype translate into sales? Several Wall Street analysts don’t think so. Mark Moskowitz of J.P. Morgan and his team predict that the iPad will hold on to over 60% of the tablet market through 2012, and thinks competitors have some “catching up” to do.
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CES: Motorola reveals iPad-rival Xoom

Motorola today revealed its new Android-based Xoom tablet, which the company hopes will dethrone Apple's iPad in this fast-growing market segment.

The Xoom betters the iPad in some ways--it comes standard with front- and rear-facing cameras, including one that can record in HD, compared with none in the current version of the iPad. It also boasts a larger screen with a higher resolution, supports Adobe Flash, and uses Verizon's network instead of AT&T's.

It will become the first device to run the latest version of Google's Android operating system, known as Honeycomb. The operating system supports multitasking and has been designed explicitly for tablets.
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Mobile App Revenues expected to surpass $35 billion in 2014

International Data Corporation predicts that the number of mobile application downloads worldwide will grow from 10.9 billion in 2010 to 76.9 billion in 2014. The market intelligence company also anticipates mobile app revenues will surpass $35 billion in 2014.

IDC’s findings are based on company financials, product announcements and its quarterly survey of the Appcelerator mobile developer base.

Based on its research, the organization expects accelerated growth in the mobile apps market as even more applications make their way to tablets, Internet()-connected TVs and other devices in the years ahead.

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