The designer of the iPad (ARM CEO, Warren East) has denied that the new Intel tablet poses any threat to Apple’s world-famous iPad. He believes the iPad will continue to achieve more success than others, because of the overall quality of the device.
It is expected that sales of tablets could jump to 60 million by next year. Most of these would contain ARM chips, the chips part of the iPad.
East concluded that a few models of those 60 million would use Intel's Atom processor, but doubted that they would be successful. He things that the power consumption for the chip of “Atom” is not enough. East also stated that Intel knows this
Apple’s iPad is dominating the sales of tablets sold all over the world. The numbers truly show that. The iPad made up 95% of all sales for tablets last year. The other included Samsung, and other no-name brands (not that Samsung is no-name).
According to East, the Consumer Electronics Show expects a flurry of tablets to start the year. He expects many companies to compete by adding something onto the market. Companies have rushed to develop competing tablets after seeing the runaway success of the iPad. Last month, one analyst stated that the iPad had the fastest consumer adoption rate for any device ever made.
East wasn’t optimistic about it completely. He understood that customers’ reluctance to spend this year will most likely bring a change to the sales, but they shouldn’t go down. He states, “You can’t avoid that. It’s like the weather.” That is true. There could be a storn spurring up for Apple though. Even though, Apple believes there is no threat, Intel does pose an obvious threat due to their phenomenal processors.
