July 2010

Author: Taqiyyah Shakirah Dawud
Published: July 2010
Pages: 96
Pricing:

Single-user License: $ 695 USD
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Keywords: Apple iPad, Apple, wireless communications, Wi-Fi, 3G, Bluetooth, EDR technology, connectivity, wireless, communication, technology, development, applications, cloud computing, telecommunications, next generation networks, broadband, m-commerce, mobile marketing, HTML 5.0, SWOT analysis, education applications, business applications, consumer communications

Overview:

The Apple iPad is an innovative computing tablet that is expected to cause a substantial ripple in information technology in the area of notebooks and wireless communications. Its allure lies in its technological innovations, purported to provide the ultimate web and computing experience in a simple, portable package. Brand loyalty among Apple customers will certainly make up the bulk of initial sales, and the innovative design will lure many new customers, but will the iPad redefine computing and telecommunication standards sufficiently to garner a following of investors and IT developers, or does Apple's initial success represent an unsustainable spike in sales?

Key Benefits:

Discover the actual utilities and possibilities of the wireless and other technological innovations of the Apple iPad. Use social and economic market trends as guides for development, and anticipate industry opportunities as applicable.

Questions Answered in Report:

• What makes the iPad unique among recent Apple products and other tablets on the market?
• In which areas can the wireless communications and IT industries take advantage of development opportunities?
• How do market analyses apply to these industries?
• Should these industries anticipate further iPad and "iPad-like" innovations in the near future?

Table of Contents:

1 Mobile Internet today

• 1.1 Wireless technology in notebooks

• 1.2 Wireless technology in recent Apple products other than notebooks
  2 What is the Apple iPad?

• 2.1 What makes the Apple iPad stand out from current products including the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch?

• 2.2 Innovations

• 2.2.1 Advantages

• 2.2.2 Disadvantages and Complaints

• 2.2.3 Expected improvements

• 2.2.4 Unaddressed functionalities

• 2.2.5 Other Current and Soon-to-Be-Available Tablets: Competition for the iPad?

• 2.2.6 eReaders and the iPad

• 3 iPad Applications

• 3.1 Technical considerations

• 3.2 Existing applications

• 3.2.1 For business use

• 3.2.2 For education use

• 3.2.3 For consumer use

• 3.3 Telecommunications and the iPad

• 3.3.1 Carriers

• 3.3.2 Next Generation Networks

• 3.3.3 Mobile Marketing

• 4 Market trends and forecasts

• 4.1 iPad Sales Projections

• 4.2 iPad Impact on Notebooks, Netbooks, and Smartphones

• 4.3 iPad Market Impact on eReaders

• 4.4 iPad Market Impact On Networks

• 5 Future of the future

• 5.1 Future of Mobile Computing

• 5.2 Future of Networks

• 6 Other Considerations

• 6.1 The "Walled Garden"

• 6.2 Cloud Computing: Android-Apple Wars

• 6.3 Network Neutrality

• 6.4 Global economy and consumer spending

• 7 Conclusion

• 8 References