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Nielsen market recently published a report showed that Apple has replaced RIM becoming United States largest smartphone maker, and its research shows that iPhone smartphone market share is 28.6%, but RIM BlackBerry series mobile phones continue to be popular phone in US,  currently maintaining a market share of 17%. HTC is in the third place, Motorola and Samsung just take 10% market share.

Behringer, one audio device manufacturer, recently launched a iPod/iPhone/iPad wireless speaker system which support AirPlay. It’s one huge speaker with 2.4meters length and 1.2 meters height, weighing more than 300kg, the output power up to 10000W.

ChangeWave Research according to a new study, potential new users wanting to buy tablet, about 65% of the people who say they plan to buy iPad, iPad users satisfaction is as high as 74%. ChangeWave Research recently published in November for the United States consumer interest in buying a Tablet’s findings. ChangeWave Research from North America recover 3,043 survey asked a total ticket receipts, Amazon Kindle Fire potential users purchase rate of 22% and firmly holds a ranking second place Samsung Galaxy Tab ranks third with 4%.

ChangeWave Research findings show, November 14% of United States consumers interested in the next 90 days to buy media tablets, this proportion exceeds August survey of 6% of more than double this year, was 4% findings derived from the same period of last year’s three times more than doubled. The following table lists the recent trend of 13 consecutive months follow-up survey results:

In this 14% in the consumer’s plans to buy a tablet computer, 65% claim that the plan to buy iPad. ChangeWave Research: “Apple continues in the Tablet market has shown a very strong growth momentum. According to the survey results show that this season is the Apple Tablet sales best quarter since its sale. ”

However ChangeWave Research also points out that: “despite the figure as high as 65%, but since the iPad since listing, in which the results of the survey in a row for the first time in the second Tablet potential customers purchase rate reached double digits (Amazon Kindle Fire 22%). ”

Table lists on the survey ranking of the top three of the Tablet PC, iPad and Kindle Fire potential customers than the purchase rate of close to 3:1, Kindle Fire and Galaxy Tab potential customers purchase rate ratio is as high as 5.5:1. ChangeWave Research: “survey Tablet potential customers to buy other brand of rate does not exceed 1%. ”

ChangeWave Research pointed out that Apple completely dominated the Tablet market at present, but the release of Amazon Kindle Fire is a direct challenge to Apple. Although Kindle Fire may purchase rate in potential long-term lagging far behind the Apple iPad, but the first non-Apple Tablet iPad media on other manufacturers ‘ competitive advantage right away have emerged.

Possibility of consumers to buy Amazon Kindle Fire

Can be seen from the above table, in this 14% in the next 90 days to buy media tablets of United States consumers, 2% people have already booked a Kindle Fire, people with 5% “very likely” to buy Kindle Fire, another 12% were “considering” purchase Kindle Fire.

The survey was started, sent to the buyer until Amazon Kindle Fire tablets, and some analysts predict, this Christmas shopping season of the Amazon Kindle Fire sales of up to 5 million units.

ChangeWave Research report that, once the sale is good and the Amazon Kindle Fire would be “a heavy blow to the second Tablet manufacturers, including Motorola, RIM, Dell, HTC, HP and Toshiba.” Although the other tech companies are less likely to be consumers considered to be one of the areas of “second-tier manufacturers”, but in the iPad create a flat-screen TV market, they really and truly is the “second-tier manufacturers”, no matter how high their status in other markets.

ChangeWave Research Apple iPad so also faith rooted in iPad users satisfaction is far higher than other similar products. Through the table we can see that the November 74% iPad consumers surveyed expressed “very satisfied”, while other tablets product satisfaction is 49%. The results of this survey does not include Kindle Fire user, because the Kindle Fire has not yet been shipped to subscribers.

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iPad has been always one hot topic. Recently most attention has been attracted to next gen iPhone. One photo claiming to be iPad 3 prototype appeared online. There is one bulge in the bottom left. To be  honest, I suspect it’s one iPad prototype. I believe it may be one replica iPad by some small tablet computer maker in China. The bulge may be the net port.

My source told me iPad 3 will have higher resolution which may be 2048×1536 and wireless charging technology may be used in iPad 3.

IDC latest data shows in Q2/2011, Western Europe smartphone shipments has increased from 48% to 52% with 21.8 million units shipment. But the feature phones shipments has been reduced from 29% to 20.4 million units, with 48% market share.

It’s the first time for smart phone overtake feature phone in market share in Western Europe. Many Western Europe telecom companies have stopped providing subsidies to feature mobile phone buyers. Western Europe Q2 market share ranking data is listed below:

Samsung Smartphone (33%)

Nokia (21%)

Malic (11%)

HTC (7%)

RIM (7%).

New evidence suggests that Apple will add iCloud support through OS upgrade. Developers found in  one screenshot that Mac Panel features have been closed, replaced by a prompt asking to upgrade to iCloud that users need OS x 10.6.9 or higher version to run iCloud.

iCloud service allows iOS users to synchronize all kinds of information such as contacts, calendar, e-mail, music, application software, books, photos, video, device settings and application data, and maintain data synchronization between Mac and iOS devices.

Americans use about 290 million mobile phones, adults and children an average of 10 people have 9 phones. World States with phone up to China about 850 million. By capita, powers up are Russia and Italy, 1.47 phones per person, small States is Monte geluo and or regions most Hong Kong, respective 1.88 and 1.93 per person.

United States business mobile service now has 120 companies, large and small, transfer system based on GSM and CDMA-dominant, clusters, such as numbers, universal mobile, high speed downlink way some companies have already adopted. User difference is up to Verizon (101 million), AT&T (95 million), Sprint Nextel (48 million) and T-Mobile (34 million) and four other companies, some differences in charges for them, but are not significant. Below AT&T charges, for example to make a brief description.

AT&T Mobile services, divided into two broad categories of individuals and families plan. Personal plan monthly fee of US $ 39.99, United States territory of talk time for 450 minutes, every evening at 9 o’clock the next day, and 7 in the morning on weekends, statutory holidays 5,000 minutes free calling time, between the company’s mobile phone free, exceeds the limit of $ 0.45 per minute, if in the month for 450 minutes not used up, can accumulate to later use.

If you choose 900 minutes of call time per month, monthly fee increased to $ 59.99, unlimited calling for $ 69.99, both plans weekend and holiday calls are unlimited. If you want to put Canada include, 450 and 900 minute plan monthly fee increased to $ 20.

Family plan associated with the phone number, two numbers are two of the most commonly used mobile phones. Minimum talk time 550 minutes months costs $ 59.99, 700 minutes $ 69.99, unlimited call is $ 119.99. Each additional mobile phones and phone numbers, monthly fee increased to $ 9.99. Family planning can also accumulate extended use, weekends and holidays, as well as between the company calls free of charge.

When opened, to sign a two-year contract, early withdrawal penalty. Planned opening rate of $ 36, opening each additional cell phone family plan fee increase of $ 36.

Now more and more cell phones with data communication capabilities. If you just send text messages, 200 text messages monthly fee $ 5, $ 1500 article, unlimited sending and receiving text messages monthly fee $ 20. 3G/4G phone or 3G laptop, 3G network 3GB data transmission capacity of US $ 35, 5GB months for $ 60. 4G network is only one plan, 5GB monthly fee US $ 50.

Companies can offer both new people buy phones. For example, AT&T now on customer purchase iPhone3/8G price $ 49, $ 199 iPhone4/16G memory, 32G $ 299. Quite a number of mobile phones At a gift or very cheap, like Samsung quantum 3G Jack/3G 3G, LG, BlackBerry Pearl don’t want money or symbolically, a 1 penny. Course you not signing two year contract was out of the reach of this price. And Government taxes taking a generally is 350 dollars per month monthly fee plus tax money.

Companies particular populations often have promotions at different times or to cover diplomats now Leisure Club members joined a 15% discount AT&T and then.

My source told me that Apple may switch to Pegatron as its iPad 3 OEMer. Consider the former rumor that Pegatron already got 15 million iPhone 5 orders, it’s definitely one big challenge to Foxconn.

According to my source, iPad 3 will have 1080p high definition display. I haven’t got confirmed whether Pegatron is the exclusive manufacturer of iPad 3 or together with Foxconn.

Fujitsu CTO Joseph Reger said the Tablet PC is likely to replace traditional PC within the next five years.

Reger forecasted that tablet PCs such as iPad will erode PC sales, and in 2016 it will became the dominant device. Most users that create content important than the content consumer, desktop and notebook market, most business use only.

Reger believes that as prices drop, tablet PCs can be expensive to the user can have multiple models. Tablet PC will be the key to success is the application’s usability, Apple now has the advantage in its more than 10 million iPad native applications, Android, Blackberry, WebOS Tablet PC applications still far.

Fujitsu had been dependent on Microsoft’s serious, but now they have to break the routine, this summer launched the Android tablet. Fujitsu also suggests firms will shift away from notebook, or even the Windows trend.