As was the case in January last year, the rumour mill is quite fixated on tablet PCs. While the kindle fire has made good in roads in to breaking Apple's strangle hold of to be fair the Apple created market (in the US only). The rumoured immanent release of the iPad 3 may go somewhere to reversing the slide.
The iPad 3 is apparently already in production, so we shouldn't have any worries of no UK release (subtle dig at Amazon). First rumours on the specs are that it will boast a screen with a retina like 2048x1536 resolution, a quad core processor and the ever elusive micro sd extension slot.
Also the rumoured google tablet. This may be a true google product or a nexus styled re badge. It seems that corporate Google are laying heavy hints but the manufacturing arm is denying which suggests the re badge. Details are that it will be a small tablet and retail for around $200. Which sets it as a direct kindle fire competitor.
I've got to say i'm more open to the idea of the tablet than i was this time last year. Mobile media has become such an important part of everyone's life and a tablet is by far the best way to consume it. I've not decided if i should wait for the iPad 3, Kindle Fire (sigh) or the google tablet, or if i should grab the excellent Motorola xoom right now.
Decisions decisions.
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