Tablets vs Ultra Notebooks

Today tablets are one of the most fast growing technologies in the market for every IT company. As you all are familiar with the iPad's the most popular tablet out in the market which runs on a iOS. The demand of iPad is growing way faster than one can imagine. Furthermore, there is a recent report on Apple iPad which states that company is about to ship 20 million iPad 2 in Q3 this year. This fast growing technology has been adopted in the board room of some companies today. Whereas on the other hand some say that iPad is not just enough for their companies employees. It does not consolidate all the capabilities that a normal employee would need from such device. However, due to its growing demand in the market many companies have started mimicking this apple product which runs on the Android as their main OS for the device. Since Android is open source OS it is much more convenient for companies to install this OS in their mimicked tablets. Adding to that Android is also a popular OS in the cell phone market. Users who are familiar with Android and think that Android can do better for their work environment will definitely invest into one of these tablets which are not made by Apple. Not only that people will also be able to see the cost difference between two and get them at a low cost with same features as apple.

Now on the other hand Intel is investing 300 billion dollars into the companies who are inventing new technologies. Recently, Asus UX2100 announced which is a 2.4 pounds Ultra Notebook with an 11.4 inch display and could run up to a Core i7 processor in an Ultra thin design. The first set of Ultra Notebook is expected to go on sale during end of this year. Isn't that Amazing!

I have recently seen a video showing these types of Ultra Notebooks based on Intel chips. I believe that these will be a huge blast which could blow away this tablet market. This prediction is based on whole outlook. Things you can do with a tablet and an Ultra Notebook. I think that Ultra Notebook will have more processing power, longer battery life, very light in weight, and will be able handle most business applications such as MSOffice 2010, Quick Books, etc. As far as I know these tablets can't run these applications in real time. Yes, you can run it using virtual environment but then you would have to rely on an internet connection.