Apple is the big dog at present, but Samsung looks like it's intent on making a mark in 2011. Will it be able to face up to the might of Apple? Published on May 6, 2011 As we all know, Apple is the biggest name around when it comes to technology – especially when it comes to mobile phones and tablets.The iPhone and the iPad have both revolutionised handheld devices and for a long time it hasn’t looked like anybody would be able to hang on to the coattails of Steve Jobs and co.But wait just one moment. Samsung has just set the bar for 2011 very high with the Galaxy S2, and has made Apple’s job at least a little more difficult.The iPhone 5 looks likely to arrive in September at the earliest, but it has to make a big step up from the iPhone 4 to compete with the Galaxy S2.In terms of tablets, the situation is reversed. The iPad 2 was released to a big fuss in March and has been widely considered to be the best tablet around. Samsung has the Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 10.1 due out this year, so it will be interesting to see what Samsung can do to try and rival the iPad 2.The original Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab battled against the iPhone and iPad the first time around without too much success. Samsung will be hoping its second attempt will bring a little more joy. But is this likely?PhonesApple, of course, has the ubiquitous iPhone, with the iPhone 4 being the current model. The iPhone, and its iOS platform, has been popular since it was initially released.The Retina Display is still considered the finest around even after a year too, which is no mean feat when you consider the introduction of qHD displays and Super AMOLED PLUS.However, the Samsung Galaxy S2 has arrived this last week, and from our review you can see that we seriously love it.The LG Optimus 2X may have been the first dual-core smartphone, but if we’re being honest it didn’t excite us a great deal. Certainly not in the way that Samsung’s first dual-core device has done anyway.Speed has increased as you would expect especially given Samsung’s decision to change the power of the dual-core processor from 1GHz to 1.2GHz at the last minute.Not only that, but Samsung has also improved on its own screen technology with Super Amoled Plus display. The 8-megapixel camera also puts the iPhone into the shade, and even the contentious subject of Android skins doesn’t pose a problem with an updated version of Samsung’s TouchWiz 4.0.In short, the Galaxy S2 is not just here to make up the numbers, it means business.So with the Apple iPhone 5 due out sometime later in the year, is it likely to take over the Galaxy S2 in the race for phone of the year 2011?Well, we know there won’t be things like Flash and microSD support, which gives Samsung an advantage, but we do know that the iPhone will contain a dual-core processor in it as well.We are also expecting the option of a bigger screen and a new and no doubt improved version of iOS.We’d also very much appreciate microSD support as well – although there is probably more chance of our features editor being elected Prime Minster than this happening.Nevertheless, both would undoubtably by great things.It would be unwise to bet against Apple coming up trumps with the iPhone 5.TabletsAs mentioned previously, the tablet situation is the reverse. The iPad and iPad 2 have become such a phenomenon that it's unlikely that you will go the whole way home from work tonight without seeing some smug git with one.We don’t blame them of course, either for having one or looking smug. They are top quality pieces of kit.The iPad 2 is slimmer, lighter and faster, and the addition of cameras provides users with extra excuses to play around with it.From the latest Android 3.0 tablets that we have seen, unfortunately none are really able to compete with the iPad side by side in terms of user experience.There have been rumours of an iPad 3 later in the year, or perhaps more accurately an iPad 2.5, but these look increasingly unlikely. So it seems as though the iPad 2 is Apple’s single foray into the tablet market for 2011.Samsung has two tablets coming to a store near you for 2011. One is 10.1-inches and one is 8.9-inches, hence the imaginative names.This means that depending on your personal preference, there should be a Samsung-made product for you.The 8.9-inch tablet did well when we compared it to the iPad 2, but given Apple’s overall supremacy in the tablet related arena, it is extremely difficult to provide reasons why Samsung will usurp Apple in this respect.
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Posted By sundevilalum1994@gmail.com 1 May 8, 2011 08:33:10 AMIt is so blatantly obvious that you are an apple fanboy. Every publication I've read has already named the Galaxy S 2 the best. Flash alone makes it better, not to mention the twenty other specs that cream the iphone. Learn something about technology before you blog about it. Post a Comment Subject :Comment : More Articles >>>
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