With Windows 8 released, future of Android/iOS?

Both will have their place in the Computer World!

That said, truth is that Windows 8 is released to the RTM but Public (yet). Let see how the first 3 month will go, because that 3 moth will be the absolute minimum to get an kind picture how Windows 8 will do in reality. There a lot speculation around in the News, on the Internet and special in Forums. And special in forum like MDL, there some user's who have nothing else in mind than to find a much as possible negatives about Windows 8.

The reality is or will, to be precise, that the first batch of Windows 8 Tablets will be quite expensive compare to Android Tablet. As the OP wrote, 500 Bucks may will be the charge for an Arm based Windows 8 Tablet but X86 Tablet. The x86 will; be more expensive because of the much different hardware it needs.

I think that x86 Windows 8 Tablets will get their place mainly in productive areas, let say: corporate and business areas. That's for sure because of the software which could run on x86 machines but Arms machines! Als MS was already declarre, the Arm based Tablet could run Apps only which are available in Windows Store. If you take a look at those store, you find out directly that that there is very little available for business use!

Question is: will the third party manufacturers like Lenovo, Samsung, HP and other go to both channel: ARM and x86 or ARM only? Also that triggers the next question: Will be there also low cost 7" Tablets running Windows 8?

The 9.7" and 10"++ Tablets running Windows 8 could be the first real challenge for Apple's iPad! Which wouldn't bad at all!! And the x86 would have the advantage of to be able to run business apps. Also there would be the advantage of the different expansion slots which those Tablets will have but Apple's iPad! Fact is that till today the main use of the iPad is just for entertaining and just a few percent are used for real work! The Window 8 Tablet could, and I think it would, be adopted as real working tool special for the todays "mobile" business!

If Windows 8 will also be available as 7" or even less than, it could be some time a challenge for Android Tablets as well.

Unfortunately the Android OS isn't build as an commercial product and therefore lacks of many features. That din't means that Android is bad, it isn't! Unlike Apple's iPad, Android is build in small "groups" for a huge varity of Hardware while the iPads are build just for some special hardware. In regard to that, Android OS's lacks in performances, speed, add on's drivers and, and, and! If that could change and android would be build on commercial way, android would be a much better system!

But finally, I would still say that Android will keep his place!

morganm said:

As hard as Microsoft tries... they have rarely pushed anyone out of any market completely. You simply won't change Apple People and their iLifeStyle. They love their Apple products (for great reasons!) and there's just nothing Microsoft or Android offers to make them stop buying Apple. Right there Microsoft will never push out Apple which includes tablets and the iOS.

I think if Android can maintain the image of providing a solid, easy to use, and robust OS they will retain loyal customers. It's already proven to be a great success so as long as they don't screw that up with some bad releases then they will hold significant market share.

I have no doubt Microsoft is doing all they can to appropriate as much market share as possible but they won't crush Apple or Android. Competition will just get more fierce which I think we, the customers, will enjoy!

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Microsoft didn't has the attention as Apple has to push out other from Market. See just all that Patent Games from Apple which is nothing else then "cut" market share of other's! Bad behavior I don't like! And why most of the Apple Mac and iPad user's mainly working on PC? Because of their, how you named it: iLifeStyle? And don't you forget that it were Microsoft who had the "first" Tablet Computer 12 year back. If Bill Gates didn't had left the company that early, my the computer world would look a bit different today!
That many of those people "love their Apple products" is not to admit that they was getting cheated by that company. ALL Apple product's are Product's Made In China Mainland, using only older and well tested hardware which they therefore get for an damn cheap cost and sell it for an very high price. Also the cost of development teherefore for tha Hardware is very cheap because they didn't need to do the fully testing as required for new Technology! And last but not least, the cost of the software development is quite cheap for Apple because they need to develop for a very low range of hardware instead of the whole and new range of available as Microsoft, just as example!

Android will keep it's place, no doubt with that. Let wait and see a few month how Microsoft will do! Would be very interesting!!

muffinman123 said:

unless windows 8 is open source, I don't think it will be able to compete in low end market.

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Seems to be you like dreaming!

But Android works fine on Windows 8!!

In answer to the original poster, functionality versus price and the availability and variety of reasonably priced (or free) software will decide if a platform will remain, I see the MS products, their high price, the high price of some "smart" cover and the evolution of the Microsoft equivalent of Apples walled garden approach.

I don't like it at all.

However, I'm in an aging demographic with my relevance diminishing in the marketplace.

It seems that all the advertising is targeted at a much younger cohort, a generation of media consumers, where ownership is secondary to immediacy.

Right, enough of this, I am going down to my cave to pull some ancient vinyl out of my vault and couple some crackly classics with a smooth single malt.

Hey, that rhymes!

I'm a poet and I did not know it!