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Saturday, March 9, 2013
Samsung galaxy Note, a notable example of a phablet
Source: By Rwxrwxrwx
The device in question is what became popularly known as Phablet. The word Phablet is an amalgamation of smartphone and tablet, and is meant to serve as a communication and internet device at a cost lower than a full tablet, and a screen slightly bigger than a smartphone but much smaller than the traditional tablet.
A Phablet screen should agreeably be around 5 inch and priced at much lower or just slightly over $199. Apart from the price, a 5 inch device is light enough to carry around and at the same time accomplish the task for the normal smartphone and tablet.
The need for phablets was heightened by success stories of the Amazon Kindle Fire and later on, Asus Google Nexus 7 mini tablets.
Samsung consequently released its first tablet, Samsung Galaxy Note, in October 2011. This apparent opening in the phablet market catapulted Apple into designing the iPad Mini, which was first announced in November 2012. Not necessarily a phablet, the iPad Mini was meant to fill the gap for Apple of ever increasing enthusiasts of gadgets much smaller than the current tablets.
And now with iPad mini having scored big, especially in China, maybe the thought of small and not very small is becoming the fad! Apple is actually rumored to be working on its own version of Phablet which may be called iPhone plus!
Other notable examples of phablets include Droid DNA, Dell Streak and of course Samsung Galaxy note II.
'Phablets 2013' should be the tagline for most of the year and should help escalate the popularity of smaller tablets and bigger smartphones as a whole.
Source: http://amuno.hubpages.com/hub/Technology-and-IT-Trends-2013
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