1. Tablet Trends The Present and Future of Tablets and Mobiles Conn McQuinn, Puget Sound ESD cmcquinn@psesd.org

10. Why the difference? Android focused on smartphones until the relatively recent past Many more apps for iPads than for Android tablets (as opposed to smartphones) Until the latest releases, Android had a version for phones and a version for tablets. Developers concentrated on phones.

11. Looking Forward Latest version of Android unifies tablets and smartphones Increasing number of apps in the Android marketplace (although mostly still smartphone apps) Many, many new devices coming to the market in 2012 Pricing is trending lower than iPads

12. Android Considerations Not proprietary, many different versions and form factors possible (smaller to larger) “Fragmented” marketplace, with multiple versions of Android ▫4.x Ice Cream Sandwich/Jelly Bean 16.7% ▫3.x Honeycomb 2.3% ▫2.3.x Gingerbread 60.6% ▫2.2 Froyo 15.5% ▫Older 4.9%

13. Android Considerations Different manufacturers usually put their own user interface over Android, so two tablets may have the same technical specs and same version of Android, but look and function differently App Marketplace is not vetted – this is either a good news/bad news situation

14. Kindle Fire

15. Google Nexus 7

16. Samsung Galaxy Tab – 7 and 10-inch

17. Asus Transformer Prime

18. Acer Iconia Tab A Series

19. Kuno

20. On the Horizon - Windows 8

21. Windows 8 New desktop and tablet OS “Metro” interface for tablets – based on Windows Phone interface Two versions – one running on ARM chips, one running on Intel Will be able to run Android apps First round of devices will be released in fall of 2012, and it appears there will be many – including one from Microsoft Will (hopefully) integrate much more cleanly into a Windows-based infrastructure

22. Microsoft Surface

23. iPad Mini? New Kindle Fire?