Saturday, July 3, 2010

iPad & The Paradigm Shift

The ipad is poised to cross the threshold of the next paradigm shift of personal mobile Internet consumption and e-book reading. Apple, Inc, created a paradigm shift in the way music was distributed worldwide with its iTunes platform and is poised to the same for the e-book market while at the same time, giving Internet surfers their very own mobile handheld device to communicate with their favorite social networks.

Whenever an industry or niche pushes the envelope to the point that others in the same sector have to take notice and adopt quickly or lose considerable market share, is a good thing for consumers. Consumers benefit from the shakeup in the disruption in the market because there will be complimentary choices in the future and applications that will give them and even more personalized experience.

The ipad wifi and the ipad 3g will solidify loyalties among Apple followers and improve Apple's dominance in bringing to market, fun and creatively-thought out mobile devices that consumers love and want. The ipad apps market will continue to swell as Apple has made it even more convienent for iPhone users to migrate to the iPad platform without any additional learning curve.

The ipad is sure to bring Apple, Inc. new converts and with it, profits that make it an attractive company to follow and invest in. Anothr company to follow is Foxconn, Taiwanese manufacturer of the iPad, iPhone, iPod, iTouch, Playstation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 and a host of other products. Foxconn's competing electronics giant is the Seoul, South Korea giant, Samsung. Keep your eye on these two megagiants and follow their principal suppliers for their raw materials and as consumer demand swell for the iPad and iPhone and Samsung's Tegra 2, iPad-like table computer, very handsome margins are to be had. Until next time, profit from your understanding!