AT&T "plans to make its mark in media tablets," and will support multiple tablet platforms for data deliver to them.
The iPad has been a major success for them and their president of emerging devices is saying that AT&T will expand its selection of media tablets even it if is at the expense of netbooks, e-book readers and other connective devices. AT&T wants to be sure its network supports as many tablets as possible to meet customer demand.
According to an interview in
Investor's Business Daily, Glenn Lurie, president of AT&T's emerging devices unit, says that that AT&T is working with a wide range of tablet producers,
including startup OpenPeak. OpenPeak and AT&T plan to bring the OpenTablet to market this year.
"They are a close partner," Lurie said of OpenPeak. "They're in an
exclusive relationship with us. We're definitely digging in with
them."We've also got very strong
relationships with Dell, HP and RIM . We're working with anybody and
everybody that is building or talking about a tablet device."
AT&T makes data possible for many netbooks, and e-Readers such as
the Kindle, Barnes and Nobile and Sony. However, because media tablets
can do more, they may cut into the sales of e-readers, GPS devices, and
other devices.
Hewlett-Packard will release a tablet running on Palm's
webOS platform, next year. RIM is also supposed to working on a tablet
called the "BlackPad" to be released this year. The Dell Streak a 5 inch
touchscreen Android tablet with a phone inside was just recently
released. We'll keep tabs on the tablets available for you now and the
future and tabulate the reviews for you.
Here's a description of the OpenTablet 7:
The OpenTablet 7 combines the highest quality VoIP telephony with an
advanced multi-media communications and information center, converging
voice, video, and data into an attractive and portable device.
The 7" touch screen display provides an engaging, interactive
experience with an intuitive navigation menu for easy access to family
organization, information, and entertainment applications including
photos, videos, music, calendar, contacts, and many other popular
applications.
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