Its new Android Wear platform, which is designed to power all sorts of wearable gadgets but will start with smartwatches, represents a serious threat to
competing devices like the Pebble Steel and upcoming challengers like the Samsung Gear 2.
Huawei is really bringing its A-game with the Mate 10 though, putting up its most convincing challenge to
competing devices like the Note 8, Pixel 2 and V30 yet.
Competing devices like the Amazon Echo and Google Home are already capable of delivering multi-room audio.
It is sharper and supports deeper blacks than the IPS displays on
competing devices like the iPhone 6 and Nexus 5X.
Here One is never going to have the five - or six - hour battery life of
competing devices like the Bragi Headphone or Apple's AirPods.
The most exciting feature, and a trick
competing devices like the iPhone 8 and Galaxy S8 won't have, is a squeezable frame similar to the one found on the HTC U11.
That's a significant difference from
competing devices like a HDHomeRun Connect, which allows users to stream two different OTA channels on two devices at once.
We don't mind changes, but found the Iconia Tab's animations and response time to be ever - so - slightly lower than
competing devices like the Transformer Pad Infinity and Excite 7.7.
When Nintendo introduced the Switch in March, streaming video services, including Netflix and Hulu, were conspicuously absent despite their availability on
competing devices like Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PlayStation 4.
I don't consider any of those to be invalid complaints — they all have some truth to them when articulated in a simple head - to - head spec comparison against
a competing device like Samsung's Galaxy S8.
When asked directly why a user should by the HomePod over
a competing device like the Amazon Echo, Cook responded:
Not exact matches
While several
competing smartphones have introduced new hardware to complement the AI,
like how several smartphones now use dual - camera setups to support Portrait Mode features, Google's
devices have the same function, but are powered strictly by software.
Company observers have long been expecting a cheaper seven - inch
device to
compete with the
likes of the popular Kindle Fire, so this may be an opportunity to do so.
She also notes that inexpensive fitness
devices,
like the $ 20 Xiaomi band, are now
competing with Fitbit's physical products.
Digital giants
like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple (AAPL), and Microsoft (MSFT) now
compete against each other in up to 11 business areas, including content development, artificial intelligence, e-commerce marketplaces, hardware
devices, messaging, financial services, and advertising.
Fret Zealot will be
competing directly with products
like FretX, a $ 59 LED
device that serves the same function, though it's more basic in design as it's placed only on the first four frets of a guitar.
Without the scale of a company
like AT&T, these smaller players simply can't get manufacturers to build
devices at a low enough cost and in a timely enough manner to
compete against AT&T.
The bookseller revealed in its second quarter earnings report Tuesday that revenue from its Nook
devices and digital content declined by 32 % from the same period a year earlier, due to lower demand and repeated price cuts to
compete with others
like Amazon.
Critics might ask why the web browser is still described as «experimental» or why they're not interested in accommodating or developing multimedia e-books, but I think Bezos is right to focus on building the best reading
device he can instead of trying to
compete with
devices like the iPad.
But the
devices lack the power to
compete against the
likes of other
devices at this price range.
Some of these
competing devices —
like the Motorola Xoom — are shipping.
Even on the 2.4 GHz band, Wi - Fi performance falls well behind cutting - edge
devices like the Apple iPad Air and iPhone 6, but of course, that's not what we're really
competing with.
The company has never gained mass market traction with their
devices, as they can not
compete with price alone against the juggernauts of the industry
like Amazon... [Read more...]
Having something a little larger makes sense and would allow them to
compete with the bigger
devices being offered by the
likes of Samsung, LG, HTC, and Sony (but if there are more than 2 size options available, I'll be losing more than a few betting pools I'm participating in).
In a world where most e-readers are shedding critical features to stay competitive, I
like the fact Pocketbook keeps on pumping out fully featured
devices and not trying to
compete price wise with Amazon or Barnes and Noble.
But then again, the list of those waiting for i - Pad's launch is somewhat overflowing: Hardware makers
like HP (HPQ) and Dell (DELL) have been betting that consumers would vote for the netbooks, the scaled - down versions of laptops; e-reader makers such as Amazon (AMZN) and Sony (SNE), who have similar
devices lined up; the publishing equivalent of i - Tunes; Microsoft (MSFT) and Google (GOOG), whose operating systems
compete with the i — Phone OS that drives the i - Pad.
The initial demand is high for the iPad is high, but whether or not the market will accept other slate
devices competed against a mega-company
like Apple is all up in the air.
Now that the initial commotion has calmed a bit, many are casting their eyes toward Apple, wondering if (some say when) it'll debut a smaller iPad to
compete directly with 7 - inch
devices like the new Nexus.
This 7 - inch tablet, launched at Mobile World Congress 2014 on Sunday, looks to
compete with
devices like Google's Nexus 7, but brings full 4G LTE connectivity and phone functions, so it falls into the top end of the phablet line as much as it does the small tablet line.
I wonder what could happen if the Big Five publishers of the Anglo - Saxon world banded together
like this to form an Alliance to defy Amazon, produce their own eReaders, develop their own software, and build up a robust ecosystem, to directly
compete with Amazon, whom they so loathe yet can't live without... Off course the
devices, software, and ecosystem would have to be absolutely top notch to make people actually consider leaving Amazon (the Big Five might want to capitalise on AudioBooks by making eReaders that allow you to plug in a headphone).
The phone's metal, glass and rubber aesthetic allows the Motion to
compete favourably with other mid-range
devices from Asus, Huawei, Alcatel or Motorola, but there's no way that the
device can
compete in the same space as phones
like the Samsung Galaxy S7 or the iPhone 6S or the iPhone 7 —
devices that are admittedly costlier than the Motion and older than the current generation of flagships, but that are nonetheless the
devices that most people will settle on for brand reasons, performance reasons or both.
The move could affect companies
like Amazon.com and others that sell e-book readers that
compete with Apple's iPad tablet and offer free mobile apps so customers can read their e-book purchases on other
devices.
There's still a lot of factors that could affect Kindle adoption —
competing devices and services from companies
like Apple (AAPL), e-book pricing, Amazon potentially offering Kindle software for other
devices, etc..
The Nook HD is a 7 inch Android - based tablet with a high definition screen, just
like the other two
competing devices, and it starts at the same $ 199 price point.
One elephant in the room is the major players in the digital content space
like Apple and Amazon who, for a long time now, have
competed using a model where customers are locked - in to the content channels built by these mammoth corporations and the
devices used to consume it.
The new
device will
compete with e-book rivals
like Amazon's Kindle and Sony's e-reading
devices such as Reader.
And while the
device is not nearly up to the mark when compared
like - for -
like with the iPad (no camera, worse battery life, smaller screen, less storage, etc etc), it will still
compete well, he predicts.
Kindle Phone, Kindle Fire HD, and other Kindle
devices must target emerging markets
like China and India to have any real chance of
competing with the Apples, Samsungs, and Microsofts of the world.
However, it seems strange to me that companies
like B&N & Kobo try to
compete with Amazon by imitating the least desirable of Amazons practices — in house formats, closed garden
devices etc..
But I have to wonder how
devices like this will
compete or blend with more functional tablet computers.
While there are other brands offering similarly priced
devices with more advanced features, the Intex Aqua Strong 5.1 + will
compete against the
likes of Reliance Digital LYF Wind 7s and Lava A72.
Exclusive preloads
like this are an interesting tactic to try and get in front of potential subscribers first; Mog's bundled on
devices like the Nook Color but still has to
compete with other preloaded music apps.
The company has not made this tablet to
compete with the flagship models that are available on the market and neither had they marketed the
device like that.
At an annual meeting of Amazon shareholders on 25 May 2010, CEO Jeff Bezos responded to a shareholder who asked about the iPad by saying, «The Kindle will
compete with these LCD
devices like the iPad by being a very focused product.
How are you going to
compete with a high - end
device like the iPhone 4 and Samsung Captivate with a 3.2 480 x 360 screen?
In other words Motorola will not become the Google phone and they will still have to
compete with the
likes of Samsung, HTC and LG to manufacturer the next Nexus
device.
The 7 - inch Nexus 7
competes with the
likes of the Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet, Galaxy Tab 2 and others, as well as older spec'd
devices like the Kobo Vox and Nook... more >
The iPad is —
like the iPhone — one of China's most desired gadgets, however a series of
devices from Android and local manufacturers
compete for attention.
The 7 - inch Nexus 7
competes with the
likes of the Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet, Galaxy Tab 2 and others, as well as older spec'd
devices like the Kobo Vox and Nook Color.
Not to shabby, but being released next to
devices like the Motorola DROID RAZR Maxx and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, it is a bit hard for LG to
compete.