Sales channels over the Internet not only become the way for dozens of brands to launch their products. Amazon is an example of how the distributors themselves also launch themselves into creating their own devices with the aim of becoming more than just intermediaries between the technology companies and the user. Despite the fact that in various formats, we are witnessing a deceleration in the number of sales that for many is a symptom of the end of the technological boom, the truth is that consumer electronics still continues to be a sector that provides benefits of hundreds of millions euros per year and that none of the actors involved wants to miss out.
A few days ago, various portals echoed the intentions of another of the e-commerce giants, Alibaba, to make your own tablet with the aim of following in the wake of the American company. Next, we will tell you more about what is already known about this hypothetical device that could be one of the surprises that we would find in the format during 2017. Can the next thing we see of the company founded by Jack Ma have a future? Will we witness the arrival of a new generation of terminals in which the brands themselves control the entire manufacturing process?
Towards the conquest of the education sector
For a few years, we witnessed the launch of a generation of tablets focused exclusively on professional terrain However, they had an almost residual market share as other user groups were excluded. Manufacturers responded by creating terminals that sought to be an optimal tool for work while allowing the reproduction of videos and content for leisure. Surface it's an example. In the case of the model that Alibaba would be working on, the Cloud it would have a significant role since through it, its implantation in the school environment would be sought.
The participation of the greatest
In addition to the public to which it would be focused, the other data that is known about this support speak about the participation of Intel and HP in the manufacture of the same. It is assumed that the first would be in charge of equipping it with a processor. However, all the characteristics related to its design, price or specifications in fields such as the image are unknown. It has also been assured almost with total certainty that the terminal would be accompanied by Yun OS, the own interface developed by Alibaba and that would be one of the claims used by the company to present it as an alternative to Android, iOS and Windows.
100 million users
Despite the fact that in Europe, the Mountain View platform has the leadership, in China, we find not only the layers of personalization inspired by the green robot and developed by many firms, but it is also possible to find our own systems such as Yun OS. The strengths of this interface are the interaction with the Cloud, an own Internet browser and the fact that we can prioritize the different applications in lists in which the former will receive the greatest amount of resources from the device. These characteristics have resulted in it having more than 100 million activations that are mostly in the Asian country.
The antecedent: InWatch
The Asian company has already taken its first steps in consumer electronics as a manufacturer in recent years. The most recent example is found in the sector of w through InWatch Run, a watch that incorporated the operating system that we mentioned a few lines above and that landed at the end of 2015. With a cost that was around $220 In the Alibaba portal, some of the specifications of this support were its 100 hours of autonomy in standby mode, its 4 GB of storage or its compatibility with 3G connections.
Time, the key to clearing up all the unknowns
As you have seen, the information available today about this device is very limited. However, it has already served to create some excitement. As usual, the passage of weeks and months will serve to learn more about this model that intends to occupy a place in a market for tablets that is undergoing a change of course and in which the next few years will be decisive. It is unknown what its launch date could be and if we could see it during the celebration of the next technological appointments of 2017.
Google decided to control all the production of its Nexus terminals a few weeks ago and on the other hand, we have seen Amazon launch its own models within the Fire series that in their day, were well received for their cost close to 60 euros. Do you think that little by little we will witness the incorporation of new actors who have played a secondary role in the sector? Do you think that the field of tablets is still dominated by a group of companies that are fully consolidated and that will make it difficult for the rest? You have more related information available, such as the abandonment of Microsoft of the smartphone market so that you can give your opinion.