What Opportunities and Challenges iPad 2 Bring to Tablet Market in China

iPad 2 has made a hit all around the world. Even British Queen Elizabeth bought iPad 2. The popularity of this latest tablet from Apple might be exaggerated by media. However, iPad 2's power is undeniable. Apple again shocked the tablet world, especially the tablet market in China. What opportunities and challenges iPad 2 offer the tablet manufacturers in China?

Tablet PCs from China couldn't rival iPad influence. However, breaking Apple's influence is not impossible. For example, iPad 2 is priced much higher than tablets form China, it is not designed according to Chinese custom and using habit and the tablet doesn't have rich e-book, etc. Tablet market in China has great potential to make money, as China has the largest number of people all over the world. Plus, more and more people are educated than before. Tablet supplier in China has born advantage to have a better sale inside country.

Although tablet from China don't have a very good sale in the year of 2010, this year is different. More and more suppliers' participation will bring more diversified products which would meet requirements of more users. There will be an explosion in Chinese tablet market and the value of tablets in business would become more and more obvious. It is estimated that the compound rate of tablet market in China might increase to 151.8 percent.

Chinese tablet suppliers should have a clear clue about their problem if they want to have a stable position in this newly-rising market. For better development, they should note the following questions:

1. Product quality is low. Tablet market's growth mainly depends on the influence of the surrounded IT environment. It seems that many tablets flooded into market overnight. The majority of these devices have shoddy quality.
2. Network limitation constrains the development of such electronic devices in China. For example, WiFi is not available in most area in China. Many people couldn’t go online outside except when they are in Macdonald, KFC, and other restaurants alike.
3. They don't have too many practical applications except gaming application.

According to an investigation, Malata tablets in China are the most welcomed tablets. Their Zpad T8 has the customer rating as high as iPad among all FGI investigators. Why? Zpad T8 has awesome performance in functionality, entertainment capability as well as business capability. If other Chinese tablet suppliers intend to occupy a share in market, they should learn from Malata.