PC makers are expected to unveil new models at the Computex trade show in Taipei, to be held from May 31-June 4, 2011, according to a Bloomberg report. This will reportedly put to test the efforts of US-based Internet search services provider Google, Inc. and software vendor Microsoft Corp. to loosen Apple, Inc.'s grip on the blooming tablet computer market.
The Bloomberg report further says investors and analysts will be looking to see if Google's Android operating system can match the popularity of the iPad. Microsoft may preview its next Windows platform for tablets a year after Apple's first offering hit store shelves.
Asustek Computer, Inc. and Acer, Inc. will demonstrate new tablets featuring Google's Android this week. These companies overturned the computer market when they demonstrated low-cost netbooks at Computex in 2007 and 2008. Google and Microsoft will both send executives to the event to meet with reporters and update companies on their plans.
A recent report, released by US-based global information and media group Nielsen Company, says that the tablet is becoming the new primary computing and entertainment device, leaving behind the laptop, e-reader and MP3. According to the Nielsen data, about one-third of tablet owners who were surveyed indicated that they used their desktop PC less - or not at all - since getting a tablet. The same holds true for e-readers, netbooks, laptops and even portable music players.
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