Apple and Sony were awarded Red Dot Awards

Tablet iPad, Sony Xperia smartphones and other mobile models have won awards at the prestigious Red Dot Design.

 

In the category "product design" was mentioned several gadgets Japanese company, among whom was the smartphone Sony Xperia ion. The jury noted that the contrast between the black screen of this device and the rear aluminum panel gives him an excellent view.

In the same category won and Dock SmartDock for Sony Xperia ion with an ergonomic design and a sense of integrity which you connect your smartphone.

 

Do you like the jury and the subtle, dynamic, smart phone Sony Xperia ray, which was noted for aluminum side edges, giving it "high-quality appearance and extra stability." The curved casing smartphone fits comfortably in your hand and provides comfort.

In the category of Product Design Award two «Best of the Best 2012" was Apple - for the iPad tablet 2 and cover Smart Cover.

 

Also, the jury Red Dot Design Awards are not left unattended smartphones HTC Droid Incredible 2, Alcatel OT-916, Lenovo S800, Vodafone 555 Blue and 858 Smart.

Red Dot - one of the most prestigious design awards, which is awarded to the European Institute of Design Zentrum Nordhein Westfalen. This year the competition was attended by over 14,000 professionals from 70 countries. The nomination was carried out in three categories - Product Design, Communication Design and Design Concept.

The plates will bypass most popular laptops by 2016

Research firm NPD DisplaySearch predicts that by 2016 will exceed the supply of tablet PCs laptops Issue as consumers will prefer more mobile technology.

 

According to NPD, this year, notebook sales will amount to 208 million units, and by 2017 they will grow to 393 million units. Similar figures for tablets - 121 million and 416 million units, respectively. Experts admit that shipments of "pills" can beat even a few laptops before - it all depends on the degree of popularity of handheld devices running Windows 8.

According to analysts from the NPD DisplaySearch, users will increasingly turn to the tablets, not only because they differ in mobility. The devices are superior to laptop battery life, increase their productivity, and willing to use physical QWERTY-keyboard can simply buy bag with built-in keyboard.

According to experts, the next generation of tablets will be multi-core processors, improved operating systems, software and more high-resolution displays.

Earlier editions published a staff report on the structure of the market for mobile computers, called the Apple iPad undisputed leader and claiming that Cupertino vendor currently controls more than 80% of the market tablets.