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Loretta Chao, PCs See Tablets' Silver Lining; PC Makers Believe Frenzy for 'Companion' Devices Will Spark Demand for Computers. Wall Street Journal, June 1, 2011  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303657404576357320809616838.html

Note:
(a) the be-all and end-all. Cambridge Dictionaries Online, undated.
http://dictionaries.cambridge.org/define.asp?dict=I&key=be.all*1+0
("the most important thing  This phrase comes from the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare. [often + of])
(b) Padfone, by Asus.
http://event.asus.com/mobile/padfone/

At 1 min 28 sec of teh video clip, the cellphone is transformed into a tablet.

Still I could not udnerstand how a tablet is created. Here is another clip:
ASUS Padfone - Behind The Scene. YouTube, Uploaded by asus on May 30, 2011.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5aAOKJGBjo

(c) Please watch
(i) slide show, to the left of the text and
(ii) video, to the right of the text
("D9 Video: Ricoh eWriter Solution 6/1/2011 9:00:00 AM
This Ricoh tablet is aimed at eliminating paper waste. AllThingsD's Arik Hesseldahl takes it for a test drive.")


------------------------------Separately
(1) Rebecca Kuo, Taiwan makers rushing to obtain certification from Apple for iPad 3. DigiTimes (Taipei), June 1, 2011
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20110531PD219.html
("According to component makers, the timing for the launch of iPad 3 should be in 2012. Taiwan-based firms think iPad 2 will become the mainstream and Apple will lower its price to compete with other tablet PCs."

(2) Laurie J Flynn, As PC Markets Slow, Nvidia Aims at Tablets. New York Times, May 30, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/30/technology/30nvidia.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=nvidia&st=cse

Quote:

"Behind Mr. Huang’s showmanship and bold plans is the Tegra 2, the company’s latest mobile chip. This chip, based on the power-efficient chip architecture from ARM Holdings, has started to appear in a number of smartphones

"A recent report from Jon Peddie Research shows that Nvidia’s share of the market for graphics processing — including integrated and stand-alone chips — dropped eight percentage points year over year in the first quarter to 20 percent, while A.M.D.’s share of the graphics chip market rose three percentage points and Intel’s rose almost five percentage points.

My comment: Quotation 2 alludes to
Press release: Surprising Q1 Results, Graphics Shipments Up 10.3% While PC Shipments Down 5%; Holding our breath for the 2nd quarter. Jon Peddie Resaearch, May 2, 2011
http://jonpeddie.com/press-releases/details/surprising-q1-results-graphics-shipments-up-10.3-while-pc-shipments-down-5/
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