Well i am a regualr reader of engadget and Wired and i have noticed a massive increase in apple tablet rumors and articles on new android phones. As you know i own an ipod touch 2g (i also have a macbook pro) I would love for the apple tablet rumors to be true and from the looks of things they probably will be. The tablet market makes sense, it is the next logical step for apple to take after dominating the mobile phone market. I recently read an article on Wired about the the app,e tablet and the subtle hints that Apple is preparing for this new product. In summation they basically said that the update to App Store policy (the change to allow free apps to use in-app purchase) is a defiantly sign that apple has something new on the way. I totally agree with that. If you look at a timeline of products in the iphone/ipod line the next step is the tablet.

Now for the android phones

The market has been flooded with new android phones and i think that a few of them might represent the Iphones competition in the future. One can not mention Android based phones without mentioning HTC they built the g1 and they have just taken off with many android phones that are getting progressively more capable. Other companies are also starting to take interest in the platform as well. Accer has been developing one as well as many other major phone and computer companies. I have not personally messed with an android phone but i like that it is open source so you can change many things about it. In my opinion that is one weakness in the Iphone. There is not much flexibility. Sure they have the App Store and the Iphone OS provides a great GUI, BUT there is no true extendability. I personally have jail broken my Ipod-touch 2g. The world of enhancements and apps is amazing once you step out of the rigid confines of the normal Iphone OS. I would be curious if apple provided a way to dual boot an iphone with some other operating system such as Android or even Maemo. (maemo looks incredible and will be available on the nokia n900). Anyway that’s all i really have to say on the subject.