The iPed is here! Yes, you read correctly, the iPed, not the iPad. The iPad is a tablet designed by Apple, while the iPed is the black market Chinese version of said innovative gadget.
Slightly heavier than the original, the iPed runs with an Intel processor and Google's open source operating system, Android. No word on whether Apple has heard of the iPed or if they've filed a lawsuit against the Chinese company.
Implications - Corporations often try to peddle imitation wares of famous brand products to consumers, hoping to capitalize on the original product's popularity. Corporations may consider releasing products associated with their own popular wares in order to capitalize off the popularity of their own brand names.
What's Driving This Trend
- Cloned Devices
- Explore the market for cloned devices as a disruptive innovation opportunity for corporations to release their own imitation products.
- Black Market Technology
- Investigate the black market technology sector for potential disruptive innovation opportunities in creating alternative versions of popular gadgets.
- Intel Processor Tablets
- Discover the potential of Intel processor tablets as a disruptive innovation opportunity in the tablet market.
Who This Affects Most
- Consumer Electronics
- Examine the consumer electronics industry for potential disruptive innovation opportunities in creating imitation products associated with popular brand names.
- Technology Manufacturing
- Explore disruptive innovation opportunities in the technology manufacturing industry by creating alternative versions of popular gadgets.
- Semiconductor
- Investigate the semiconductor industry for potential disruptive innovation opportunities in developing tablets powered by Intel processors.
