2011 wll be theyear of tablets and Andoid

2011 started off with the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, USA. Many vendors showing off their new year gadgets namely Android mobile phones and tablets. Companies such as Asustek showcased its 7.1-inch Eee Pad Memo, 12.1-inch Eee Slate and 10.1-inch Eee Pad Slider tablets. It also demonstrated its Eee Pad Transformer, which uses a docking station to convert the device into a notebook computer and extend battery life.

Like other computer makers, Asustek is trying to catch up with Apple Inc. (AAPL), which started the tablet trend last year with its iPad product. Since then, rivals including Dell Inc. (DELL) and Samsung Electronics Co. (005930.SE), have rolled out competing products. Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM), maker of the BlackBerry line of smartphones, is expected to launch a tablet called the PlayBook in the first quarter.
Tablet computer shipments are expected to more than triple to nearly 61 million units this year from just 18 million units last year, according to industry tracker iSuppli.

Also, 2011 could be the year of mobile payment service which Google is planning to launch a mobile-payment service based on near-field communication (NFC), enabling payment via cellphone at retailers.
Google joins several other companies with similar plans. Late last year, Verizon, AT&T, and T-Moble unveiled Isis, their own plan for NFC payments due in mid-2011, and eBay is said to be working on a system where phones could beam PayPal payments, also due later this year. NFC is a technology that communicates only over very short ranges—a matter of inches—and is built into very few phones currently on the market.
Thus 2011 could be the Android year which will surpass IPhone in terms of units shipment and roll out from major mobile and electronic vendors. According to Nielson, Android ran 40 percent of US smartphones purchased in the six months leading up to November 2010.