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“Though Samsung, LG Electronics, Acer, Hewlett-Packard, Asus, Research In Motion, and Dell have announced or hinted at touchscreen tablets that will arrive between now and March 2011, they’re way late to the party. Since the iPad’s debut in April, Apple has built a huge lead in this category—in terms of actual devices sold but also in many consumers’ minds. “
*groan*
#1 There is no “party” to be late to. Apple’s sales of this thing have slackened in the U.S., the only thing is that Apple purposely staggers the release to a few countries per month as to give the impression that “HOLY CRAP THEY ARE SELLING OUT ALL OVER!!!”.
#2 I think tech writers seriously need to quit with the iPom Pom tossing at this point seeing how an OS like Android has completely eaten the iPhone’s lunch after being written off as coming “late to the party”. WP7 is also going to be a strong player.
The moment the Android tablets hit the streets, it’s going to be the same story all over again. It’s not like the complete total of people that will ever buy a tablet HAVE bought one.
I am currently learning how to set up/convert the books and journals we’ve published where I work into an EPUB format.
Just like VHS was two years late to the “party.”
Apple nailed it and everyone else missed it. I find the ensuing lag-to-market of any competitor for the iPad category pathetic.
How long has Apple been rubbing these other companies noses in it, and with all their billions they cannot create a cool, OPEN (I despise Apple’s closed system) media product that gives Jobs & Co. a run for their money.
They forgot to mention cisco’s tablet.