You see, unlike you, I'm not married to a brand when it comes to technology. When something better comes along and it works for me, great. That shows in my tech history from PC to Macs (I've owned 5, and still have a Mac classic in my garage), etc.
As for reviews, for every one you find in favor of the iPad(2), I can find one for the Xoom, etc.
As for your elitist bent, let me remind you not every Apple product has had a flawless market entry. Case and point, iPhone 4. And that was the 4th generation they screwed up on, not to mention the white phone.
Like any other innovative product, the competition always catches up, and in many cases, surpasses the entry product. That is what is going on now. It's these competitors that are keeping Apple's feet to the fire- though in a growing market of feature-based tablets, the iPad2 has failed. Yes, failed.
Do I doubt they'll catch up? Nope.
Isn't capitalism grand?
Do YOU own an iPhone 4? If you believe the single most successful smartphone release in history is a failure, you have fallen for the very well orchestrated FUD campaign that Google mounted to counter it's release and to promote Android phones.
The proof is that the totally unmodified iphone4, when released into the rest of the World's markets, DID NOT HAVE THE ANTENNA PROBLEM so heavily hyped in the press in the United States! In fact reviewers there, no matter how hard they tried, could not duplicate the problem! Multiple technical sources demonstrated similar attenuation on ALL cellular phones, and noted that what the articles were claiming was a "problem" unique to the Apple iPhone4, was in fact a normal fact of physics caused whenever you covered an antenna. They also demonstrated that the iPhone4 got BETTER reception than its competition and all previous models of the iPhone.
Once those facts came in, Apple discontinued their stop-gap, free bumper case program, the FUD campaign could not be maintained in light of the flood of countering scientific evidence from around the world and consumers reporting they were NOT experiencing the problems the FUD was claiming they were (the iPhone4 had a far lower level of complaints and returns than any other smartphone), and the iPhone4 still maintains a higher rate of sales than any other single make or model on the market today! Some failure!
As for reviews, for every one you find in favor of the iPad(2), I can find one for the Xoom, etc.
I really doubt that. I've seen those reviews. There aren't that many... And they run about two to one positive to negative on the Xoom,,, and all have some reservations about things like the buggy OS, mailing in to upgrade to 4G, and Flash not working. Most comment about the "rush to market" to beat Apple showing.
“Case and point, iPhone 4.”
I presume you mean “case in point”. ;-)
The “screwed up” iPhone 4 is a product that any of Apple’s competitors would LOVE to have. It’s sold very well, despite massive coverage of a minor design flaw - and one that’s easy to completely avoid.
“though in a growing market of feature-based tablets, the iPad2 has failed. Yes, failed.”
LOL! I’ll make a note to treat anything you post VERY skeptically. Your grasp of reality is nonexistent.
If you hate Apple products, why are you here?
I own an Ipad, and am interested in Apple products. I asked to be put on an Apple ping-list, and I appreciate reading articles that I wouldn’t otherwise find.
You really don’t have to come onto these threads and poop all over them. Really.