Apple is doomed, doomed I tell you. This time for sure.
Right now, it might be 95 percent of the tablet market.
But it won’t be in a couple of years, once the Android market ramps up.
I have an Android phone and I’m reading FR on my iPad. How’s that for versatility?! :)
Probably not. But they kept saying that about the iPods... and how the next MP3 player from XYZ company was the next iPod killer... never happened. Even Microsoft's Zune couldn't unseat it. Finally what brought down the sales of the iPod was the iPhone and other smartphones unifying cell phones and music players in one device.
The thing is that it's not just a DEVICE that has to compete, it's a device plus the ecoSYSTEM that goes with it... the stuff that ties in with it. Apps, accessories, devices that transparently work with the tablet without jumping through hoops to get them to work. That is what make the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad ecoSYSTEM harder to compete with another phone/player/tablet. So many things are already iOS compatible and not compatible with the competition.
RE: But it won’t be in a couple of years, once the Android market ramps up.
And besides quality, that is why Apple continues to win. When the non-Apples produce their Zunes, android phones (which suck compared to the iPhone...I’ve had both) and stink pads Apple will already be creating another market with something else.
You can’t win when you are on continually on the defense.
I think Ipad has the market for the time being. They’ve got the best product, best software and best word of mouth. And now the Ipad 2 looks to have fixed the flaws of the first model.
The schools are starting to adopt it as the standard as are a number of businesses.
The problem with Macs not catching on was because the price was higher and the businesses wouldn’t adopt. Here the Ipad price seems right on the money for this type of device and the large users are adopting it quickly. I do see this more like the MP3 situation from 8-10 years ago where the Ipod took over the category versus the Mac/PC competition of the last 25-years.
Apple is doomed, doomed I tell you. This time for sure.