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The Coming Onslaught of iPad Competitors

Posted by timothy on from the let's-back-off-from-the-k-word dept.

harrymcc writes "The iPad is selling as well as it is in part because no large manufacturer has had a direct rival out yet. But boy, is that going to change in the next few months. Over at Technologizer, I rounded up known information on 32 current and future tablet computing devices, from potentially worthy iPad competitors to wannabees to interesting specialty devices. By early 2011 these things are going to be everywhere, and it'll be fascinating to see how they fare." Related: the tablet-type device I've been watching most eagerly, Notion Ink's Adam, seems to finally have a realistic manufacturing prediction and price range (by November; up to $498 for the version with 3G and Pixel Qi screen).

6 of 497 comments (clear)

  1. Re:so... by hardware1949 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Vista. Nuff said.

  2. LOL! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fuck and die Apple faggot.

  3. Re:No, what Apple's products are is fashionable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If you are in to being fashionable, fine, but I won't hear any shit from you because I'm not.

    But we have to hear shit from you because we are. Or rather, we are into your personal definition of fashion. Your opinion of fashion is defined by the amount of income you make, not any objective measurement.

  4. Re:No, what Apple's products are is fashionable by DarkEmpath · · Score: -1, Troll

    Seriously. I'm a tech person. I use Linux. I'm not trendy, and I don't have any interest in being trendy. But if I'm going to own an MP3 player, I want one that doesn't have a terrible design, and for some reason Apple seems to be the only tech company interested in solving their customer's problems.

    Now, seriously. I'm a tech person. I use FreeBSD (linux is for trendy try-hards). I'm not trendy, and I don't have any interest in being trendy. But if I'm going to own a media player, I want one that doesn't limit itself to MP3s and Apple's proprietary format, requiring shitware like iTunes to make it functional, and for some reason Apple seems to be the only tech company interested in lock-in and a "walled garden".

  5. Re:so... by dafing · · Score: 0, Troll

    Using my iPad now it's wonderful, truly "magical" and I hope you'll get one soon, I find Flash annoying even on my i7 iMac can't wait for it to vanish and the iPad is helping on that front

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  6. Re:I don't worry about audio or video on Linux by DJRumpy · · Score: 1, Troll

    You do know that Apple wrote and open sourced CUPS right?

    PS you DO know that Apple are using the Linux-system CUPS for printing, didn't you? If their stuff "just works" why did they dump it?