iPad Apps: 10 Hidden Gems

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http://www.informationweek.com/news/gall...935?pgno=5

[jdc]

From that same site: iPads Vs. Android: 3-Way Tablet Shootout

The most direct, known Android-based competitor, the Asus Transformer Pad Infinity doesn't yet have a release date. And it starts at $100 more.

Frankly, the new iPad's strongest competitor at the moment is the iPad 2.

I just dont understand. How is it that the "closest competitor" is vaporware?

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jdc wrote:
From that same site: iPads Vs. Android: 3-Way Tablet Shootout

The most direct, known Android-based competitor, the Asus Transformer Pad Infinity doesn't yet have a release date. And it starts at $100 more.

Frankly, the new iPad's strongest competitor at the moment is the iPad 2.

I just dont understand. How is it that the "closest competitor" is vaporware?

What is difficult to understand. Based on Specs and probably a prototype.

J.Carm

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I understand perfectly.

A product that hasn't shipped yet is not a competitor. Maybe it will be, but it's not.

That apparently is a little too subtle for informationweek.

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I have to wonder about the iPad2 being the new iPad's biggest competitor.

To wit, how many people who will by the 2 would have bought the new iPad if Apple stopped selling the 2?

I'm thinking most of the people who will spend $399 probably wouldn't touch a $499 product.

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I'm thinking most of the people who will spend $399 probably wouldn't touch a $499 product.

If you ask me, the pricing indicates that the $399 iPad 2 is being intended less for consumers and more for corporate/retail/education markets.

For consumers, a $299 iPad2 would make much more sense. If you're an individual consumer and you've got $399 to spend on a tablet - there is very little from holding you back and spending the extra $100 to get a much better iPad (new/3).

So that begs the question, who wants a $399 iPad2? I think the answer is, people who buy in bulk, and don't care about the improvements of the newer iPad. People who think that saving $100 is more important than a retina display.

Schools would have this mentality, for those looking to issue iPad 2 as textbooks. Corporations who would issue them to workers who need web and email access, but don't need a ridiculously high res display. I saw that some iPads are being integrated with the Square app for use in NYC taxicabs as a POS terminal. You don't need an improved camera for that. Apple store employees use iPads as portabale point of sale plus inventory management. iPad2 would work great for that.

Ordering 200 new iPads would cost about $100,000. 200 iPad2 is a 20% savings at $80,000.

$20,000 is a decent chunk out of anyone's budget.

Don't think Apple's plans for iOS and the iPad end with the consumer.