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Originally Posted by AustinChief
Android hasn't had a usable tablet OS on the market until last week. So, yes, of course the iPad 2 will sell well. The Xoom is overpriced and even when the $530 version comes out in April... it still won't be enough to change the market drastically overnight... but the change will come.
Let's look at the iPhone vs Android phones... the first "real" Android OS came out in April 2009.. that's less than 2 years ago... The iPhone had almost a full 2 year head start. Android has now passed iOS and is on the road to dominance.
The same will happen with tablets and probably even faster... Since Android's first tablet OS is only a week old.. I imagine that it will take a full year to 18 months to catch up in terms of market share.
THAT SAID, Android Tablets will be the far better product starting about two months from now... as old iPads wear out and get outdated... you'll see a number of users switching over, but the significant gains will be in new users to the tablet space... especially ones who are waiting for more affordable options.
In summary, yes iPad has a head start and will maintain a lead in overall market share for awhile... but starting around Christmas I expect NEW tablets sales to shift in favor of Android based units... then it's just a matter of time.
P.S. Apple has an even higher share than 80% if you are talking "true" tablets and not bastard netvertible tablets like mine.
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As old iPads wear out and become outdated, you know what's going to happen? People are going to buy new iPads.
Having played around with a few different tablets in the last few days, I can't help but notice how every device that isn't an iPad seems thrown together, choppy, and very anti-user friendly. You can talk to me all you want about flash and open source apps, but the fact that the iPad is just an overall stress-free, pleasant user experience counts for a lot.
Nobody can say Apple doesn't have its flaws, but they put high quality products out into the marketplace. Why do you think laptops with double or triple the hardware capabilities cost several hundred dollars? Because hardware isn't everything; Apple gets more out of its resources than every other manufacturer out there, and it is obvious to anyone who ever uses an Apple product made after 2006.