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Originally Posted by KC Fish
But it's futile to argue with the success and current market domination of iOS. That alone is proof that built-in OS functionality isn't the final deciding factor for a tablet OS in the eyes of the majority.
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It's only dominant in the TABLET space because Android has yet to have a number of cheap, quality devices on the market. As soon as they do, they will dominant in the EXACT SAME WAY that they dominate the smartphone space.
iOS is really NOT a very good tablet OS from a TECH standpoint. You can argue about "ease of use" or whatever but the fact is, it holds market share due to Apple's MARKETING prowess and for NO other legitimate reason.
This argument didn't work with PC vs MAC, it didn't work for smartphones and it won't work for tablets... In the end, the more open OS that can be installed on a variety of DIFFERENT, cheaper devices will win.
This will become MUCH more evident over the next year as hardware vendors start to take advantage of all the amazing features that are being teased with Android 3.1 like broad platform support for USB-connected peripherals.