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The great thing about Android is that ANYBODY can jump in and we should soon see that happen. I expect to see a slew of $400 tablets by Christmas of this year... and a drop to $300 by the next year. (There will of course be cheaper ones with crappy builds and more expensive models that are trying to be "elite") |
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Regardless, your argument about FLASH fails. How about this... Honeycomb doesn't YET have all the apps but soon will, the iPad will NEVER have FLASH. So if you absolutely need HULU Plus for the next couple of months.. and can skip FLASH because of it... go ahead get the iPad. It's just stupid not to wait. |
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Supposedly out in April... which means they know that they have a small windows in which to gouge the market before prices start to drop quickly...
May/June will be a decent time to buy and again around Christmas... I already have a tablet or I might look into a May buy in... but as it stands, I can wait for the quad-core tablets. |
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ok, the apps that convert FLASH elements suck. Apple would do well to adopt FLASH support but Jobs' ego is NOT likely to let that happen. Chalk that one up to a LONG LONG LONG shot... and unlike the other conjecture in this thread... iOS getting FLASH isn't based on anything other than wishful thinking. |
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03-03-2011, 08:26 PM | #1063 | |
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Ughhhhhhhh. I hate this response! Exactly! Google will never truly compete as long as they rely on Motorola, Samsung, and HTC. I think you're wrong, personally. I don't think we will see significant drops. I think we'll see price parity, to some extent, but not really. The manufacturers simply don't care. They'll continue to roll out new versions of phones, and let the carriers advertise them and do business as usual. We've yet to see the tablet market develop. IF it develops like the laptop market, than perhaps we'll see market pressure. But if you think that Motorola, Samsung, and HTC aren't just counting down the days to add motoblur, Touchwiz,and whatever HTC's brand is called to tablets, you're delusional. We're only about to see an increase in junkware and proprietary skins. But, you consistently miss the big problem. It isn't hardware, it's software upgrades. Even if Motorola, or Samsumg, or whoever puts out a better product, what good does that do me when I know that they have no desire to support my product long term? Why should I invest in their product when they are more concerned about creating new products and their increasing new sales? They aren't in the business of software - google is! They want to sell hardware! Last edited by WoodDraw; 03-03-2011 at 08:34 PM.. |
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03-03-2011, 08:45 PM | #1064 | |
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Take everything you have seen regarding Android phones and throw it out the window... the landscape has changed. Let's look at the list of manufacturers that will be releasing tablets soon... Motorola Samsung HTC HP Sony Dell Toshiba Viewsonic Asus LG Lenovo MSI Acer and that's all I can think of off the top of my head... |
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We don't know what will happen in the future, but it is entirely possible. I will readily admit that I hope it happens, though. |
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