"Samsung started shipping its 7-inch Galaxy Tab media tablet in 4Q10. Although its shipments into the channel were fairly aggressive, a lack of competitive pricing and ongoing competition from Apple stifled consumer demand. Samsung is expected to follow with a 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab with Android 3.0 Honeycomb later this year, but the refresh will have a tough time maintaining share as more competitors enter the market," says the IDC report.
Things aren't looking much better for the $800 Xoom."The recently launched Motorola Xoom is a worthy competitor in function, although the relatively high price is expected to be a barrier to gaining significant share," according to IDC.
Rotman Epps says there's more to it than pricing, saying that competing tablets "can’t match the Apple Store as a channel."
She does, however, nominate Amazon as a potential foe of Apple.
Не понимаю я этих буржуев. Неужели они действительно предпочитают приборчик, который подключает их к магазину, где подавляющее большинство программ и информационных материалов - платные? Неужели они не мечтают о приборчике, который был бы просто замечательной читалкой для пэдээфов, дежавюшек, эртээфов, эфбэдвушек, епабов и проч., а также прекрасной смотрелкой авишек, эмпэчетверок и эмкавэшек, которые в изобилии разбросаны по просторам интернета? Неужели там так много сознательных, добропорядочных
