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   From: fishman1945dec@willcox.net   
      
   On Sun, 09 Jan 2011 02:54:42 -0500, ZnU wrote:   
      
   > In article ,   
   >  flatfish+++  wrote:   
   >   
   >> The iPad is pretty neat and going to be difficult to clone but price   
   >> might be the determining factor for the consumer so who knows.   
   >   
   > Nobody seems to be able to actually make something comparable for much   
   > less money. When the iPad first shipped there was nothing in the market   
   > against which Apple's pricing could be judged (though one should note   
   > that it was cheaper than most analysts expected), but as other products   
   > have shown up, it has become clear that Apple's iPad pricing is actually   
   > pretty aggressive.   
   >   
   > Mind you, I'm sure we're about to see a vast wave of $300 tablets. But I   
   > think it'll mostly be pretty obvious why they're so much cheaper. (Screen   
   > quality is likely to be one dead giveaway, the screen being the most   
   > expensive component in an iPad according to iSuppli's teardown.)   
      
   A friend of mine at CES told me the place is busting at the seams   
   with tablets.   
      
   This is another big chance for Linux.   
   Let's see how well it does.   
      
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