During this year (Or the next) when the other tablets gain a foothold and become real competition to Apple's iPad, I'm sure we'll be seeing a bit less of the "iPad is the only tablet based eBook reader" sentiment. Apple did get a pretty big head start in the new tablet market, and while the tech savvy people will start to refer more generically to tablets, iPad - like iPhone and iPod - might just simply end up becoming a generic term for "tablet."
Anyway, right now, talking about the iPad being the ultimate eBook reader is really talking about mobile OS based tablets being the ultimate eBook readers. The iPad is really the only one that's been available up until recently (with the launch of the Galaxy Tab)
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