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Originally Posted by HansTWN
The TouchPad seems to be way ahead of the competition, I do, however, doubt that this will matter much in today's marketplace which values marketing prowess over substance. Especially given the fact that HP hasn't chosen a particularly attractive design.
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Way ahead in what way? It's on it's gen 1 release and other devices are on their gen 2.
There is no application or third-party device ecosystem.
Folks -- these things don't stand on their own. Their utility is a three-legged thing, of which the hardware is just one leg.
Apple doesn't win just on marketing (remember the cube, anyone?) -- they also have great hardware and an army of developers
producing useful
applications.