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Originally Posted by ilovejedd
Really? 150 Euros less? Is that the Transformer Prime or the original? I kept waiting for a good sale on the original Transformer (was hoping to get the TF+dock for $400 total). Having bought an HP TouchPad for $150 had a way of distorting expectations. After that, I wanted to buy the Prime but it was out of stock from my preferred seller (Amazon) and by the time it became available, the Transformer Pad Infinity was announced.
Still, even if that has made them regain interest, I reckon most would still choose an iPad over another tablet. In future, I expect we'll see the same thing as with Macs and PCs. The iPad would continue giving Apple high profit margins and Apple would have less market share while other hardware manufacturers duke it out based on price/specs and sell Android tablets for lower profit margins.
Under 30, then yeah, the Android Market, sorry, Google Play would probably be well known. However, the iPad is well known even to folks who don't have smartphones and I know several who still use feature phones but have bought an iPad.
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Until just recently, the Ipad 2 (Wifi-16)was selling here in Belgium for about 499E. I got my Transformer (original) for 349E last September from a Dutch webshop, sans keyboard dock. It was a special sale, about 30 euros cheaper than anywhere else at the time (Amazon France had it at 379 for the longest time).
As per changing their buying plans, I honestly don't know and suspect you're probably right. But at least one person I know in my "Dutch for Immigrants" class went out and bought an Archos tablet (the newest 8" one) for her kid, after seeing my Tran and is really happy with it.
Does Google have the same name recognition as Apple? Not yet, but give it a year or two, more and more people are realizing that Apple isn't the only game in town for tablets. And yeah, its Google Play now, lol, keep forgetting.