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Originally Posted by athlonkmf
What people seems to forget, the fight against iPad is not to be fought with higher specs.
It has to be fought in the field: user experience.
Apple chose to use an OS which is perfected for mobile, touchusage. And then put it on a machine that is actually OVERPOWERED for that OS.
So when used, the iPad can be extremely snappy, because.. well it has more horsepower than needed for a phone OS.
Unless an OS-maker stands up and co-oporate with hardwaremaker, the hardware might win over iPad, but the iPad would win in userexperience.
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Don't think anything I mentioned above involved higher specs.
I think the iPad got the fundamental performance specs just about right, excepting their proprietary port and lack of expansion. It's not overpowered at all in my opinion. It
needs to be snappy to succeed.
I do agree though, one of the major challenges for many manufacturers will be software and UI integration. Though I don't like the iPhone OS, it works well for the kind of device it is, and the iPad, for all its limitations, will be pretty good at what it's designed for. A good competitor device will need to be thoughtful about that.
Unfortunately, I worry that some of the big competitors will make a clone device without thought to the software end. They'll consider the feather in their cap, the tick box needed to boast "superior to the iPad" to be more storage for the same price.
Or a webcam.