Arm Expects 50 Ipad Competitors This Year Computerworld
This Computerworld article sounds about right. Segmentation is Apple’s friend in this case as all of the competitors are scrambling and confusing consumers to become #2. Even though Apple is the 51st ARM tablet because the A4 is an ARM design, it clearly stands out from the pack as THE tablet. The hype around the iPad is easily bigger than all of the other Joojoos/Slates combined. I think the tablet game is going to play out like this: You’ll have the other ARM tablets on the low end (Dell, etc) that cost less than the iPad and pick up the audience that can’t justify the $500 entry cost....