Comments on: How Cheap Tablets Could Be the iPod Touch for Android http://gigaom.com/2011/04/25/how-cheap-tablets-could-be-the-ipod-touch-for-android/ Tue, 21 May 2013 19:37:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Rich Carter http://gigaom.com/2011/04/25/how-cheap-tablets-could-be-the-ipod-touch-for-android/#comment-619674 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 20:36:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=335683#comment-619674 Sorry. This just seems unlikely. Android needs to do something iOS doesn’t. Apple never has (and never will) have the same market dominance as Microsoft in terms of their OS’s sales in the business and home sectors, but they didn’t become a larger company overnight, nor did they do so by playing catch-up. Apple has dominance of the tablet market now because it innovated and effectively created it single-handedly. Android needs to innovate itself separately from iOS, and not depend on bargain-bin hardware to accomplish it.

]]> By: Stephen Ackroyd http://gigaom.com/2011/04/25/how-cheap-tablets-could-be-the-ipod-touch-for-android/#comment-619431 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:54:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=335683#comment-619431 There has to be a business model. Tablets cost $250 to build, so a cheap tablet needs an ancillary business model to drive revenue and profit, like books(kindle) or games(wii).

]]> By: Ted Brooks http://gigaom.com/2011/04/25/how-cheap-tablets-could-be-the-ipod-touch-for-android/#comment-619401 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:48:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=335683#comment-619401 I frequently write about legal technology, and recently compared the iPad with a Windows-based tablet, HP’s new Slate 500.
http://trial-technology.blogspot.com/2011/04/has-ipad-met-its-match-maybe-not-yet.html

I really wonder if the Android is going to surpass the iPad craze, at least in the law/business sector. From what I’ve seen, it looks good, but still requires the accumulation of a bunch of apps.

]]> By: Andrew Macdonald http://gigaom.com/2011/04/25/how-cheap-tablets-could-be-the-ipod-touch-for-android/#comment-619397 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:18:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=335683#comment-619397 “If Amazon keeps costs down, or offers an ad-supported model like it’s doing with the Kindle, it could offer an Android tablet at under $300, well under the competition, including Apple. ”

Since when has Apple sold a tablet for “well under $300″???

]]> By: Yacko http://gigaom.com/2011/04/25/how-cheap-tablets-could-be-the-ipod-touch-for-android/#comment-619388 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:27:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=335683#comment-619388 “Android benefited from strong carrier partnerships…”

Will tablet manufacturers be offering BOGO? I thought not.

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