Nintendo, Microsoft Shrug Off Apple’s New iPad

The iPad from three angles

After Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) unveiled its hotly anticipated tablet computer yesterday, not surprisingly, some of its biggest competitors dismissed the iPad as much of a game-changer.

Nintendo has faced steep competition from Apple’s iPhone and iPod, which have turned out to be powerful portable gaming devices much like the Nintendo DS. But President Satoru Iwata tried not to sound too impressed, by saying Apple delivered “no surprises,” and called it “a bigger iPod Touch,” according to Yahoo News.

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) also weighed in on the device, criticizing it for being “locked down.” Of course, Apple has eaten away at Microsoft’s Windows Mobile share of the phone market, and has seen much more success in the MP3 market than Microsoft’s Zune.

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