The hardware, software, and apps /
media ecosystem probably won't be as good as Apple's, and HP probably isn't going to be able to heavily undercut Apple in price.
Not exact matches
Both through its
media apps, and through its IR blaster universal remote control features, but
probably most of all through Sony's
ecosystem.
This must have been a tough decision for B&N, but
probably the right one — these days, you buy a device for its associated
media ecosystem as much as for the hardware itself, and this gives Nook tablet owners access to a much richer music & video
ecosystem than they can get from B&N directly.