The problem, though, was summed up in John's conclusion: the Nook HD + is a great upgrade as a reader, but not necessarily
a real tablet competitor.
Not exact matches
Also, if there's a
competitor to Apple in the
tablet space that could make a
real play for the educational textbook market, you would be hard pressed not to finger Amazon.
Voyo is a mobile computer company that have utilized powerful processors for years, and by the looks of it they are about to launch a
real Surface Pro
competitor soon with equal power, just at a lower price for the 12.6 - inch Windows 10
tablet called Voyo i7 Plus, which I think is estimated to launch in the $ 800 - 900 region.
By having one operating system - Ice Cream Sandwich - that works with both
tablets and phones, this should lead to Android
tablets finally becoming a
real competitor to the IPad.
Rumors about the upcoming Amazon
tablet have been circulating over the past few weeks, and everybody seemed to think that this could be something new, or at least something that could be a
real competitor in the mobile market.
Given the price difference between the two, I think the Fire HD 10 does a good job of holding its own against the iPad, but the downgraded display, poorer battery life, and no cellular data options make the Fire HD 10 more of a budget
tablet than a
real competitor to the iPad.
So while the iPad
competitors have started to come forward, the
real rivals for Apple's current dominance in touch - screen
tablets won't appear until early next year once Android 3.0, or Gingerbread, is available.
Amazon is the first
real competitor to launch a
tablet that has a chance at matching the iPad.
Many of the other
tablet makers have pulled back their products, leaving Apple in the perfect position to continue taking market share away from Amazon, establishing iBookstore as a
real competitor for Kindle.
Given a few months, the Pixel C might be a
real competitor to the iPad Pro or Surface Pro, but right now it feels like it's just another Android
tablet with an identity crisis.
Specifically, Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 is the
real competitor to Apple's iPad lineup, and judging from its look and feel, it does better than any other
tablet ever launched by Samsung.