Πως το iPad σκότωσε(;!;!) το HP Slate και το M$ Courier

In a sense, the iPad was released twice in the span of one month. First, the iPad wifi hit stores April 3rd, and seemed to be nothing short of a successful launch. 27 days later, on April 30th, the iPad 3G was released into the wild. Again, the lines formed around the Apple stores as fans awaited the launch of their highly-anticipated 3G-enabled iPad.

Many said the iPad was a stupid idea. Heck, some still do. After all, it can't multi-task, it doesn't have Flash and it doesn't exactly do anything a laptop can't do. Yet somehow, Apple's latest gadget was able to see two successful launches. HP, who was destined to give the iPad a run for its money, can't even manage one. But why?

There is no denying that the iPad had heavy press coverage even before it was confirmed as true. Apple was the big winner of CES 2010…and the company wasn't even there. Yet all the media and tech blogs could talk about was Apple's new magical device.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer even went on to show off Hewlet Packard's upcoming slate during the pre-CES keynote. Whether it was in an attempt to beat Apple to the punch in popularizing slate computing, or mere coincidence, he made sure to show off the Windows 7 tablet at the show. it never came. Sometimes it's common for a major company to spill big money into a product, demo the device and have it never see the light of day.

Last week it was reported that HP had canceled their tablet. According to some media outlets, HP was not satisfied with Windows 7 as a tablet OS.

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Τα πράγματα είναι απλά. Το iPad είναι το μέλλον της πληροφορικής. Δεν πρόκειται να υπάρξει ανταγωνισμός του πριν το τέλος του 2010 και εκτός αυτού, ο ανταγωνισμός του 2011 θα προσπαθεί να αντιγράψει το iPad του 2010 ενώ η Apple θα έχει πάει μερικά βήματα μπροστά.

Κάτι σαν το iPhone VS τα υπόλοιπα "Έξυπνα" Κινητά της αγοράς που μόνο στα χαρτιά πλησίασαν το iPhone. Γιατί ακόμη προσπαθούν να φτάσουν το iPhone 3GS. Η Apple βέβαια από στιγμή σε στιγμή θα βγάλει το iPhone 4 ή όπως αλλιώς θα λέγεται.

Όσο για τον ανταγωνισμό γενικά της Apple, όσο περνάει ο καιρός είναι σαν να θέλουν την Apple να είναι μπροστά και αυτοί να ακολουθούν. Όχι τίποτα άλλο αλλά η σκόνη της Apple χάθηκε από τα μάτια τους. Ούτε καν τη σκόνη της Apple δεν τρώνε πλέον. Η Apple έχει τερματίσει και αυτοί είναι ακόμη στην εκκίνηση.