#Apple #iPad Prompting Copy Cats Like wtih #iPhone

Microsoft's Courier, HP's Slate, Dell's Streak as well as unnamed tablet-computer prototypes at Samsung, Asustek and Google (with Verizon) have all been scrapped in their original form, and will be retooled to copy the iPad. Look for innovation to take a back seat to creation of dozens of copy-cat iPad look-a-likes in a manner similar to the way smartphones all copy the iPhone. R.C.J.


Here's what Bloomberg says: In the wake of the debut of Apple’s iPad on April 3, hardware companies are doing a lot of high-tech soul-searching about the tablets they have in the pipeline, Bloomberg Businessweek reported in its May 17 issue. Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Inc. and Asustek Computer Inc. also are reassessing the tablet market. Much is at stake in getting it right. Although tablets are projected to make up only 1 percent of computer sales this year, that may rise to almost 25 percent by 2015, according to Coda Research Consultancy...
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