[pedalpete]

His writing style is annoying with it's 'Apple holier than though' attitude. But I think you've missed the overall point of the article.

If you can ignore such pedantic arguments as the beta names, he actually makes one good point. At the same time, I think he completely misses the fact that it isn't the hardware manufacturers that will differentiate, it's the OSs. The hardware difference between the iPad and other tablets is minimal at best, which is why Apple is suing Samsung for copying the design.