[BlazingFrog]

People don't want a tablet, they want an iPad. It's that simple.

Does anybody seriously believe that the average consumer walks into Best Buy (or any other store) and say "Hello, I'm shopping for a tablet, what selection do you offer?". And then proceed to compare side by side an iPad and a Xoom (or any non-iPad) to, ultimately, decide on the iPad? As of today, this is the fantasy world those non-iPad tablet makers are living in, thinking they can compete on specs (but apparently not on looks or price).

OTOH, this will change with the Kindle Fire that will swoop the entry level tier.

[Hyena]

I think this is accurate. Once the KF sweeps the low end, the tablet/iPad identity will start to break. I think there was a similar dynamic in mobile phones: there were phones and Blackberries, then iPhones along and finally most people started thinking about "smartphones" as a category.

[alperakgun]

From many android tablets I see around since septembers, no you are ignoring that other tablets just arrived.