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Apple failed to move hardware bar with iPad 2, say experts
Kind of wierd since breakbeat said the Ipad2 "set the goalpost further" LMAO
Computerworld - By the time that Apple CEO Steve Jobs wrapped up today's launch of a revamped iPad, analysts were already calling it "incremental" and pointing out that it the new tablet delivers "no surprises."
The bottom line? Contrary to Jobs' assertion that iPad 2 will stymie what he called "copy cats," Apple hasn't staked out an insurmountable hardware position.
"Apple didn't really move the bar all that much," said Jack Gold, an analyst at J. Gold Associates. "I don't see this as heads above the competition, especially the Xoom, right now. Apple fans who want the latest will buy this or upgrade, but I don't see any overwhelmingly compelling capabilities that would make people sitting on the tablet fence go out and buy one."
Other experts echoed Gold's take.
"Is it nicer? Yes. But it all was predictable, things that everyone was betting on, including competitors."
Stephen Baker of retail research firm NPD Group chimed in as well on the theme.
"It seemed like this time, everyone knew everything ahead of time," said Baker. "It's all incremental. But there are only so many ways you can surprisingly change things."
"The specs are basically what everyone else is coming out with in three to four months," said Baker. "We're at a point where this set of features will be similar across every device, at least for this round."
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Kind of wierd since breakbeat said the Ipad2 "set the goalpost further" LMAO
Computerworld - By the time that Apple CEO Steve Jobs wrapped up today's launch of a revamped iPad, analysts were already calling it "incremental" and pointing out that it the new tablet delivers "no surprises."
The bottom line? Contrary to Jobs' assertion that iPad 2 will stymie what he called "copy cats," Apple hasn't staked out an insurmountable hardware position.
"Apple didn't really move the bar all that much," said Jack Gold, an analyst at J. Gold Associates. "I don't see this as heads above the competition, especially the Xoom, right now. Apple fans who want the latest will buy this or upgrade, but I don't see any overwhelmingly compelling capabilities that would make people sitting on the tablet fence go out and buy one."
Other experts echoed Gold's take.
"Is it nicer? Yes. But it all was predictable, things that everyone was betting on, including competitors."
Stephen Baker of retail research firm NPD Group chimed in as well on the theme.
"It seemed like this time, everyone knew everything ahead of time," said Baker. "It's all incremental. But there are only so many ways you can surprisingly change things."
"The specs are basically what everyone else is coming out with in three to four months," said Baker. "We're at a point where this set of features will be similar across every device, at least for this round."
http://www.computerworld.com/s/artic...?taxonomyId=12
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