@ScoPi ... is a BIG problem for Apple.
As competition in the tablet sector grows, sooner or later, Apple is going to have to cut their prices. Many people won't pay $1,000 for a MacOSX laptop if they can buy a Windows laptop from Dell for $500.
Right now, tablets are hot and consumers will pay $500 for a device which is more mobile than a laptop, has a longer battery life, and meets still their needs.
As more and more tablets become available, the price will come down for many vendors, who can sell enough tablets to tolerate commodity pricing. Apple is NOT one of those companies who can tolerate the narrow margins associated with commodity pricing.
Apple's iTunes eco-system launched the iPod and the AppStore has done the same for the iPad. To date, no one's music player has surpassed the iPod but Apple cannot count on the iPad remaining the product of choice among tablets if the competition continues to make strides on that market sector - especailly when they have their own application libraries and iPad developers are porting their apps over the Android as fast as they can. Enter a Windows 8 tablet and the entire field could change virtually overnight.
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