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I don't know why the iCrowd continues to be so smug about the iPad and write these articles. It just reeks of hubris. It's just a matter of time before what happened to the iPhone happens to the iPad. The same thing happened with Windows and Mac OS. Or McDonalds and nice burger places. Cheap plentiful shit will eventually overtake high quality products.

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I'm unsure about this. So far it hasn't. And there has been plenty of "plentiful shit" at a cheap price point.

The difference to the phone market is that the tablet market is (largely) un-subsidised and not coupled to a contract. It'll be interesting to see how the Amazon Fire will fare. It is subsidised, unlike the iPad, and probably very polished, has a successful ecosystem and will likely be a very good gadget. Only the future will tell..

The iPad will dominate the tablet market like the iPod did to the mp3 player market.

"Cheap plentiful shit will eventually overtake high quality products"

You're right about this one.

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