Tablet PC: HP TouchPad Vs. Amazon Kindlefire

In a matter of less than two months, HP went from launching the TouchPad Tablet PC in the midst of grandiose claims of going head in the direction of head in the midst of the Apple iPad in the direction of pulling the plug on the device in addition to getting out of the tablet business entirely. HP simply could not sell the device when priced the same as its Apple iPad 2 rivals. In fact, even in the midst of a price drop in the direction of $400 few were convinced. When there was a temporary weekend rebate in the direction of $300 there was cheap Tablets interest, but still not very impressive. But, when HP cleared out the inventory at $99 after killing the tablet it sold them all in a matter of hours. So, is with the intention of it? Is the answer in the direction of the tablet war competition in the direction of simply race in the direction of the bottom in addition to undercut price?

If so, it's diversion time! Lenovo exposed details of the Idea Pad Tablet PC A1 this week. The 7-inch tablet is not the maximum or best tablet out there, but at $199 it offers enough features in addition to capabilities in the direction of at least make a compelling case. Then, there's Amazon. It has been rumored all year with the intention of Amazon is developing its own Android tablet, in addition to many pundits have put their money on Amazon as the tablet competitor finally worthy of going toe in the direction of toe in the midst of the Apple iPad. Thanks in the direction of MG Siegler of TechCrunch, we have a firsthand account of a Kindle cheap Tablets pre-production prototype. Siegler says the 7-inch device runs a proprietary Amazon fork of the Android operating system, in addition to is expected in the direction of retail at $250. On behalf of all of the hype in addition to expectations, though, this device sounds like it is designed in the direction of go head in the direction of head in the midst of the Nook Color 2, not the iPad 2.

Amazon may put up for sale 5 million of them, but I am not convinced it will dent iPad 2 sales. The people who will purchase the new Amazon Kindle Android tablet almost certainly already own an iPad. In my house we have an original iPad, in addition to an iPad 2, in addition to a second-generation Kindle, in addition to a third-generation Kindle because the iPad in addition to the Kindle are both great devices with the intention of have some minor overlap, but don't directly compete in the midst of one another. While these tablet competitors "ship" hundreds of thousands or millions of tablets, actual sales are in the thousands--tens of thousands on behalf of a "great" cheap Tablets. The reality is with the intention of the iPad has no competition right now. All of these rivals are in a cage match in the direction of the death...on behalf of second place. They can launch new tablets every other week in addition to have cutthroat price wars in the midst of each other.