Apple Inc (AAPL)

[LisaAu]

Do you suppose AAPL will hardware update the iPad once per year or more often, e.g., 2x per year?

They probably have the next gen ready to go and will go with it when sales of the present one taper or serious competition appears. There's nothing like either of those likely in the near future.

What must serious competition offer to challenge the iPad? It seems it must be some doable combination of:

1) price
2) weight
3) speed
4) battery life
5) display characteristics, 3D, etc.
6) apps, including a store or the equiv., and/or
7) some wonderful, unique killer App that comes out of the blue.