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Analyst: iPad competitors "Not ready for prime time"

Analyst Brian Blair did some retail sales checking with regard to tablet sales this past Christmas. The results were not surprising.

“Even with a handful of tablet competitors hitting the market, the iPad remained the only game in town in our holiday checks largely because many of the tablets hitting the market are junk for lack of a better word,” he wrote. “They are underpowered, poorly constructed and largely not ready for prime time.”

http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20101228/ipad-rivals-underpowered-poorly-constructed-and-largely-not-ready-for-prime-time/

Ouch!