Apple's won the tablet war....for now....

HP has cancelled their "Slate" tablet, and Microsoft cancelled their long-rumored dual-screen tablet as well.
http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/29/hewlett-packard-to-kill-windows-7-tablet-project/
http://gizmodo.com/5527442/microsoft-cancels-innovative-courier-tablet-project
Looks like the iPad is the only multitouch tablet computer out there right now...should be interesting to see what will happen in the near future.

I'm practically giddy with excitement, but what are your takes on the situation?

they did it becuase the found out what a useless idea it is and are not concentraiting on proper laptops rather than flashy gimiks

I heard that Medion makes a tablet computer.

[Oscar]

I'm with gazag on this one, especially with estimates of ipad to sell 600,000 to 700,000 on the first yet only managing to do half that. Fail.

where'd you hear those stats? According to Apple, they had "better than expected demand"

^ Apple fan boy denial... Clearly the Ipad was a fail, haha.

hey I was just asking.
I love my iPad, say what you want.

[SauronHimself]

Even if HP and Microsoft wanted to make tablets which fail in comparison to real laptops, all they have to do to beat the Apple iPad is sell a tablet with Adobe Flash.

Its perfect as cricket/basebal bat or for beating someone!Its really a multi-talent![lol][sillyme][dorkhat][devilish][:D]

iPad as it is now is stupid, it's not worth investing into. HP fails, I actually got my hopes up.

I never understood the "hype"

[Coasterkidmwm]

Originally posted by boneplaya

hey I was just asking.
I love my iPad, say what you want.

Replace "iPad" with "7 year old boy neighbor" and you're listening to NAMBLA member denial.

^South Park Fanboy![flush]

I'm on an iPad at the apple store and I really like it. But I have never had a touch iwhatever. I'm thinking about buying ne.

[Coasterkidmwm]

I'm rather spend the money on something like a car payment.

Originally posted by boneplaya


I'm practically giddy with excitement, but what are your takes on the situation?

I will continue to purchase equipment which I am allowed to maintenance, is capable of handling heavy computational tasks, and is not offensively overpriced.

Originally posted by BackroadBridge

I'm on an iPad at the apple store and I really like it. But I have never had a touch iwhatever. I'm thinking about buying ne.

Hell no, those thing are too damn expensive, I'm not paying $500-600 for a bigger version of what I already have.

[rcmaniac25]

To quote my younger sister: "Boring"

Personally I despise Apple so you know my opinion. The local Apple fanatics I know could care less about it.

Haters. Apple will rule the world.

[slosprint]

Apple fan-boys. Go make out a picture of Steve Jobs.

I want one, but they are just way to damn expensive. If i was going to spend $500 on something like that, I'm going to buy a laptop, need one for college anyway. I still like them though, maybe if they ever come down in price, but knowing apple, that won't happen... huh and that could cover a month of car insurance and a payment...

[Coasterkidmwm]

Wait a month so they cut the price in half like they did with the iPhone.

[jayman]

the companies that make real computers realized that it was a stupid idea

they've already sold more than a million ipads in less than a month! http://www.cnbc.com/id/36911690
like them or not they are selling like hot cakes and faster than the iphone did.

[jayman]

i'm sure they did. .i'm also positive that mc donalds sold a sh!tload of hamburgers today