Dignan gives examples, including:
• ViewSonic’s View Pad 7-inch: US$479. 10-inch: $629. Both versions are Wi-Fi with no 3G.
• The HP Slate 500 with Windows 7: $799.
Dignan writes, “These prices illustrate how aggressive Jobs was at the iPad launch. Apple had the device and the pricing to arguably grab at least an 18-month lead.”
Full article, which also highlights Apple’s myriad other advantages, here.
MacDailyNews Take: Like lambs to the slaughter they are led.
Our potential competitors are having a tough time coming close to iPad’s pricing, even with their far smaller, far less expensive screens. The iPad incorporates everything we’ve learned about building high value products from iPhone, iPods, and Macs. We create our own A4 chip, our own software, our own battery chemistry, our own enclosure, our own everything. And this results in an incredible product at a great price. The proof of this will be in the pricing of our competitors’ products which will likely offer less for more.”
These are among the reasons we think the current crop of 7-inch tablets are going to be DOA. Dead On Arrival. Their manufacturers will learn the painful lesson that their tablets are too small and increase the size next year, thereby abandoning both customers and developers who jumped on the 7-inch bandwagon with an orphaned product.”
Sounds like lots of fun ahead. – Apple CEO Steve Jobs, October 18, 2010
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Chaz” for the heads up.]