Tablet also-rans, already sucking on Apple’s fumes, fear 7.85-inch iPad launch in Q312

“As Apple will reportedly launch a 7.85-inch iPad in the third quarter of 2012, other vendors are concerned because it would bring large competitive pressure on them, according to sources from upstream component makers,” Monica Chen and Joseph Tsai report for DigiTimes.

“The sources pointed out that non-Apple tablet PC vendors can still survive in the 7-inch tablet PC market because Apple has not yet entered the segment,” Chen and Tsai report. “However… the non-Apple vendors may soon have difficulty [surviving] if the rumors come turn.”

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MacDailyNews Take: As if a $399 iPad 2 wasn’t enough to fear. Sweet dreams, derivative also-rans.

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