VIA's VP of marketing, Richard Brown, is obviously on some sort of tour of media in the US, as snippets of his conversations with top journalists are dominating this blog this week. He's on a tablet rampage, this time Slashgear reporting that five models from unkown manufacturers are said to be hitting the market in the second half of this year, all priced between USD 100 - 150.
Chris Davies from Slashgear notes that " ... given the price bracket Brown has indicated, we’re not expecting them to legitimately go up against Apple’s iPad. Instead, we’d expect something more along the lines of Freescale’s recent tablet reference designs, which have resistive touchscreens and prioritise simple web access and multimedia playback." I think this comment hits the nail on the head. Any non-iPad tablet is being compared to the iPad but there are so many other ways to offer a tablet-ish experience, and dare I say it, probably better ways.
Chris Davies from Slashgear notes that " ... given the price bracket Brown has indicated, we’re not expecting them to legitimately go up against Apple’s iPad. Instead, we’d expect something more along the lines of Freescale’s recent tablet reference designs, which have resistive touchscreens and prioritise simple web access and multimedia playback." I think this comment hits the nail on the head. Any non-iPad tablet is being compared to the iPad but there are so many other ways to offer a tablet-ish experience, and dare I say it, probably better ways.
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