With little native apps for the PlayBook and poor Xoom sales, iPad is still dominant
Even though the Apple iPad is the clear market leader, there is still plenty of interest in alternative tablets. Consumer trends suggest that tablet sales will continue to grow significantly this year, with all major electronics manufacturers jumping on the portable device bandwagon. Plenty of hype has surrounded the latest tablets to hit the market,namely the Motorola Xoom and BlackBerry PlayBook, however it already looks like these two will struggle in an Apple iPad dominated landscape.
MOTOROLA XOOM
Initial reports suggest that sales for the Motorola Xoom have been poor, with Deutsche Bank projecting that around 100,000 devices have been sold since its launch on 24 February. When you compare these figures to day one sales of 300,000 for the first-generation Apple iPad, which has now been picked up by 16 million consumers worldwide, things don't look good for the Motorola Xoom.
In addition, prior to the tablet's UK release, retailers including PC World and Carphone Warehouse have slashed prices for the Motorola Xoom, suggesting that pre-orders haven’t lived up to initial expectations. Even though the Motorola Xoom is the world's first tablet to be running Android Honeycomb software, several consumers are tentative when it comes to splashing the pre-order cash.
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BLACKBERRY PLAYBOOK
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