The iPad 2 was released, everybody go crazy!
Now for reality, the iPad 2 is a nice piece of hardware, for people who do not already have an iPad or other tablet. Hopefully it will learn from any mistakes the original iPad had and so become a better all round tablet.
As an owner of an original iPad, it does not appeal to me. Sure its lighter, slighter and has a front and rear facing camera, but none of this would convince me to sell my iPad and put a further 100-200 euros towards an iPad 2. Would I sell it and buy a different tablet? Possibly, the exciting thing about the tablet market now is the number of companies with upcoming hardware offerings. Android will provide the OS for most of these tablets but the variety of hardware will be the main attraction.
There is a huge number of directions tablets can go in now, the budget tablets will just be cheap copies of existing solutions, the premium tablets are pushing boundaries however, maybe in an attempt to out-spec the iPad or as in the case of Notion Ink’s Adam, to genuinely offer new exciting tablet combinations.
As per usual, I cant wait to see what Apple come back with to maintain their dominance.
