Originally Posted by alanwarwic:
“Employees only ever get out of left hand right side of the bed too.
Apple are not stupid enough to have a rule book.
They seed information out all the time. It is all good marketing.”
This ^^^
and they know that there are enough minions out there who will rush out to buy it even if its twice the price and half the spec of other tablets that dont have a fruit on the back.
My guess is that they will be seeing the success of the Nexus 7 and will be starting to get concerned that once people have entered the Android ecosystem they are less likely to switch to iOS (as is the same vice versa due to investment in apps etc). I think for once Apple have missed the smart move to fill the smaller screen (and lower budget) market and are in the unusual position of being the 'late entry'.
Interesting to see how this impacts their lawsuits though as it would look very much like they were copying others as they have complained about in the larger tablet market ....