iPad vs Surface vs Nexus 7

[mlschop]

Heh that tablet weighs a pound more than my MB Air

[Entropy]

You can take it anywhere... just don't move it too much while it's on.

[ADoubleDot]

Originally Posted by ahow

Spinning 32GB HDD? WTF?

DIE IN A FIRE!!

[ahow]

Now I'm wondering if it meant 320GB HDD. Who the F is making 32GB spinning hard drives?

[Shaft]

Originally Posted by mlschop

Wow...good catch. My eyes glazed over the HD specs of it because I never would have ever thought a tablet would have a regular HD.

I think that's a typical amazon glitch - it is supposed to be 32/64GB flash mem.

[ahow]

Originally Posted by Shaft

I think that's a typical amazon glitch - it is supposed to be 32/64GB flash mem.

Maybe they mounted a 32GB flash memory module on a little turn table and spin it at 5400rpm to keep it cool or something. I feel like we might be seeing a pretty big leap in science right here.

[ahow]

Originally Posted by mlschop

Heh that tablet weighs a pound more than my MB Air

Are you talking about the 4lb shipping weight? That includes documentation, packing materials (including the box), cables/docks, and anything else inside the box.

The Transformer Infinity is 1.3lbs so I would guess the extra screen real estate adds about 40% to the weight, so about 2lbs.

ETA: Ship weight on the Transformer is 3lbs for a 1.3lb tablet. This one might be a little under 2lbs.

[E]

Originally Posted by AndrewC

The killing feature of Nexus 7 is definitely its price; iPad has a strong customer base and huge pool of apps. I am not sure what to say about Surface; I can run actuarial models on it?

Who will be the winner in 2013?

Depends on your definition of winning, but most likely the iPad, which will most likely command the lion's share of sales and profit.

The Nexus 7 has a good chance of selling well. There are many things going for it, including price, though some are speculating that the price may not hold up after (or if) Google ends up having to pay Nokia and others for patent infringements. The best thing the Nexus 7 has going for it is that Google will finally control both the software and hardware. It has the potential of ameliorating the Android fragmentation problem. Adoption rates of newer versions of Android have been abysmal because carriers have been a bottleneck. Google can solve that problem by owning the hardware as well.

The Surface may be successful, but I don't think 2013 will be the year. My sense is that the Surface's best prospects are in the enterprise, but I think it would take at least a year before Surface got any meaningful traction. Enterprise adoption tends to be slow, and the iPad is already present in the enterprise.

So to summarize, I think 2013 will be an extension of the iPad's success to date. The Nexus 7 has the potential to do well and define a new path for Android tablets, which have struggled so far. Too little is known about the Surface to make anything other than wild guesses, but at best it will impress the initial audience and set the stage for more success in 2014 and beyond.

[yoyo]

This is very bad news for Surface given E's track record on non-iStuff.

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