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This is not a competitor. It's a hacker hobbyist machine, which is something the iPad is not, by both design and price point.
Pandigital Novel: 5.5" x 7.5" x 0.5"
That's not a real competitor.
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True, but that's irrelevant. My point is that few people buy electronics on impulse, without research, before walking into a store.
Where's the evidence for that? Perhaps if the price is $500+, but at $200 it can be an impulse buy.
The information is available online. Do you really think people walk into Best Buys before they do their research? Perhaps if money is no object. But for most people, it is, and therefore research is pretty imperative.
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Where's the evidence for that? Perhaps if the price is $500+, but at $200 it can be an impulse buy.
Why is the onus on me to prove it is one way or another? The information is available online. Do you really think people walk into Best Buys before they do their research? Perhaps if money is no object. But for most people, it is, and therefore research is pretty imperative.
I do most of my 'research' by browsing in shops. I often go into places like Best Buys, Frys, looking for 'stuff I probably want'.
Also most people have credit cards. Most people often don't worry about money when purchasing things. They worry later when they're in debt.
The threshold is different for everyone, but I would say that $200 is below the threshold it makes sense to bother researching all that much if it looks like it might be useful. No point spending a couple of hours, extra petrol etc to "save" a few $.
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I love it when the faithful think that features and price are not competitive.
Um dude, I recommend that you take a marketing course. Just because they are in the same larger market doesn't mean that two products are "real" or "direct" competition. Do you think BMW considers a person who buys a Corolla (and can't otherwise afford a 3-series) a lost customer?
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This argument is getting lost in semantics. What does "compete" mean in this instance? Does Kia compete with Lexus? They both make cars, but I doubt anyone looking at an RX350 ever ended up in a Sportage. I'd argue "compete" should mean that someone looking for an iPad might end up buying the competing device instead.
That definition of compete is really quite useless. Sure, if you define it like that, you win the argument, but we have learned nothing.
I love it when people think competing with the iPad means having more bullet point features.