>>>Reality check : Samsung on its own is already overtaking Apple...
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>Yep. Soon the biggest battle will be between Android makers, with Apple in its own lucrative category- unless somebody can get things mired in legal action as Apple and Samsung are trying to do to each other at present.

And Pads having a slightly different slant: iPad is priced top of the line there as well,
but the aPads offering a much reduced price have lots of ease of use/functionality missing currently.

The rush to buy Web-OS HW including the hope of android running there via mods shows the potential
for cheap devices, but that will take another year at least.