Apple's iPad Will Have at Least Fifty Competitors This Year
Computerworldreports that chip developer ARM is predicting that at least 50 touch tablet PC devices will be launched this year to compete with the Apple iPad.
The coming swarm of tablets has even prompted ARM, Intel's main rival in the mobile microprocessor business, to rent more space at the Computex electronics trade show in Taipei this year to show off the devices, in addition to e-readers, mini-laptops and other devices that use ARM processing cores.
"The first tablet devices will launch in the second quarter by [mobile network] carriers," said Roy Chen, ARM's worldwide mobile computing ODM manager, during a press meeting in Taipei. "You'll see a lot more in the third quarter."
Some of the devices that will be competing with the iPad include the HP Slate, Dell Mini 5 and Joojoo. Obviously, these tablets are just the tip of the iceberg and there will be a huge variety of tablets for consumers to choose from by the third and fourth quarter of this year.
Computerworld 
