Now, let's be honest: the burgeoning tablet market is not a race. But if it was, says analyst Chris Whitmore of Deutsch Bank, the iPad would be winning. We're going to see quite a few tablet devices come to market before all is said and done, including the Blackberry PlayBook and products from manufacturers like Dell, Microsoft, and maybe even Google. Even after those other tablets come out, Whitmore says the iPad's lead is going to be tough to overcome, if that's even possible. "We expect the slew of upcoming competition to fall flat from a user experience standpoint while struggl[ing] to m
