HP exec: TouchPad not aimed at dethroning Apple's iPad

HP exec: TouchPad not aimed at dethroning Apple's iPad

An HP executive said Thursday that the TouchPad tablet is not meant to take the market away from the iPad and is instead aimed at the enterprise, while a new report claims Apple is set to overtake HP next year as the world's leading portable PC vendor, if iPads are taken into account.

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I will believe this as long as they don't make ads against it, or if comparisons are made against it.

Sounds like an admission of defeat before the contest begins.
On a similar note, I read the Engadget review of the Touch Pad yesterday and it appears that HP (unfortunately) missed the boat with a few things. The plus side is they sound like easily-solved issues, so maybe HP can get their act together and present a real competitor in the tablet market. I like HP and I love a lot of things about the Touch Pad. So I hope they can tighten the screws and make it an awesome product. Not that I would ditch my iPad for a Touch Pad... unless HP leapfrogs Apple and I can't resist.