The Apple iPad is not yet available on the German market, nor is a price fixed. Market insiders, however, firmly expect that the US dollar prices will be converted 1: 1 into euros.
Apple iPad is forcing tablet PC manufacturers to cut prices
Accordingly, the 16 GB version of the iPad should cost around 499 euros.
This asking price is now forcing tablet PC manufacturers to rethink their prices.
These new competitor prices are likely to be around 20 to 30 percent below those of the Apple iPad.
This development in the tablet PC market is of course very convenient for the consumer.
The distribution of this computer version will also advance faster than expected.
Should this development prove to be true, it could also have an impact on the Netbbok market.
These mobile mini-computers are already very cheap to buy, but an increase in tablet PC sales could also lower prices here.