Apple, HP Rumors Indicate Tablet Price War Brewing
Hewlett-Packard may set the price of its upcoming tablet PC in order to undercut the price of the Apple iPad, according to new reports, heralding a price war among manufacturers looking to gain early advantage in the burgeoning tablet PC segment.
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Tablet makers rethinking things in wake of iPad’s $499 price
Competing tablet makers are reevaluating their pricing strategy in the wake of Apple’s iPad announcement, according to a rumor in the Digitimes . The article cites the usual unnamed sources in claiming that companies like ASUS and MSI had expected Apple’s iPad to debut at $1,000, and were planning to undercut that price by 20 to 30 percent with their own, presumably Android-based offerings. But …
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