Battle of the Tablets: Who Will…Come in Second?

It's hard to say how this will play out for Google. Will it win for having a great value, or lose from being neither the lowest priced nor the strongest app ecosystem? Time will tell.

Then we've got a bunch of other players including Samsung, which is bound to do well with its Galaxy Note 10.1 and other gadgets; and a number of Windows 8 entrants includingMicrosoft with its own Surface.

Chances are, Apple will sell about as many iPads (around 30 million units) during the quarter as all of its rivals combined. But if any one of them can edge out the others for a strong showing at second place, the rewards in 2013 and beyond could be huge.

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