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One year later, 101 iPad wannabes

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Philip Elmer-DeWitt
Philip Elmer-DeWitt
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Philip Elmer-DeWitt
Philip Elmer-DeWitt
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January 27, 2011, 11:03 AM ET

On the anniversary of the iconic tablet’s unveiling, the ranks of its imitators is swelling



Photo courtesy of pocket-lint.com

It’s been one year to the day since Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad, and to mark the occasion we’re reposting, below the fold, the most compete list we’ve seen of the tablet computers unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas three weeks ago.

It comes courtesy of CES director of research Shawn Dubravec via the Boy Genius Report.

Note that Apple (AAPL) didn’t actually ship the iPad until April 3, 2010, so these tablets have more than two months to catch up. Unless, of course, Apple ships iPad 2 before then.

ManufacturerNameNewTypeScreen size (in.)Operating system
Acericonia tab a500Newtablet10Android
AcerIconia W7 tabletNewtablet10.1Windows
AluratekCinepadNewe-Reader10Android
AOCBreezeNewtablet8Android
Archos101Newtablet10Android
AsusEee Slate EP121Newtablet12Windows
AsusEee Pad SliderNewtablet10Android
AsusEee Pad MeMoNewtablet7Android
AsusEee Pad TransformerNewtablet10Android
AugenDoppioNewtablet10.1Android
AugenEspressoNewtablet7Android
AugenLatteNewtablet7Android
AugenLatte GrandNewtablet7Android
AzpentabletNewtablet7Android
AzpentabletNewtablet7Windows
BlackBerryPlayBookNewtablet7QNX
DellStreak 10Newtablet10Android
DellStreak 7Newtablet7Android
eFunNextbook Next4Newtablet10Android
eFunNextbook Next6Newtablet7Android
EnspertIdentity Tab E201Newtablet7Android
EnspertIdentity Tab E301Newtablet7Android
EntouragePocket eDGeNewe-Reader6Android
Freescale24 different modelsVariedtabletVariedVaried
FujitsuWindows 7 tabletNewtablet7Windows
FujitsuLifebook T901Newtablet13.1Windows
Gajah Int.Several e-ReadersNewe-Reader7unknown
HanvonWISEreader N500Newe-Reader5WinCE
HanvonWISEreader N618Newe-Reader6WinCE
HanvonWISEreader N628Newe-Reader6WinCE
HanvonWISEreader N638Newe-Reader6WinCE
HanvonWISEreader N800Newe-Reader8WinCE
iRiverStoryHDNewe-Reader6Unknown
Key IngredientDemySeen earliere-ReaderUnknown
Knosingle screenNewtablet14Linux
Knodual-screenNewtablet14×2Linux
LenovoLePadNewtablet10Android
LenovoWindows7 slateNewtablet10Windows
LGOptimus tabletNewtablet8.9Android
LG T-mobileG-SlateNewtablet10Android
MotionCL900Newtablet10Windows
MotorolaXoomNewtablet10Android
MSIWindPad 100ANewtablet10Android
MSIWindPad 100WNewtablet10Windows
MSIKid PadPrototypetablet10Android
NECCloud Comm. LT-WNewtablet7Android
Netbook NavigatorNav7Newtablet7Windows
Netbook NavigatorNav9Newtablet8.9Windows
Netbook NavigatorNav10iNewtablet10.1Windows
Notion InkAdamNewtablet10Android
OpenPeakOpenTablet 10Newtablet10Android
PanasonicVieraTabletNewtablet4Android
PanasonicVieraTabletNewtablet7Android
PanasonicVieraTabletNewtablet10Android
PandigitalMultimedia NovelNewe-Reader9Android
PandigitalMultimedia NovelNewe-Reader7Android
PocketBook.902/903Newe-Reader9.7Linux
PocketBook602/603Newe-Reader6Linux
PocketBook701 IQNewe-Reader7Android
RazerSwitchbladeNewtablet7Windows
RullingnetVinciPrototypetablet7Android
SamsungGalaxy Tab WiFiSeen earliertablet7Android
SamsungTX100Newtablet10Windows
SharpGalapogas E-mediaNewe-Reader5.5Linux
SharpGalapogas E-mediaNewe-Reader10.8Linux
toshibaToshiba TabletNewtablet10Android
Velocity MicroCruz tabletNewtablet7Android
Velocity MicroCruz tabletNewtablet8Android
Velocity MicroCruz tabletNewtablet10Android
ViewsonicViewPad 10Newtablet10.1Android/Windows
ViewsonicViewPad 10sNewtablet10.1Android
VilivX10Newtablet10.2Android
VilixX7Newtablet7Android
VilixX70Newtablet7Windows
VizioVizio (Via) TabletNewtablet8Android
SamsungGalaxy Tab 4GNewtablet7Android

. . .
Sharp-eyed readers will note that there are only 76 items in this list, but one represents 24 tablets and another at least three.

See also:

  • The island of misfit tablets
  • Tim Cook disses iPad’s competitors

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