Why no competition for iPad Touch?

[Jimi]

@Chimera

You can get a 16gb Nexus 7 for only $199.

£199.95 over here in the U.K..:mad:

[The_Dord]

@Wesley_Clark

I have one too, but the reason I bought it was because there was no alternative on the market. At the time I didn’t know I could buy a used android phone on craigslist for $40 that would do the exact same thing as an ipod touch which costs $160 used. Had I known that I would’ve gone with the android.

Realistically this is what I’m going to do when my iPad finally breaks. Buying an android phone and use it like an iPod touch sounds great to me!

Thanks for the idea Wesley Clark!

[Wesley_Clark]

What is even better is a lot of android phones have microsd slots expandable to 32GB. A 32GB microsd card is only $20 now, and will probably drop to $10-15 next year.

The price difference in an 8GB vs 32GB ipod touch is $100 by comparison.

[scr4]

@Wesley_Clark

What is even better is a lot of android phones have microsd slots expandable to 32GB. A 32GB microsd card is only $20 now, and will probably drop to $10-15 next year.

And many of them actually work with 64GB cards, including some that claim 32GB max.

[LibrarySpy]

I agree. It’s a niche, perhaps dying market.

I got rid of my iPod Touch when I got an iPad–Not because the screen was bigger, but because I can use 3G data on my iPad. This accentuated the limitations of the Touch. No good for travel, and only useful at home until a real tablet (which, as many have pointed out, is cheap) comes along.

But man I loved it when I didn’t have anything else.