Spool also predicts that the Excite 13 will be neither an iPad killer, nor a top-selling Android tablet.
So maybe a Kindle Fire fighter, not an iPad killer, but Microsoft might create something in its own category.
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Analysts and investors like to speculate that the iPad killer is around the corner but Apple continues to surprise.
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Industry watcher Jonathan Roubini, editor of Lab Reviews, said Android 3.0 was key to the success of any iPad killer.
One of them is Motorola's XOOM which has been hailed by a number of bloggers and reviewers as a possible iPad killer.
While Motorola shied away from calling their product an iPad killer, they were bullish about the challenge it poses to Apple for the next iteration of its successful tablet computer.
What about the potential of the Amazon tablet to be an iPad-Killer?
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The iPad was the killer app for tablets.
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To date, the iPad is a category killer at the very beginning of its product cycle.
With a killer new product in the iPhone 4S, category dominance with the iPad, and continually expanding margins, the stock remains attractive.
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