they had the initiative and then let others slide ahead with NO R&D / product cycle response.. good way to lose market share over the last 12-24 months! If apple can complete a product cycle in 12 months, then so better everyone else or consumers lose interest.
there are rockchip tablets that best the xoom tablet for less than half the price.. way to go... the next gen tablets better have 128gb ssd's oboard and sdxc card slot to reach the $500 price range..
Apple releases new products that often with normally little to no improvement; they keep the same name for the most part and slap a letter after the number. They can get away with it due to they know people will drop thousands of dollars on the products.
it's not the same way with Mot or any other company; they don't have the people drinking the kool-aid (r)