[UPDATE: For some reason the original title of the post lost the last word, which made it non-sensical. I have corrected it.]
Where Are the iPod Touch Knockoffs?
[Via Daring Fireball]
Horace Dediu:
So the question is why is the iPad being cloned while the iPod has remained in the market by itself?
I’ve been asking for years. Still no such thing.
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From what I understand, Goggle only licenses Android to devices that connect to cell phone networks and can access the Marketplace. Only 3G devices can access the Marketplace. A WiFI only device apparently can not.. As the only alternative to iOS right now for touch devices, the only things then that can be produced using Android are cellphones that mimic the iPhone and tablets that mimic the iPad with 3G.
There is no other OS available to them hat can drive a touch screen music player that only connects via WiFi. At least not one
Thus, there will be no tablet that mimics the iPad Wifi only not anything mimicking the iPod Touch, which is, after all mostly an iPhone without the cellular connection.
