Apple doesn't announce products at CES. If you haven't noticed they don't even participate in these events anymore. A lot of product gets announced at CES, but most of it doesn't make it to market (especially amongst the smaller tech companies who use CES as a way to raise funding). The iPad was announced and shipped one month later. A lot of CES tablets were announced and shipped 6-9 months later.
The $499 price point was absolutely devastating to every other tablet maker because up to then they were assuming Apple would price it at $800-1000. Which meant they could price it at 600-800 and have comfortable margins. Their announcement one month after CES sent everyone scrambling back to the drawing board.
Except for the Archos, I can't remember a single tablet from CES 2010.
More than that, Apple does not announce products unless they have to (because they need developers to start working on it right now so everything's ready for release for instance).
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Apple doesn't announce products at CES. If you haven't noticed they don't even participate in these events anymore. A lot of product gets announced at CES, but most of it doesn't make it to market (especially amongst the smaller tech companies who use CES as a way to raise funding). The iPad was announced and shipped one month later. A lot of CES tablets were announced and shipped 6-9 months later.
The $499 price point was absolutely devastating to every other tablet maker because up to then they were assuming Apple would price it at $800-1000. Which meant they could price it at 600-800 and have comfortable margins. Their announcement one month after CES sent everyone scrambling back to the drawing board.
Except for the Archos, I can't remember a single tablet from CES 2010.
> Apple doesn't announce products at CES.
More than that, Apple does not announce products unless they have to (because they need developers to start working on it right now so everything's ready for release for instance).