
Of course, we at Mac|Life know full well that the iPad is in a class by itself, but after two years and three revisions, we figured at least one of its competitors would have stepped up to challenge its throne by now. So after reading the umpteenth report of market domination by Apple's mighty tablet, we got to thinking: What it is that the iPad's biggest competitors can't seem to get right?
Granted, there aren't too many criticisms about the new iPad; but then again, there aren't many complaints about the iPhone, either, and Apple's been fighting off formidable Android challengers for years. Among the dozens of failed attempts, there are five major things that each would-be iPad killer has gotten critically wrong (and that's with giving them all a pass on the retina screen).