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Android Tablets will Beat iPads? Maybe, but Not In the U.S.

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Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster predicted this week that Apple will eventually lose its early tablet lead to Google. Munster is very bullish on tablets and pessimistic about the prospects for netbooks and laptops. “The tablet is undeniably going to be the winning category in mobile computing over the next decade,” he said.

But ultimately Apple won’t be able to maintain the lead in tablets, according to Munster.

My own prediction is that Munster is correct about Android — if he is talking about the global market. But in the United States, I predict that Apple will maintain its tablet lead indefinitely. Here’s why.

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