Now, hang on. Aside from the obvious fact that the PlayBook isn't exactly a hot ticket, isn't that double dipping? You just lauded the BlackBerry Torch for being cheap at $50, but the PlayBook costs $300 more than an iPhone and requires you to a BlackBerry to get email. Usually when looking at relative competitiveness we only consider rational purchase decisions, not crazy ones.

Here's eWeek circa 1905:

Back to the present, one more time.

If the iPad 2 could cut into sales of Apple's iPhone 5, there's no reason to suggest the top Android tablet on the market, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, won't do the same.

Totally! Heck, why stop there? There are so many things that could compete with the iPhone 5, if you just use your imagination! The Kindle! The original Nintendo Game Boy! A box of used motherboards! A stretch of gingham cloth!