[Philip Lelyveld comment: this is a really entertaining column about how other tablet manufacturers' marketing campaigns are so ineffective relative to the Apple iPad.]
Remember the BenQ JoyBee? The RCA Lyra? The Rio Forge 128? They were all casualties of the iPod in its march toward portable music player domination.
And if you’re paying attention, this whole lopsided Apple vs. the world scenario is playing itself out again in the nascent tablet PC wars.
Read the full story here.