Apple (AAPL) Stock - iPad Competitor | InvestorPlace: Axon Logic Reveals Flash Mac OS X-Compatible Tablet, the Haptic: Axon Logic joins Augen in launching new tablet computers to compete with Apple’s juggernaut iPad. While Augen’s GenTouch78 is a super cheap alternative that runs the Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android mobile operating system, Axon Logic’s machine is a high-priced tech head’s dream.
The $750, 10-inch touch screen device weighs two pounds and uses a 1.6GHz Atom processor. It has 2GB of RAM, a 320 GB hard drive, Ethernet, USB, and VGA ports, as well as a resistive, 1024 X 600 pixel touchscreen that supports both stylus use and finger navigation.
Most appealing though is the fact that the Axon Haptic is capable of running Linux and Windows operating systems in addition to any OS based on Apple’s Darwin, including Mac OS X. While the capability to run Apple’s commercial operating systems is obviously a huge selling point for Axon’s device, the company is quick to note on the product’s homepage that installation of Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware is a violation of the end user license agreement for the OS, voiding any warranty.
Given the device’s high cost, it’s doubtful that Axon will draw a significant number of tablet computer shoppers away from Apple, but the tech market hungry for a malleable machine that can still run Apple’s operating systems will naturally flock to it.
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