iPad competition

The brief eleven months between the release of the iPad and the iPad 2 showed us the birth of the major competition in the tablet market. Nearly every electronics company has either released or announced production of a tablet PC. Notables include Samsung, Motorola, LG and Dell.  But as a consumer it feels that the competition is more than one sided, in fact it is dominated by the iPad. It seems as though other companies tablets are being pushed forward as a desperate attempt to cut into Apple's hold on the market. None seem to compare technologically or aesthetically to the iPad, and probably will not hold a candle to the faster and smarter iPad 2.