Its WePad and not ‘i’ Pad

It is no joke ! Yes, how about just replace ‘i’ in iPad with ‘we’. It is called WePad. For a little known German Company Neofonie brings fierce fight with Apple’s the much talked iPad and that could be bad news for Apple. The new WePad is  Android-based tablet. In its fact sheet company makes it clear that they are in direct competition with Apple’s iPad. See their “Facts Sheet”( PDF), the German company openly compares the WePad’s spec to Apple’s iPad.

The WePad includes an 11.6-inch screen, Intel Atom N450 processor, 16GB of internal Flash memory (up to 32GB), a pair of USB ports, support for Adobe Flash/AIR, multitasking, Bluetooth 2.1, Wi-Fi, optional 3G, optional GPS, and both a WePad AppStore and Google Android Marketplace.

Important things to mention here is that they have got the Adobe flash support and android market place support. It is well known that iPad has no flash support which is an irritating factor in all Apple’s products.  Neofonie also mentions a WeMagazine ePublishng Eco System in a sales pitch to publishing houses.

“For publishing houses, every reader gained with the WePad represents a direct and long-term customer relationship, the foundation for paid content, extensive customer knowledge, and new forms of customer communication,” Neofonie says. “While platforms like Apple iTunes and Amazon Kindle force publishing houses into the role of simply a content supplier, the WePad allows publishing houses to retain access to and knowledge of their audience.”

There is no word on pricing and when to be launched. Let us wait and watch. The tablet -no the Pad marketing is heating up.