Google v. Apple: Shakeout in Tablet Town

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Scott Moritz

03/03/11 - 09:23 AM EST

NEW YORK, (TheStreet) -- Apple's(AAPL ) iPad 2 may help sort out the winners and losers in the tablet game but one pattern looks clear: just like in smartphones it will be Apple vs. Google(GOOG ).

Apple unveiled and upgraded the iPad 2 Wednesday with two cameras and a dual core processor, all without raising the price of its category giant. Not only does this give would-be competitors a whole new set of features to beat, it forces them to try and do it for under $500.

This has the budding tablet market set up "for a pending shakeout," RBC analyst Mike Abramsky writes in a research note that looks at the prospects for 18 tablet makers.

Device makers like Motorola(MMI), Nokia(NOK ), Samsung, Research In Motion(RIMM ), HP(HPQ ) and HTC, will have to duke it out by aiming for areas the iPad may be weak, Abramsky writes.