Great example of first or early mover advantage. iPad being the early mover has technology leadership and control over the resources which disallows others to match its price. It will be tough to displace iPad from its current position in the near future.

OuchPad: Best Buy Sitting on a Pile of Unsold HP Tablets

According to one source who has seen internal HP reports, Best Buy has taken delivery of 270,000 TouchPads and has so far managed to sell only 25,000, or less than 10 percent of the units in its inventory.

A second person who has seen Best Buy’s TouchPad sales figures confirmed the results as “consistent with what I’ve seen,” and went so far as to say that 25,000 sold might be “charitable.” This source suggested that the 25,000-unit sales number may not account for units that consumers return to stores for a refund.