Android and Windows Tablets to Flood Markets.

[Geek-9pm]

Android and Windows Tablets to Flood Markets.
The headline is based on several  articles published  that last week or two. 


Bargain basement Windows 8.1 tablets are about to flood the market

3 Ways Microsoft Can Save Windows Phone

Acer launches 13.3-inch Chromebook   **
The above page also says:

Digitimes Research: GTAT estimated to supply up to 1.35-2.25 million 5.5-inch iPhone sapphire covers in 2014
Acer unveils 8-core 4G LTE smartphone in Taiwan
Peripheral chip makers preparing inventories for 100 million new iPhones
Samsung reportedly resumes supply of mobile RAM for new iPhone

Which means SE Asia is moving  mobile tech stuff, but who is buying?
Look at this:
Tablet sales decline, but Android devices outsell iPad

... says that following three solid years of growth, the impact of a slowing demand was exasperated with the traditionally slower first half retail cycle, and the fact that longer upgrade cycles are impacting new sales with the market now “in a lull as customers wait for a reason to upgrade”.
And, while Google’s Android tablets just outsold Apple’s iPad over the first half of the year, Telsyte says it expects the trend will likely reverse in the second half. It also says that Windows-based tablets are gaining ground in the market...

I just bought two cheap Androids tablets. Both are cheap functional  junk.
So is now the time to buy and Android? 
Would you rather get a iPod?
Windows?

EDIT:
** link only for subscribers. Sorry.
Alternative link:
Acer Launches Chromebook 13.3-Inch Powered by NVIDIA Tegra K1
 

[strollin]

I own an Android tablet (Nexus 7) but it sits collecting dust since I got a Windows tablet.  It will be interesting to see what effect an influx of new Windows will have.