Images: Apple's iPad has plenty of competition now

[caption id=“attachment_469367” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Apple’s iPad is the world’s highest selling tablet. But the tablet wars are heating up and the iPad has a lot of competition: A child plays with an iPad and the apptivity app London. The new app from Mattel allows children to use Hot Wheels, Batman, WWE and other toys to interact with an Apple iPad. Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_469368” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 is the iPad’s biggest competitor and Apple says Samsung stole its iPad design. A journalist uses the “S Pen” with a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 at an unveiling event in New York. Lucas Jackson/Reuters[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_469369” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Kindle Fire HD 8.9 inch: Amazon unveiled this 3G tablet earlier this month in the hope of challenging the iPad. Gus Ruelas/Reuters[/caption]

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[caption id=“attachment_469371” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  The Barnes & Noble Nook, Wireless eBook Readers, is seen during a news conference in New York. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_469372” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Google launched its own tablet this year the Nexus 7 priced at $199. Stephen Lam /Reuters[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_469373” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Microsoft has also launched the Surface tablet with Windows 8. New Surface tablet computers with keyboards are displayed at its unveiling by Microsoft. David McNew/Reuters[/caption]