Even if Apple looses out to android they will still do well$$.
Just take a look at the iPhone sales where they are selling every iPhone they can make. The same goes for the iPad.
The competition between Google vs Apple is a healthy thing for the consumer. It pushes the companies to release more features. A year from now when Honeycomb is released, Apple won't be idle & will be releasing their own updates.
Don't underestimate the Apple App store. Alot of developers are behind the iPad because there already exists a customer base. I've heard that the Android market is harder, lots of incompatibility between different versions of android & the different manufacturers of android devices