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Originally Posted by SebC
Really? It might be better than a netbook if you're standing on a train, but if you're holding it with one hand and typing with the other I imagine that would be awful. Seems to me like in that scenario, a BB or an iPhone would be better where you can hold it with both hands and type with your thumbs.
Multitouch. But they've got one that does that, just not out in Canada for some reason. It also goes to 32 GB drive, upgradeable to 2 GB RAM, and runs Windows7. iPad wins for battery life, eBooks, and Apple-ness (simple and stylish), netbook wins for multitasking, open system, USB ports that don't need adapters, camera. I don't know how many people really would care about the touchscreen anyways though when they have keyboard and touchpad.
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I think you're still caught up in trying to fit the iPad into the "mini-laptop" hole. It's just not going to fit, because it was never meant to.
The whole "Think Different" thing isn't just a marketing slogan with Apple. Their products literally require you to think differently than what you might be used to. People hear "tablet" and think "mini touchscreen laptop!" but nobody ever said Apple was making a small, multi-touch MacBook. They made something that they see a market for, and they've been right more times than they've been wrong in the past.
HP, Samsung, LG, Toshiba, Dell, Acer... these are the guys who compete with each other over the same devices. Apple does things their own way, and people either "get it" or they don't.
Look at the AppleTV: Most people who have one think it's one of the greatest household gadgets ever created, but for every person like that, there are probably 10 more people who don't get the point of it and see it as a complete failure. I promise you that the people who do "get it" don't feel that way at all.
Anyway, if people are looking for a miniature laptop, then just get a netbook. There are plenty of different colours to choose from and lots of different manufacturers too. It's not that big of a deal.
As an aside, I know there are something like 40 million people currently using an iPhone or iPod Touch. How many more billions of people are there, though? I'm willing to bet there's a pretty sizable bunch that don't have either, because the iPod was too small and they didn't want to pay $80-$100 a month for an iPhone. Sounds like a pretty decent iPad market to me...