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Originally Posted by Flames0910
You can be an innovator in one category and a late majority or even laggard in another.
The most extreme example would be something like fashion and technology. But there are different degrees as well. You're an innovator in the TV space. Maybe not in the space apple is trying to open with this product. (not much casual about 3dtv). What I'm trying to say is that it's more than just "innovator or no" or even "tech innovator or no," it goes so much further than that.
And there is nothing wrong with that. We're all unique flowers.  |
For sure, but then all you're really saying is that the iPad is early in its product lifecycle, will grow in popularity and then decrease from where it is now. I'm not sure if you wanted it to mean anything more than that, but most of conversation has been about if the area under the curve will be big or small, not what shape it will be.
I do think however, that where you land on one products curve tends to correlate with where you land on anothers, moreso the more closely the products are related (as long as they're complementary and not substitutes). And part of where you land is just personality/income... some people don't like spending money on things that are new and will come down in price, others have to have the latest, greatest everything. And some people never buy certain products, and are therefore not on the curve at all!