The comparisons to another recently revealed tablet are unavoidable, but believe you me the similarities end with the aesthetics. Inside there's Windows 7, flash support and multitouch. In fact, the more apt comparison is probably "netbook," as you can see:
There's the Atom N270 processor, running at 1.6Ghz, for example. And then there's the 2GB of memory and solid state 32GB drive. Lastly, the replaceable battery on this 8.9-in. multitouch tablet is clocked at a mere four hours, which doesn't seem that great (saving grace being that is replaceable).
Pricing is set at $599 when it launches in March.
Battery life is only issue, but the battery is replaceable. That would be more of what I would be looking for in a tablet.
^^ jobs seemed to run with the idea that consumers don't want a laptop in tablet form, as those have failed in the past. I'm incredibly interested to see what happens to the tablet market once devices such as the one above are released.
I had an interesting conversation with my parents tonight. I brought up the ipad just as a conversation starter and before I knew it we had been talking about it for a whole hour. It's funny, the fact that it can't do a whole lot was what interested them most. They have a pc but don't like everything that comes with it. When I told them they could have something that is out of the way, starts up immediately, does email, web and can double as my moms recipe book and my dads novels they were instantly hooked. It was strange to see people so afraid of technology get so into it.
^^ jobs seemed to run with the idea that consumers don't want a laptop in tablet form, as those have failed in the past. I'm incredibly interested to see what happens to the tablet market once devices such as the one above are released.
I had an interesting conversation with my parents tonight. I brought up the ipad just as a conversation starter and before I knew it we had been talking about it for a whole hour. It's funny, the fact that it can't do a whole lot was what interested them most. They have a pc but don't like everything that comes with it. When I told them they could have something that is out of the way, starts up immediately, does email, web and can double as my moms recipe book and my dads novels they were instantly hooked. It was strange to see people so afraid of technology get so into it.
- many photographer blogs recommend a little hard dive device that you can upload pictures to on a photo shoot to both preview images on a larger screen and to protect your images from sd card corruption. Many of these devices run in the $300-$400 range. The ipad would be a great photo shoot companion.
That was the thing that made me buy the iPod years ago, back when it came out at 60 GB and a 1 GB memory stick cost $150. Thing is flash memory has come down a lot in price now to the point that devices like the iPad and netbooks (FanIn80, can you let that one go?) are using SSDs, which eliminates their cost advantage.
I bought a set of iPhone styluses (styli?) last year. Yes, they are smaller than the tips of my fingers but they are still too big to get any kind of detail. Most styluses are pin point at the end:
But anything that is going to work on an iPhone or iPad has to be blunt on the end making pin-point precision impossible.
So I use the stylus for playing Puzzle Quest and not much else.
Hmm... I have a 3DTV, so my opinion on the iPad isn't just a general aversion to new technology.
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.
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!
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'm just saying that it really helps to explain why so many people are saying this is dumb or not what they expected or that they'll be waiting for the 2nd gen.
