Yeah I hate to admit it, unless there's a market it's just a novelty. I wouldn't want to see another Newton type failure but would live to see a resurfacing of its software design focusing on the slip design and app linking.
That and a camera, GPS / compass, speaker / mic and I'm "all in"!
-- /los "I was a teenage net-random" On Jul 14, 2009, at 6:51 AM, Riccardo Mori <rick@poc.it> wrote: quoth Dan: As for why Apple has not done a tablet, as it was recently posted it is likely because they just don't don't see enough of a market share. When they have a product that will sell like the ipod or iphone, they will release it. I agree. The main problem I see with this purported 9.7" Apple tablet is not engineering- or manufacturing-wise, but marketing-wise. With millions of iPhones / iPod touches sold, how to position, how to sell this 'tablet' in numbers? What can this tablet have to convince me, an iPhone owner, to buy it and use it alongside the iPhone? Size is not enough. It doesn't matter if, for example, it makes for an easier browsing or eBook reading -- I already browse fine and I have no problems with eBook reading on my iPhone. iPhone and iPod touch sales are very healthy on one side, and MacBook sales are equally healthy on the other. Where would this purported tablet fit? Could it negatively affect other Apple portable products? In my opinion one viable option would be to 'force' Mac users toward it, for example by discontinuing the cheaper white MacBook and positioning this tablet as the new entry-level ultraportable device. Otherwise it's difficult for me to see why who already owns a MacBook/ MacBook Pro and/or an iPhone should be willing to buy an Apple tablet, whatever the appeal. Cheers, Rick .................................... System Folder - The Platinum Days <http://systemfolder.wordpress.com> ==================================================================== The NewtonTalk Mailing List - http://www.newtontalk.net/ The Official Newton FAQ - http://www.splorp.com/newton/faq/ The Newton Glossary - http://www.splorp.com/newton/glossary/ WikiWikiNewt - http://tools.unna.org/wikiwikinewt/ ==================================================================== ==================================================================== The NewtonTalk Mailing List - http://www.newtontalk.net/ The Official Newton FAQ - http://www.splorp.com/newton/faq/ The Newton Glossary - http://www.splorp.com/newton/glossary/ WikiWikiNewt - http://tools.unna.org/wikiwikinewt/ ====================================================================Received on Tue Jul 14 07:23:43 2009
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