Why isn't the iSlate destined to be a failure?
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From: Andrew Collier on 24 Jan 2010 19:13 If we're all going to argue, let's at least argue about something vaguely on-topic, eh? So, the iPad/iSlate/iWhatever... Apple are not the first to release a tablet form-factor computer. But by and large, the others have not found a significant market. What is different about Apple building one, and why are people assuming that they will succeed where the rest of the industry has failed? What are the extra capabilities it will offer to someone who already has an iPhone or iPod touch? Why would you carry an iSlate with you instead of a MacBook? What other questions is Steve Jobs going to have have to answer on Wednesday for you to be convinced by the idea of this tablet? Or do you think he's going to announce something else entirely? Andrew -- --- Andrew Collier ---- To reply by email, please use: ---- http://www.intensity.org.uk/ --- 'andrew {at} intensity.org.uk' --
From: Steve Firth on 24 Jan 2010 19:21 Andrew Collier <spambucket(a)intensity.org.uk> wrote: > What is different about Apple building one, Timing and product maturity. Apple have learned that sometimes being first isn't all that is necessary. Many pioneers fall by the wayside because they introduce new concepts before the market is ready for them. > and why are people assuming that they will succeed where the rest of the > industry has failed? Because the iSlate isn't just a tablet PC. There's the iPhone OS, the close collaboration with the leading ARM graphics chipset design consultancy, the mucking big data centre that Apple has just built to provide content for the iSlate and Apple's cosying up to the content providers with assurances about how they are going to get paid and how their content will be protected. And of course with the iPhone, Appstore and iTunes Apple has proved that it can deliver the support infrastructure and content that users will want. I've seen a few comments that multiplex cinema owners are worried about the iSlate seeing it as real competition in their market.
From: Dorian Gray on 24 Jan 2010 19:27 In article <spambucket-544BBB.00131625012010(a)news.individual.net>, Andrew Collier <spambucket(a)intensity.org.uk> wrote: > What are the extra capabilities it will offer to someone who already has > an iPhone or iPod touch? > > Why would you carry an iSlate with you instead of a MacBook? I think it will satisfy a niche - a certain sector of the market that Apple sees as presently unfulfilled. I don't have an iPhone (or any kind of smart phone) because I have my laptop with me almost always, and don't see the point of having another internet/data entry device, and a keyboard is quicker than a small touch screen. Others don't want to carry their laptop, but also don't like the iPhone/iPod touch because it is too fiddly to enter data, or the screen is too small for decent reading. Those people will probably really like the iSlate. I might, but since it won't replace my laptop, I probably won't. People who like the iPhone, probably won't.
From: Richard Tobin on 24 Jan 2010 19:40 In article <spambucket-544BBB.00131625012010(a)news.individual.net>, Andrew Collier <spambucket(a)intensity.org.uk> wrote: >What is different about Apple building one It'll be kewl. -- Richard -- Please remember to mention me / in tapes you leave behind.
From: the_niner_nation on 24 Jan 2010 19:29
"Andrew Collier" <spambucket(a)intensity.org.uk> wrote in message news:spambucket-544BBB.00131625012010(a)news.individual.net... > If we're all going to argue, let's at least argue about something > vaguely on-topic, eh? > > So, the iPad/iSlate/iWhatever... > > Apple are not the first to release a tablet form-factor computer. But by > and large, the others have not found a significant market. What is > different about Apple building one, and why are people assuming that > they will succeed where the rest of the industry has failed? > > What are the extra capabilities it will offer to someone who already has > an iPhone or iPod touch? > > Why would you carry an iSlate with you instead of a MacBook? > > What other questions is Steve Jobs going to have have to answer on > Wednesday for you to be convinced by the idea of this tablet? > > Or do you think he's going to announce something else entirely? > > Andrew > > -- > --- Andrew Collier ---- To reply by email, please use: > ---- http://www.intensity.org.uk/ --- 'andrew {at} intensity.org.uk' > -- have you seen the sepcs yet? |