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The revolutionary thing about this tablet is that it's not a Mac. Tablets have been around for a while and haven't caught on because nobody wants to buy a keybo

• yesimahuman 17y ago
  But the design will be shit and you won't have the user base.
  • keltex 17y ago
    "design will be shit"? I think that the Nexus One has eliminated that argument.
    • wooster 17y ago
      Really? Everyone I know who has used one says that bottom touch bar is a PITA. It keeps getting hit by accidental touches. Speaking of which, if you have a touch screen, why do you need that many hardware controls?
      • lukifer 17y ago
        I'd much rather have a device with lots of hardware controls and a touchscreen, so that I can control the device without looking at it, or even taking it out of my pocket. That said, the bottom touch bar was an absolutely terrible idea; I don't know how that made it through dogfood testing. Closed vs. open aside, what makes Apple unique is that they would have scrapped such a design and started over. We can only guess how many design iterations it took to result in the iPad.
      • orangecat 17y ago
        Huh, I like it. Especially the universal back button; it provides a much better flow than the iPhone where you have to go back to the home screen and relaunch the app you were in when you got a text message.
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    • houseabsolute 17y ago
      Only if the appearance of the physical hardware is all you care about.
      • dannyr 17y ago
        Are you referring to the UI? UI is a matter of personal taste. I have an Android phone (G1) and just recently bought an IPod Touch. I don't like the Touch's navigation. Sure, UI is beautiful but having an extra button would have definitely enhanced the navigation. Android may have overdone it with 5+ buttons but I'll take that over just 1.
        • houseabsolute 17y ago
          > UI is a matter of personal taste. Like drug effectiveness, UI preference varies among individuals. But in the same way, it is no mere matter of personal taste.
  • jpwagner 17y ago
    then make a better one
    • DannoHung 17y ago
      Such a false dichotomy. "Oh, you're critical of this thing that you don't like? BET YOU CAN'T DO ANY BETTER!" "No thanks, I have more money than time, I think I'll just spend the bux on the thing that does do it better"
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      • jpwagner 17y ago
        i wasn't being sarcastic. we're mostly makers here, not only consumers.
        • DannoHung 17y ago
          I don't know about you, but I am not a designer, I don't have years of experience creating usable interfaces. I do not have the ability to make a graphical user interface that is useful and intuitive.
          • jpwagner 17y ago
            mostly
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  • javert 17y ago
    I upvoted because even though I don't agree with you, I think it's a valid concern and I think it will be a major issue for a while.
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  • dannyr 17y ago
    It's almost guaranteed that anybody who disses a product is very likely to have never tried it. Likely they read it on some blog that it is shit and just believed it.
    • flogic 17y ago
      I'm using Fedora 11 right now, I despise it. IT put it there and I don't want to go through the Linux wireless dance again.
    • yesimahuman 17y ago
      I wasn't referring specifically to the Nexus, which I have not tried. However, I tried the Droid, and was just upset that these companies just don't get it. I want to leave Apple and use something else, but they aren't putting in the time and effort to polish and make the experience awesome. That said, I do not regularly use Mac computers, so I don't think everything they do is awesome.