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It's not like Apple is going to win 100% of the market, and the other competitors are not following suit with a closed system. We'll always have choice - Googl
by aresant 17y ago
It's not like Apple is going to win 100% of the market, and the other competitors are not following suit with a closed system.
We'll always have choice - Google's entire strategy was being the opposite - open source, open apps, etc. There are dozens, if not hundreds of Android tablets, and concepts coming in the next 18 months, not to mention Windows 7 mobile etc
- orangecat 17y agoThere are dozens, if not hundreds of Android tablets, and concepts coming in the next 18 months, not to mention Windows 7 mobile etc The Windows 7 mobile platform is just as closed as iPhones and iPads, and Apple is trying to have Android shut down by the courts. If they get their way, there will be no viable open alternatives for mobile computing.
- derefr 17y agoSo laptops will magically cease to exist?
- stretchwithme 17y agopoof. they're all gone. i'll wait here while you check
- orangecat 17y agoThey'll increasingly be niche products. Once there's a solution to the limited screen size of phones, they'll replace laptops in most scenarios.
- derefr 17y agoMost of the scenarios I envision for laptops involve typing without a desk (thus the need for the supporting base of your lap.) I don't think anything is really replacing them for these.
- glhaynes 17y agoExactly. I think after the last 20 years of Microsoft utter-domination, we're used to the idea that there will be one and only one winner and that it will control everything to the marginalization of everything else. On these devices that are primarily used to connect to Internet services (for consumption and creation), I don't see that as nearly so big of a concern.