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Steve Jobs, in 2003, on why tablets are bad http://thenextweb.com/apple/2013/10/11/hear-steve-jobs-convincingly-dismiss-tablets-10-years-ago/ http://thenextweb.
by johnhenry 10y ago
Steve Jobs, in 2003, on why tablets are bad http://thenextweb.com/apple/2013/10/11/hear-steve-jobs-convincingly-dismiss-tablets-10-years-ago/ http://thenextweb.com/apple/2013/10/11/hear-steve-jobs-convi...
Apple stood by this conviction until they started selling iPads. It's likely that they will maintain their position against touchscreen laptops only until they can make a reasonable profit selling them. I speculate that the reason for Apple not currently producing them, more than anything else, has to do with the fact that touchscreen laptops would cut into iPad sales.
- scottmf 10y agoThat doesn't make sense. Apple has never been afraid to cannibalize a product line.
- scoot 10y agoApple under Jobs was never afraid to cannibalize a product line.
- gurkendoktor 10y agoDo you think Jobs had already planned to cannibalise the 7" iPad by focusing on 5.5" phones?
- tudorw 10y agoI'm right now using this wacom lower surface with a fullhd antiglare touchscreen in front of me, a 695g 9mm thin device with an all day battery and a backlit keyboard that adapts to my typing style, what am I using?
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- dsego 10y agoHe says tablets are good for consuming information, but not for inputing, because typing is faster than handwriting. That seems to coincide with iPad's intended usage, which is media and web.
- gurkendoktor 10y agoThat's how I've always used my iPads, but Apple also intends people to use iPads like this (mostly the Pro models): http://www.apple.com/ipad-pro/experience/ http://www.apple.com/ipad-pro/experience/ Word and Excel running on the 9.7" iPad with a keyboard is pretty much the opposite of what I'd ever buy an iPad for.