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You could make the counterargument that tablets floundered in obscurity for years until Apple released the iPad. The iPad made tablet ownership nearly ubiquitou

You could make the counterargument that tablets floundered in obscurity for years until Apple released the iPad. The iPad made tablet ownership nearly ubiquitous among the types of people who might someday want to use a tablet for business purposes. The iPad isn't a business device, but it's breached the doors to the business market. It hasn't just tapped latent demand; it's created demand. In doing so, it's shown the way forward -- into a much bigger market than would have existed without it.

tjoff 10y ago
Eink devices are not (or rather, should not be) competing with the tablet that is the iPad. The public didn't realize this because of the ipad hype. I'm not arguing that the ipad isn't a success, I just wish the ipad would never have been created.
- jonnathanson 10y ago
  "Eink devices are not (or rather, should not be) competing with the tablet that is the iPad." I'm not arguing that they should compete. Rather, I'm arguing that the iPad can be seen as having opened the door to mainstream usage and acceptance of tablets -- both as devices and as form factors. Many of the consumers who are now comfortable using tablets are more likely to use an e-ink based business tablet than they would have been if they'd never used a tablet before. And it's likely they'd never have used a tablet before if the iPad hadn't made tablets mainstream. And precisely because said tablets wouldn't compete with the iPad, those consumers might buy both. Or have one provided/subsidized by their employers.