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Still a remnant of the hype about certain Apple products, it seems.

• ahartmetz 9y ago
  Huh, downvotes. Seriously, I was there, working in a related field at the time of the iPhone and iPad hypes, and that was exactly when ill-advised uses of touchscreens popped up everywhere. They became the thing every product needed to have to be perceived as modern. Just to remind you how hypey it was, "tablets will replace PC-type computers for most consumers in the next few years" and "world's first iPad DJ". I wish I was making up the last one.
  • greedo 9y ago
    Considering the number of touchbased phones and tablets sold world-wide, compared to traditional PCs, I think the hype was understated.
    • ahartmetz 9y ago
      No. There was little replacement of PCs, and tablet sales stagnated pretty quickly. https://www.statista.com/statistics/269915/global-apple-ipad-sales-since-q3-2010/#0 https://www.statista.com/statistics/269915/global-apple-ipad... Smartphones are something else, they are the most useful computers given the limitation that they have to fit into a pocket. Touchscreens make good use of available space there, that's all.