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It is unfortunate that Apple is held as the inventor of the genre. What we're really talking about are networked PMPs, and Apple might have the biggest mindshar
by ergo98 16y ago
It is unfortunate that Apple is held as the inventor of the genre. What we're really talking about are networked PMPs, and Apple might have the biggest mindshare, but they certainly didn't invent the genre: Archos blazed a trail that Apple followed.
I have young children, and occasionally one or all of them insist that I stay with them until they fall asleep. I've used smartphones to consume media and web pages in such circumstances, yet the obvious thought is "Wouldn't it be great if this were bigger?" (especially when interacting with dense web pages where you don't want to lose context by zooming). That is the purpose of devices like this, for all of those people who always say "But it's too big for my pocket!"
- jdvolz 16y agoAs a father, I have to second this. One of the great values of the tablet is that my daughter can use it directly. She's already learned a lot of the gestures necessary to get to the things she wants. It fits really well in a diaper bag or diaper backpack and is an excellent entertainment and educational device for long visits to anywhere. Don't leave home without it. I have an Archos 7, and my daughter's going to be 2 years old tomorrow.
- chadgeidel 16y agoAn Archos is cool and all, but I think the "real" device we would like to see is some form of Dynabook: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynabook http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynabook IMHO non-tech people have a love/hate relationship with their computers. They love the versatility (the fact that you can do more than play media or read email - it's "future proof" in a sense) but they hate the usability/bugs/quirks. As I see it, these two things are in direct opposition, and Apples model is the most recent successful way (not the only way!) of reconciling the two.