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I understand the sentiment. I really do. But the reality is that nobody else has even showed up. It's about the iPad because it's the only product out there. It
by wonderzombie 16y ago
I understand the sentiment. I really do. But the reality is that nobody else has even showed up. It's about the iPad because it's the only product out there. It's all the more shocking when you go back and read a lot of the analysis back in January. It was like the iPod announcement all over again.
Don't get me wrong. I'd love for somebody to out-Apple Apple. I just don't see it happening anytime soon. The only thing that looks comparable to me is the tablet from Samsung. What makes me nervous is that I haven't heard definitive word on the price. Rumor has it that it'll be 600 pounds in the UK. That's, um, spendy.
Also, the "all the features you can imagine" part makes me wonder. What was that HN article earlier this week? Users don't pay for attributes, they pay for results? I'm not convinced that packing in more features for their own sake translates to a more compelling experience.
- ugh 16y agoI’m very tired of the stupid ideological fights. All that has really been discussed to death on HN. We witness the emergence of a new category and all we can talk about are stupid rules from Apple? Also, if the tech industry can’t manage to produce a decent iPad competitor soon it probably doesn’t deserve any better.