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My argument isn't that touch devices haven't taken off, nor do I argue that ubiquitous internet isn't a huge deal for the pocket computing market. I love my new
by jordanb 16y ago
My argument isn't that touch devices haven't taken off, nor do I argue that ubiquitous internet isn't a huge deal for the pocket computing market. I love my new Nexus S for those reasons, and I'm sure if Palm had had those features ten years ago, we'd be in a different place today.
My argument is that---regardless of those features' importance for pocket computing---they haven't changed the game for tablet devices. Tablet devices remain wedged in that space where they're too big for the pocket and too small for the lap or desk. If you're going out, take your phone; if you're staying in, you might as well use your laptop and get some work done.
- epochwolf 16y agoThe iPad is a game changer, anything called a tablet running Windows isn't in the same class.
- trustfundbaby 16y ago15 Million Ipads sold in one year would seem to handily contradict whatever argument you're trying to make. People love tablet pcs, because they simplify computing for them ... a lot of people on hacker news don't get that, because using computers (in all their delicious complexity) is generally second nature for us.
- blocke 16y ago$15 million impresses you? Chump change.
- trustfundbaby 16y ago15 million iPads sold in one year certainly impresses me, that's 5% of the US population reached ... In one year.
- gergles 16y agoThe iPad was sold worldwide.
- brisance 16y agoHow did 15 million tablets become $15 million?
- ctdonath 16y agoNo, but >$500*15M=$7.5B in less than a year with a new product in a went-nowhere-for-decades category does.
- blocke 16y agoI'm going to assume the parent post wasn't edited. I swore there was a dollar sign there.
- ugh 16y agoWhat’s your evidence for that conclusion? The iPad is selling much better than expected. You can’t yet buy other, similar devices but they will be coming to the market in large numbers very soon. I agree that this is too little information to say anything definitive about the future of the tablet market but it is definitely not enough information to conclude that the iPad is not a “game changer”. Many people would, based on the phenomenal success of the iPad alone, argue that it is most definitely a game changer. I’m not prepared to make that statement just yet but it seems pretty weird to me to conclude the exact opposite, at least at this point in time.