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There's a difference between units sold to retail, units sold to customers, and units that are actually in use by customers. I'm also curious if they count Nook

by lukifer 15y ago

There's a difference between units sold to retail, units sold to customers, and units that are actually in use by customers. I'm also curious if they count Nooks, which are not always used as tablets even though they run Android. Don't get me wrong, I'm rooting for non-Apple tablets. But in reality, there don't seem to be that many in the wld yet.

MatthewPhillips 15y ago
I'm not saying the article is credible, I'm saying Daring Fireball isn't. I think it's sad what Marco's rooting interest are here. It's not enough that the iPad succeed. It's competitors have to fail for him to be happy. If the tablet really is the future of personal computing then there will be more than 1 successful platform. If not, then maybe not. Right now Best Buy is betting their business on the former. If you walk into a Best Buy they have a section for tablets equal to their section of laptops (and larger than their 1 row of desktops). Maybe Best Buy is wrong and they'll go back to a big area of laptops again. Or maybe Marco, Gruber, etc. will find a new data point that they can point to as being all-important.
- anigbrowl 15y ago
  I think Best Buy are making the right call. I have wanted a tablet as my general-purpose computer for years, and had been hugely frustrated at the high price and low uptake of Windows models. When the iPad was announced I immediately hailed it as a game-changer (and am still waiting for another HN reader to make good on his $100 bet that it would go nowhere). I'm thrilled to see worthwhile competitors emerging this summer; last time computers were this interesting was maybe 15 years ago.
- orangecat 15y ago
  I think it's sad what Marco's rooting interest are here. It's not enough that the iPad succeed. It's competitors have to fail for him to be happy. If the tablet really is the future of personal computing then there will be more than 1 successful platform. Marco and Gruber would be fine with the two successful platforms being iOS and WP7. They honestly believe that the mandatory walled garden model with heavily limited options is better for most customers, and that "open" platforms such as Android (and Mac OS X) are fundamentally incapable of providing the same level of user experience. I disagree completely, but their position is more nuanced than just Apple fanboyism.

by lukifer 15y ago

MatthewPhillips 15y ago

I'm not saying the article is credible, I'm saying Daring Fireball isn't. I think it's sad what Marco's rooting interest are here. It's not enough that the iPad succeed. It's competitors have to fail for him to be happy. If the tablet really is the future of personal computing then there will be more than 1 successful platform. If not, then maybe not. Right now Best Buy is betting their business on the former. If you walk into a Best Buy they have a section for tablets equal to their section of laptops (and larger than their 1 row of desktops). Maybe Best Buy is wrong and they'll go back to a big area of laptops again. Or maybe Marco, Gruber, etc. will find a new data point that they can point to as being all-important.

anigbrowl 15y ago
I think Best Buy are making the right call. I have wanted a tablet as my general-purpose computer for years, and had been hugely frustrated at the high price and low uptake of Windows models. When the iPad was announced I immediately hailed it as a game-changer (and am still waiting for another HN reader to make good on his $100 bet that it would go nowhere). I'm thrilled to see worthwhile competitors emerging this summer; last time computers were this interesting was maybe 15 years ago.
orangecat 15y ago
I think it's sad what Marco's rooting interest are here. It's not enough that the iPad succeed. It's competitors have to fail for him to be happy. If the tablet really is the future of personal computing then there will be more than 1 successful platform. Marco and Gruber would be fine with the two successful platforms being iOS and WP7. They honestly believe that the mandatory walled garden model with heavily limited options is better for most customers, and that "open" platforms such as Android (and Mac OS X) are fundamentally incapable of providing the same level of user experience. I disagree completely, but their position is more nuanced than just Apple fanboyism.