"But one thing I was very right on is the huge demand for a less expensive tablet computer" Arrington should be a futurist/ecomonist, not a op/ed writer -- aft

"But one thing I was very right on is the huge demand for a less expensive tablet computer" Arrington should be a futurist/ecomonist, not a op/ed writer -- after all, he was "very right" with this prediction! :-) But, IMHO, I think he was very wrong that Crunchpads would have flown off the shelves. Brand names matter to consumers when it comes to consumer electronics (do you hear anyone talk about the notionink Adam anymore?). You can find a $200 tablet out there if you want to, but I don't see a lot of people looking beyond the brands they already trust for a solution.