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The dominance of the iPad has always been about the walled garden and iTunes. Amazon will clean up in the lower end of this market because they also get the im

by sambeau 15y ago

The dominance of the iPad has always been about the walled garden and iTunes. Amazon will clean up in the lower end of this market because they also get the importance of content and to some degree walled garden. To stretch an analogy somewhat: We geeks are the cowboys who want to roam in wolf-infested hills, looking for gold. Normal people want to play in a beautiful, safe garden filled with lovely shiny toys. Who can blame people, after years of viruses, malware, stupid UIs and techno-babble, to want to sit on a sofa and noodle on the internet while watching TV.

ceejayoz 15y ago
> The dominance of the iPad has always been about the walled garden and iTunes. I really can't agree. I believe the dominance of the iPad stems from an operating system designed for touch input instead of having it shoehorned in like Windows did for years. Android tablets will do just fine for the same reason. They've been struggling thus far because it's currently hard to match Apple on price - they've done a hell of a job in supply chain management.
- sambeau 15y ago
  It's a brave new world where Apple are the ones who are too cheap :) I see your point but I disagree, in part (I was assuming the shiny touch UI was a given factor in both). It will be interesting to see how this pans out. The reason I think that iPads vs a-iPad-a-likes are different from iPhones vs Android Phones is the way they are sold. Phone shops often push Android phones for other in-shop reasons. As I said, we will see. My guess is that at some point someone will make a store to rival iTunes and Amazon. Whether it is Google, Microsoft, Facebook or someone else will be the interesting bit. Who knows, there maybe room for a Spotify-like startup in this space that Android can really get behind.
- rsynnott 15y ago
  Most Android tablets are the same price as the iPad or a little cheaper (with the exception of the hilariously expensive 3G/4G Xoom). Honeycomb, however, is rather buggy still, and the app ecosystem really isn't there.
  - alperakgun 15y ago
    No they are cool. Apple just sold a brand people show in cafes for prestige, android is just starting in tablets, when stats start to change, I will see you are wrong in few quarters. , written from my samsung galaxy tab.

by sambeau 15y ago

ceejayoz 15y ago

> The dominance of the iPad has always been about the walled garden and iTunes. I really can't agree. I believe the dominance of the iPad stems from an operating system designed for touch input instead of having it shoehorned in like Windows did for years. Android tablets will do just fine for the same reason. They've been struggling thus far because it's currently hard to match Apple on price - they've done a hell of a job in supply chain management.

sambeau 15y ago
It's a brave new world where Apple are the ones who are too cheap :) I see your point but I disagree, in part (I was assuming the shiny touch UI was a given factor in both). It will be interesting to see how this pans out. The reason I think that iPads vs a-iPad-a-likes are different from iPhones vs Android Phones is the way they are sold. Phone shops often push Android phones for other in-shop reasons. As I said, we will see. My guess is that at some point someone will make a store to rival iTunes and Amazon. Whether it is Google, Microsoft, Facebook or someone else will be the interesting bit. Who knows, there maybe room for a Spotify-like startup in this space that Android can really get behind.
rsynnott 15y ago
Most Android tablets are the same price as the iPad or a little cheaper (with the exception of the hilariously expensive 3G/4G Xoom). Honeycomb, however, is rather buggy still, and the app ecosystem really isn't there.
- alperakgun 15y ago
  No they are cool. Apple just sold a brand people show in cafes for prestige, android is just starting in tablets, when stats start to change, I will see you are wrong in few quarters. , written from my samsung galaxy tab.