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Rewind this article to 1985 and replace Tablet with P.C.; Amazon with Tandy, IBM, et cetera. That's where I see the tablet market right now. Competitors to th
by cydonian_monk 15y ago
Rewind this article to 1985 and replace Tablet with P.C.; Amazon with Tandy, IBM, et cetera. That's where I see the tablet market right now. Competitors to the iPad won't succeed by being better than the iPad, but by price and volume. And by offering things Apple doesn't - such as portable form factors and open systems.
Fragmentation of the O.S. is very a minor issue.
- stephenr 15y agoWhen users can't run App X or Game Y because their device is running an 18month old version of an OS out of the box, and will possibly be never updated, they will start complaining. People want shit to work.
- cydonian_monk 15y agoOf course they do, and I agree (that things should work). But if fragmentation becomes the norm, app producers (or the market) will find a solution. I just think the price point of cheap and super-cheap Android tablets will make minor incompatabilities (such as only one hardware button on the Nook Color, or apps that only work after Android 2.3, et cetera) acceptable for the masses. This is true for nearly every commercial good sold - no reason it shouldn't apply to tablet computers, too.
- MatthewPhillips 15y agoNo, they will buy a new tablet, like they did when their PCs had the same problem. That's why software has hardware specs, especially games.