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If this sells 13M units, then it will be proof of something, but as it is it's just a product design.

jQueryIsAwesome 14y ago
There seems to be a lot of people interested in this and they just started two days ago http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/552506690/brydge-ipad-do-more http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/552506690/brydge-ipad-do...
- alanfalcon 14y ago
  Absolutely. But the existence of the product doesn't prove anything the same way that the existence (and success!) of the Tik Tok[1] doesn't prove that Apple should have been competing in the "wristwatches that play music market". [1] http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2011-05/record-breaking-kickstarter-success-turns-nano-wristwatch http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2011-05/record-breakin...
  - jbergerson 14y ago
    Except Apple responded directly to the existence of the Tik Tok. They sell it in their retail stores. They referenced it in their media event. The first highlighted feature in their last update to the iPod Nano was "new watch faces". The success of the Tik Tok (and more recently the Pebble watch) proves something. Likewise the existence and success of all these keyboards for the iPad (thebrydge isn't the first and it won't be the last) proves something.
reneherse 14y ago
Much more than a mere design, if you watch the video it appears to be a fully operational prototype. Impressively, it was designed, engineered, and machined all in-house by a three person team, of which two members had a prior successful hardware project on Kickstarter. The project appears to be the very opposite of vaporware.
- mbreese 14y ago
  The question wasn't whether or not is exists, but whether it is evidence that the iPad itself should come with a keyboard. And the point was that until this sells 13M units, it doesn't show anything about the design of the iPad itself. iPad keyboards have been around for a long time, but they don't sell in numbers nearly as comparable to the iPad itself. To me, this says that most people in the post-PC world are happy without them... That being said - this does look like a nice design.
  - reneherse 14y ago
    Ah yes, thanks for pointing out my dropping of the original context. A signal that it's really time to get some sleep... I actually think what this says about the iPad, is how very strong a product & category it is. That it can spawn an ecosystem of very high end add ons to adapt it to different use cases. To me, that just further demonstrates the depth of its conception and quality of execution.

There seems to be a lot of people interested in this and they just started two days ago http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/552506690/brydge-ipad-do-more http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/552506690/brydge-ipad-do...

alanfalcon 14y ago
Absolutely. But the existence of the product doesn't prove anything the same way that the existence (and success!) of the Tik Tok[1] doesn't prove that Apple should have been competing in the "wristwatches that play music market". [1] http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2011-05/record-breaking-kickstarter-success-turns-nano-wristwatch http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2011-05/record-breakin...
- jbergerson 14y ago
  Except Apple responded directly to the existence of the Tik Tok. They sell it in their retail stores. They referenced it in their media event. The first highlighted feature in their last update to the iPod Nano was "new watch faces". The success of the Tik Tok (and more recently the Pebble watch) proves something. Likewise the existence and success of all these keyboards for the iPad (thebrydge isn't the first and it won't be the last) proves something.

reneherse 14y ago

Much more than a mere design, if you watch the video it appears to be a fully operational prototype. Impressively, it was designed, engineered, and machined all in-house by a three person team, of which two members had a prior successful hardware project on Kickstarter. The project appears to be the very opposite of vaporware.

mbreese 14y ago
The question wasn't whether or not is exists, but whether it is evidence that the iPad itself should come with a keyboard. And the point was that until this sells 13M units, it doesn't show anything about the design of the iPad itself. iPad keyboards have been around for a long time, but they don't sell in numbers nearly as comparable to the iPad itself. To me, this says that most people in the post-PC world are happy without them... That being said - this does look like a nice design.
- reneherse 14y ago
  Ah yes, thanks for pointing out my dropping of the original context. A signal that it's really time to get some sleep... I actually think what this says about the iPad, is how very strong a product & category it is. That it can spawn an ecosystem of very high end add ons to adapt it to different use cases. To me, that just further demonstrates the depth of its conception and quality of execution.