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Did you rip that comment directly from John Gruber? When someone repeats the tired old "there is no tablet market. There is only an iPad market." gem without no

Did you rip that comment directly from John Gruber? When someone repeats the tired old "there is no tablet market. There is only an iPad market." gem without noting it as a quote...I truly wonder if they think that clever nugget is an original thought. It isn't. It's also hilarious given the actual break-down of the market. people don't care about tablets. They only care about iPads This is the same sort of boring noise we heard when the iPhone temporarily dominated. People care about being able to browse the web, view movies and other content, access emails, etc. The iPad happens to be a very good solution to those needs, but if you miss the mark and think that the product is more important than the needs that it solves, you're really far off the mark. It's funny that people turn into an iOS versus Android thing -- spurred on by the linkbait title -- when really the author simply doesn't have a utility for tablets. Their core argument is that the tablet doesn't have a role in their life, and almost all of their argument holds for the iPad as well. I disagree, but to each his own I suppose.

gaius 14y ago
It's also hilarious given the actual break-down of the market. Not so hilarious when you look at the break-down of profit in the market.
- sangnoir 14y ago
  I hope you realize that's a non-sequitor. The hypothesis was people only care about the iPad - not tablets. Which is laughable because a significant proportion of the market cares about non-iPad tablet. What does profit have to do with what people care about?
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  - gaius 14y ago
    Obviously, that people care more about iPads as they are willing to pay a premium for them.
    - huggyface 14y ago
      One of the keys of the iPads success is that it has been among the lowest priced tablets. Your point doesn't hold. Apple makes enormous profits because of volume and a very, very refined process.
- huggyface 14y ago
  Not so hilarious when you look at the break-down of profit in the market. Outside of flag waving cheerleading squads, how is that even remotely relevant in this discussion?
acabal 14y ago
No, I don't read Gruber, and actually I strongly dislike Apple. But it's a comment that seems obvious to me. When was the last time any non-geek person said, "I can't wait to buy that new Samsung Galaxy tablet?" (Replace that brand with any non-iPad brand.) When was the last time you saw one in the wild, outside of Silicon Valley? When has anyone ever said, "Damn I really want a tablet computer" instead of "Damn I really want an iPad?" On the other hand when was the last time you saw a regular human in a Starbucks with an iPad? I've seen iPads in the most unlikely of places, like small cafes in rural Mexico (no kidding). Likewise I've never in my life seen any other tablet computer in public, anywhere. Anecdotal sure, but Apple's sales versus other tab's sales back that anecdote up to some extent. Tablet computers have been tried before, too, and didn't stick. Remember the MS tablet a decade ago? You can excuse it for poor hardware or poor software, but that's part my point--iPad has all that wrapped up, and everyone else is still struggling on both fronts while Apple is running circles around them. That's why there is no tablet market.

gaius 14y ago

It's also hilarious given the actual break-down of the market. Not so hilarious when you look at the break-down of profit in the market.

sangnoir 14y ago
I hope you realize that's a non-sequitor. The hypothesis was people only care about the iPad - not tablets. Which is laughable because a significant proportion of the market cares about non-iPad tablet. What does profit have to do with what people care about?
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- gaius 14y ago
  Obviously, that people care more about iPads as they are willing to pay a premium for them.
  - huggyface 14y ago
    One of the keys of the iPads success is that it has been among the lowest priced tablets. Your point doesn't hold. Apple makes enormous profits because of volume and a very, very refined process.
huggyface 14y ago
Not so hilarious when you look at the break-down of profit in the market. Outside of flag waving cheerleading squads, how is that even remotely relevant in this discussion?

acabal 14y ago

No, I don't read Gruber, and actually I strongly dislike Apple. But it's a comment that seems obvious to me. When was the last time any non-geek person said, "I can't wait to buy that new Samsung Galaxy tablet?" (Replace that brand with any non-iPad brand.) When was the last time you saw one in the wild, outside of Silicon Valley? When has anyone ever said, "Damn I really want a tablet computer" instead of "Damn I really want an iPad?" On the other hand when was the last time you saw a regular human in a Starbucks with an iPad? I've seen iPads in the most unlikely of places, like small cafes in rural Mexico (no kidding). Likewise I've never in my life seen any other tablet computer in public, anywhere. Anecdotal sure, but Apple's sales versus other tab's sales back that anecdote up to some extent. Tablet computers have been tried before, too, and didn't stick. Remember the MS tablet a decade ago? You can excuse it for poor hardware or poor software, but that's part my point--iPad has all that wrapped up, and everyone else is still struggling on both fronts while Apple is running circles around them. That's why there is no tablet market.