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"Tablets had been around for years and could do all of those things." You're mistaken. Those were just laptops that had a $200 feature where you could hide th
by Steko 13y ago
"Tablets had been around for years and could do all of those things."
You're mistaken. Those were just laptops that had a $200 feature where you could hide the keyboard underneath and poke at the screen with a stylus. They offered nothing over a laptop to 99% of users.
- marknutter 13y agoYou are mistaken. There were countless tablet pcs on the market that didn't have physical keyboards. They called them "slate" tablet pcs.
- Steko 13y agoAnd none of them lasted all day or offered the average user much over a laptop. And they failed miserably at market. The main selling point of the ipad is certainly not the lack of a keyboard. I'm not sure what your point is re: windows slates/tablets. They certainly did not meet the criteria above.
- marknutter 13y agoThe battery life wasn't great on those slate tablet PCs, I'll admit, but I also don't think battery life was the main reason the iPad took off. I really think it was the emphasis on multi-touch interaction over a stylus and the dedicated OS.