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Tablets are getting squeezed. The app driven, web-consumption use case for tablets is getting eaten by smartphones. Meanwhile PCs are still necessary for heavy
by johngalt 12y ago
Tablets are getting squeezed. The app driven, web-consumption use case for tablets is getting eaten by smartphones. Meanwhile PCs are still necessary for heavy usage. Put yourself in an average user's shoes. You already carry around a subsidized smartphone more capable than most tablets, and you can pick up a $500 laptop to handle everything else.
IMHO, a few years from now you'll have a more mature application ecosystem and better docking solutions for smartphones. Once people can use their smartphones with a full size keyboard/mouse/monitor, it's game over for tablets and PCs.
- gerbal 12y ago>Once people can use their smartphones with a full size keyboard/mouse/monitor, it's game over for tablets and PCs. You already can do that. You've been able to do that for the past few years. You can connect a bluetooth mouse and keyboard, and a display with the appropriate adapter. Android has supported it since launch, and iOS for atleast as long. People don't want their phone to be their PC. They want something physical they can use to get work done. Institutional and corporate purchasers are some of the largest consumers of new desktops and laptops. They want discrete, manageable hardware, not to have to deal with the nonsense of buying all of their employees a phone.