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Why apple isn't, or at least shouldn't be, building a tablet.
- byoung2 17y agoI think the author missed a big potential market in which an Apple tablet could be very competitive. In between smartphones and netbooks there are e-readers that don't quite hit the mark. Sony and Amazon have their entries, but an Apple tablet with multitouch could blow them both away. We've heard the rumors of deals with texbook publishers, which if true would offer plenty of "look at me" opportunities on college and grad school campuses everywhere.
- blhack 17y agoThat is a good point. I think the problem with the idea of Apple building an ereader is still in the e-ink... Apple likes things that are snappy, and clean...the current crop of e-readers do not fit that criteria... That said, if Apple DID make a tablet a book reader that came with a decent web browser, a good MP3 player, and a keyboard that wasn't completely worthless, and did it for under $500, I would buy. I don't think that will ever happen... :(.