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It's crazy how out of whack people's expectations for Apple have become. I mean after the string of iMac => iPod => iTunes => iPhone, people were just expectin

It's crazy how out of whack people's expectations for Apple have become. I mean after the string of iMac => iPod => iTunes => iPhone, people were just expecting iPad to split the earth in half or I don't know what. Not that the article's reasoning is wrong about the ultimate utility of an iPad, but I find it really hard to describe it as a "meh" product. Remember tablets before the iPad? There were a lot of them but you probably don't remember any because none got any market traction whatsoever.

semi-extrinsic 12y ago
I'm not convinced that the iPad was all that revolutionary, I think that 2009/10 was the year when the hardware needed to build a successful tablet became cheap enough to build a profitable one. The equally successful Galaxy Tab launched just half a year later, and Samsung obviously didn't start working on it after the iPad launch. It really was an "obvious" thing given the wild success of smartphones (not that the engineering/software/UX work was in any way trivial).
- Derbasti 12y ago
  you might want to google "equally successful" (http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/04/11/exclusive-apple-vs-samsung-docs-reveal-galaxy-tab-was-a-flop-and-samsung-knew-it http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/04/11/exclusive-apple-vs...).
- tim333 12y ago
  Michael Arrington was going on about making a similar product, the Crunchpad for a couple of years before. Still it was Apple that actually built a decent product. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JooJoo#Crunchpad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JooJoo#Crunchpad
peteretep 12y ago
> people were just expecting iPad to split the earth in half ... and it did. This time last year, 42% of Americans over the age of 18 had a tablet, of which 75% had an iPad. That is, 31% OF AMERICAN ADULTS OWNED AN iPAD.[1] Only 78% - at that time - had a laptop of a desktop, of any brand[2]. 1/3 the number of people who own a computer in the US own an iPad. That is market penetration that beggars belief, for a product that didn't exist 5 years ago. [1] http://marketingland.com/pew-50-percent-in-us-now-own-tablet-or-e-reader-70765 http://marketingland.com/pew-50-percent-in-us-now-own-tablet... [2] http://www.pewinternet.org/data-trend/mobile/device-ownership/ http://www.pewinternet.org/data-trend/mobile/device-ownershi...
- CmonDev 12y ago
  That's just one of the average countries. What about the whole world?

semi-extrinsic 12y ago

I'm not convinced that the iPad was all that revolutionary, I think that 2009/10 was the year when the hardware needed to build a successful tablet became cheap enough to build a profitable one. The equally successful Galaxy Tab launched just half a year later, and Samsung obviously didn't start working on it after the iPad launch. It really was an "obvious" thing given the wild success of smartphones (not that the engineering/software/UX work was in any way trivial).

Derbasti 12y ago
you might want to google "equally successful" (http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/04/11/exclusive-apple-vs-samsung-docs-reveal-galaxy-tab-was-a-flop-and-samsung-knew-it http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/04/11/exclusive-apple-vs...).
tim333 12y ago
Michael Arrington was going on about making a similar product, the Crunchpad for a couple of years before. Still it was Apple that actually built a decent product. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JooJoo#Crunchpad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JooJoo#Crunchpad

peteretep 12y ago

> people were just expecting iPad to split the earth in half ... and it did. This time last year, 42% of Americans over the age of 18 had a tablet, of which 75% had an iPad. That is, 31% OF AMERICAN ADULTS OWNED AN iPAD.[1] Only 78% - at that time - had a laptop of a desktop, of any brand[2]. 1/3 the number of people who own a computer in the US own an iPad. That is market penetration that beggars belief, for a product that didn't exist 5 years ago. [1] http://marketingland.com/pew-50-percent-in-us-now-own-tablet-or-e-reader-70765 http://marketingland.com/pew-50-percent-in-us-now-own-tablet... [2] http://www.pewinternet.org/data-trend/mobile/device-ownership/ http://www.pewinternet.org/data-trend/mobile/device-ownershi...

CmonDev 12y ago
That's just one of the average countries. What about the whole world?