That sounds like a lot of rubbish without reasearch. <div><br></div><div>My Child is 4 now. when she was 2 she learnt to use my iphone to scroll, navigate and take photos. </div><div>she has learnt to type on my iphone. She is now 4 and can also use the movie and music player..</div>
<div><br></div><div>All of this was through intuitive use of the interface. She can still only just log into her $600 windows XP Laptop, and move the mouse, but she cant do "ANYTHING"</div><div><br></div><div>Open your mind a bit to the fact that there are DROVES of people out there that dont need/ want or do what you want to do with a computer. I've used my iphone for 2 1/2 years now and the interface is excellent. email is quick and easy and I dont need to goto my computer most of the time. Day to day calendar tasks, and now mapping and getting phone numbers is far easier than a desktop. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Most people don't need all the crap a modern desktop provides, or for the 90% of their use would rather have the iphone or tablet and sit at the desk on the Box only for a minimum of use.</div><div>
<br></div><div>I have plenty of Laptops, cheap, expensive, large, small. my children cant use any and they are a PIA to open and close all the time to use in a car (as a passenger etc etc)</div><div><br></div><div>There is and always will be a good use for this kind of technology. My 4 year old will be using that tablet in about 10 minutes flat and happy and productive on it. I will happily use it on the couch for email, and browsing and in bed so that I dont overheat and screw up my laptop and my knees.</div>
<div><br></div><div>There is a time and place for every product. Just like I dont have 1 knife in the kitchen I dont expect one computer to do everything for me either.</div><div><br></div><div>How many people commenting about iPhones and iPads and saying their little cheap laptop is better actually own both? and have used both for considerable time (ie months)? I have.. I've used and owned just about damn near every geek tool there was and wasted a fortune. the iPhone is an exceptional tool, and I think the iPad will be revolutionary..</div>
<div><br></div><div>the Google phone is a piece of junk to use in comparison.</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Jolyon Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jsmith@deltics.co.nz">jsmith@deltics.co.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">> for a large chunk of the population it could replace<br>
> laptop/desktop. Many people just use computers for<br>
> web/email and some casual gaming.<br>
<br>
</div>... and managing their music collection, organizing/uploading photos, videos<br>
etc etc ...<br>
<br>
If people only wanted a device for the limited things you suggest, then in<br>
the days even before email/the web etc were things that people might do at<br>
home on a PC, the *home*computer* would never have been supplanted by the<br>
IBM PC.<br>
<br>
<br>
As for the iPad itself, anything that requires more than trivial text input<br>
(like, emailing, naming/tagging/describing photos etc) is going to be<br>
unbearable on an iPad unless you attach a keyboard (sold separately) and a<br>
"mount"/stand (also sold separately) to hold it at an angle whist you type,<br>
at which point you've negated the mobile appeal and added to the cost.<br>
<br>
The "middle space" is defined by "devices not adequately equipped for<br>
general purpose use, but not small enough to be carried in your pocket or<br>
used handheld for decent periods".<br>
<br>
There *is* a "space" defined by such devices, that's for sure. But is there<br>
any real *use* for such devices?<br>
<br>
At the price point likely to be hit by the iPad, it's not going to be much<br>
more expensive to "step-up" to a device that does everything an iPad can<br>
*and more*.<br>
<br>
<br>
But yes, the iPad will sell in droves.<br>
<br>
Just as Avatar has sold a metric bucket-load of tickets despite the<br>
overwhelming view being that the story is pedestrian, obvious and in many<br>
ways boring, but YOU HAVE TO SEE IT COS IT'S SOOOOOO COOOOOOOOOOOOL !!! WOOT<br>
!!!!!<br>
<br>
<br>
Colour me unconvinced.<br>
<br>
(coming soon the "Google tablet" ... even COOLER THAN AN IPAD!!! Cos it's<br>
like, ya know, an iPhone which is like, WAY COOL **AND** IT'S GOOGLE, which<br>
is like, ya know, even WAY WAY COOLERER!)<br>
<br>
(and yes, it'll be WAY COOLER even if, technically, it actually sucks, cos<br>
Google don't do evil <pant> <pant> <drool>)<br>
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