[opendtv] Re: News: A Tablet to Rival the Leader
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 12:13:20 -0400
At 5:06 PM -0400 7/7/12, Albert Manfredi wrote:
Then the Kindle Fire came on the market, for way less money. So all
those people who thought the iPad cost way more than it was worth
jumped on the bandwagon, to see what all the fuss was about. But
these people were obviously not the wide-eyed gadget-addicted types
who bought the iPad. Or they would have been the ones standing in
line overnight, waiting for those store doors to open in the
morning, to get their hands on this toy.
And not surprisingly, the Kindle didn't create the same gushing of
superlatives. And in my view, no other tablet, severely limited in
usefulness as the iPad is, would either.
Once again, Bert is being the curmudgeon...
"I don't see why people watch cable...
I don't see why people spend a bit more for a Mac or an iPhone...
and I don't think tablets are starting to eat the lunch of cheap
desktops and notebooks...
Perhaps the reason the Kindle Fire didn't create the same gushing of
superlatives as the iPad, may have something to do with it's size and
all the stuff that Amazon left out.
Perhaps Bert is just severely limited in imagination, or it may just
be that his blinders keep him from seeing all the very useful things
people are doing with tablets.
On the other hand:
Tablet/laptop hybrid designs like the Microsoft Surface, assuming of
course all of those silly intangibles like rounded corners, shiny
finish, no visible screw heads, and well-tuned I/O features, have
the potential for really ushering in a "post-PC era." Those who
complain that there aren't enough "apps" for the Surface are just
not thinking. How many "apps" have you ever had to buy for a PC,
and just what is it that your PC can't do than the tablet can do?
Take pictures? I can even do that. Make phone calls? I can even do
that. Either with a PC, or with a cell phone. So if the Surface can
do these things, then to me that WOULD be a significant innovation.
One which would make laptops extinct, possibly.
So Microsoft has solved the problem with tablets by adding a psuedo
tactile keyboard to its magnetic cover (wonder where they got that
idea). Or maybe it's just the fact that Surface will run a version of
the same new OS that Microsoft is creating for laptops and desktops.
As for what a desktop or even most laptops can't do, three thoughts:
1. Price
2. True mobility
3. Natural human interface that even a child who cannot read can use
Regards
Craig
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