Apple will revolutionize the way people use and view tablets
well, we'll see. Apple knows how to make a specific sector interesting just by releasing a specific product and definitely their research is better than mine but somehow I can't see how tablets may become that popular. If Apple does popularize something that people really don't need then my faith in humanity is lost.
actually generate a market for these devices, that lets face it, doesnt exist right now. Then everyone else will try to out do them.
The same happened with the iPod, the same thing happened with the iPhone.
Not really. Ipods were just Apple mp3 players and believe it or not but there were mp3 players before Ipods and they were already popular lol Also I can't see how Ipods made mp3 players any more popular than they were getting before (as mp3 players popularity was rising before ipods).
Actually Ipods weren't revolutionary with any aspect. Every single thing you want - there were other, better mp3 players but they weren't Apple. There were also touchscreen PDA phones before the Iphone. I agree that Iphone was sort of revolutionary though (in a similar fashion as the Motorola Razr). It was nothing new but a bit different, became attractive and inspired other manufacturers.
You watch, the ONLY reason these Android and HP tablets will sell is because Apple will create a demand for tablets and people will want to be "cool" and find alternatives (Casey). But if it wasnt for the fact that Apple will make the tablet a must have device, no one would even care about those alternatives to begin with.
Let's be fair -Android's popularity is backed up by technical and economic (price) superiority, it's rising way faster than Apple's and (generalization coming) Android fans are way more serious about their favorite OS. They are usually people who love software and are often computer geeks; not teenagers who will buy anything that looks cool to them. It's like a giant Linux without any of its biggest flaws. Backed up by one of the most powerful companies. Half of the pro-IT community has its eyes on Android. I can't see how the ONLY reason Android tablets will be popular is because of the Apple one. That statement was totally wrong.
No one right now is saying "oooh I need a tablet," not even you guys in here. But once Apple revolutionizes how people use and feel about tablets, everyone will want one
Well, that's what Apple seems to do best - creating demand for something that isn't any special. It's worse than with 50 cent's album sales. They make everything they do "big", create a hype - look at the situation now. Nobody knows what they are developing except for the fact that it's a tablet.
Great! There are hundreds of tablets by other great companies and dozens are being released this year but this one is from APPLE. You don't know how it will work but all of you already talk about it, are excited about it and know that you'll either buy it or think that it's awesome.
And again - all you know right now is that it's a tablet (a fairly unattractive device) and that it's from Apple.
I hope that now you see how stupid it is and what is the point that me and Casey are trying to make.
In real life a tablet with a tablet os might be quite nice to have for reading or browsing the web/watching videos/pictures but it's not as comfortable as a laptop and it would have to come in a way lower price and that's not happening with Apple. That's why Android tablets will probably be superior - Android is almost free and it works great on mobile devices. So it's a chance for a cheaper alternative for laptops in a slightly different factor with touchscreen capabilities.
Then there are resistive and capacitive touchscreens. Almost all modern tablets and PDAs work on resistive touch screens allowing you to paint on them. Then there are capacitive touch screens - the only technology that supports multi-touch well as it "reads" your finger's electrostatic field. You can't use anything other than your finger to touch though.
Resistive multi-touch sucks balls and nobody really implements it.
So either Apple comes up with a new screen technology, either it won't have any decent multi-touch and have a shitty resistive screen or it will be useless for graphics and painting which was the main reason for most people to buy tablets.
