- It's gonna destroy the culture of content creation.
- Fine if you don't need to get real work done.
- Only fanboys will buy one.
- Give me a netbook so I can program.
- People who are buying iPads are sheep.
- It would not sell if it weren't for the marketing.
- Sure it's selling well now, but what about in 6 months/1 year/2 years …
- Sure it's selling well now, but no true intelligent scotsman …
- Just a toy.
- I can't believe people are buying this without being able to articulate why.
- Look, someone says they stopped using it! I was right.
- No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.
28 days and $1,000,000,000 in revenues later, still reasons Apple doesn't give a flying frack about, and maybe a sign that some of us should reevaluate how much we know about the buying habits of the non-comic book guys, and that there might be something there that warrants more than a knee jerk cmdrtaco response.
All of the above are good points that can be exploited by competing products, i am not sure why you are suggesting that apple should close its eyes on this!
I will never buy a second iPhone, i will look for a good Android based phone, and using the same logic i will wait for a good iPad like product from HP or HTC
If people are in the market (or simply want) a tablet-sized computing device, they're going to have the iPad at the front of their mind. If they play with one at an Apple Store or at a friend's house and aren't convinced (or are pissed it doesn't run Flash) then they will fall into Category B which is where a dozen or more companies will compete.
You basically have the iPad, and everything else, just like for music players there's the iPod and then everything else. Features on a comparison matrix don't get consumers excited. The iPad has a LOT of people excited.
The problem is you a) sound like an anti-fanboy and b) like a tech person (as we all probably are here).
For a "man on the street" the iPad "rocks". All the drawbacks are technical gripes - stuff we will notice and complain about but the majority of people will never consider/come across.
We all know it could be better in many ways and more open etc. they don't.
Also, the UI is stellar and will sell it to people.
It is a device to show your girlfriend some stupid clips from youtube and pictures from 4chan to get laid more smoothly. =) It is a consumer device, not a computer or laptop.
- Just a big iTouch.
- 256MB RAM!? Pfft.
- WTF, not widescreen?!
- LCD bad for reading.
- $500?? Overpriced.
- Can't see why anyone would need one.
- Fills a need that isn't there.
- Looks uncomfortable.
- You have to pay $99 to publish on it.
- Yeah, if you like to peck and type.
- It's gonna destroy the culture of content creation.
- Fine if you don't need to get real work done.
- Only fanboys will buy one.
- Give me a netbook so I can program.
- People who are buying iPads are sheep.
- It would not sell if it weren't for the marketing.
- Sure it's selling well now, but what about in 6 months/1 year/2 years …
- Sure it's selling well now, but no true intelligent scotsman …
- Just a toy.
- I can't believe people are buying this without being able to articulate why.
- Look, someone says they stopped using it! I was right.
- No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.
28 days and $1,000,000,000 in revenues later, still reasons Apple doesn't give a flying frack about, and maybe a sign that some of us should reevaluate how much we know about the buying habits of the non-comic book guys, and that there might be something there that warrants more than a knee jerk cmdrtaco response.