Certainly Apple will get a certain amount of sales just because there are some people that will buy it just because of the name and the cool factor of having the latest Apple device but in reality, you could see this coming because there are a number of people whose only computer activity is e-mail and web surfing and this is something that the iPad does fairly well. The netbook successes pointed out that not everyone needs or wants high end hardware to do minimal computer stuff and the advantage of 'instant on/no boot time' with the iPad and relatively low cost makes it a winner.
I don't see a problem with Apple defining markets but like the iPhone, the heavy handedness of Apple and the ability for open source to drive sales will ultimately overcome the initial surge. Good for Apple and good for everyone else too. Craig On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 14:23 -0700, DonFrench wrote: > I agree completely. I had a friend who was a major Apple fanboy and > when the Newton first came out he was ecstatic about it. But I > scoffed and predicted its failure. He pointed to the rush to buy it > at the first Mac World where it was introduced and I am afraid I > deeply offended him when I replied that the Mac World crowd would buy > bags of dog doo if they had the Apple logo on them. I was right too, > at least about the Newton. > > On Jun 28, 9:18 am, Brian Conrad <[email protected]> wrote: > > I doubt it. There are some interesting and well done Android tablets > > about to come on the market. But most manufacturers will be cautious > > about the success of the iPad. After all Apple could sell rebranded > > Tesla cars for $250K and the designer gadget fanbase would mortgage > > their homes and line up around the block to get one. So a manufacturer > > does have to factor out the knee jerk reaction of Apple fans to figure > > out what true market is there. > > > > HeHe wrote: > > > imo, it is those cheap crappy hardware that are poisoning non-mobile- > > > phone android market. few weeks ago i bought one and returned it on > > > the same day as it was delivered; compared with ipad, it is a crap. > > > luckily i got full refund from the seller. thank god~ > > > > > On Jun 27, 6:36 pm, Michael MacDonald <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > >> On 06/27/10 20:52, HeHe wrote:> why is there no android tablet nearly as > > >> good as ipad? > > > > >> The iPad hardware is quite good. It would be difficult for another > > >> vendor to put together a pad with the same large, capacitative touch > > >> screen, fast cpu, plenty of RAM, and an excellent battery, and still > > >> come in at a price point much below Apple's iPad. Apple has the > > >> advantage of knowing they are going to sell millions of the things so > > >> they get the best component prices. Selling a quality Android pad for > > >> the less than the iPad would mean accepting lower margins and a good > > >> deal of risk. > > > > >> You could make an Android tablet with crappy hardware for a lot cheaper > > >> than an iPad, and there are plenty of those. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
