The world doesn't need an Apple tablet, or any other | Hacker News Reader

The world doesn't need an Apple tablet, or any other

betanews.com

4 pointsjacquesm7 comments

TLDR;

Armchair quarterbacks always like to take up either the pro or con side of potential new trends and products. They all operate on blind speculation and random presumptions based on their own limited views (or fanboyisms).

Apple may or may not release a tablet-type device. It may or may not be a PC or an uber-iPod touch. It may succeed or fail. NOBODY KNOWS.

He makes a good point though about it being an 'in-between' device. If it's less than a laptop and more than an ipod and iphone does that mean people will carry another device or are they going to make choices ?

Yes, but the point is only theoretical since he has no first-hand experience with the device or the rumored services behind it.

I could see many legitimate uses for a good tablet-type device (and I'm not talking about the lame JooJoo Crunchpad).

At one time it seemed outlandish that there would be a PC in every home, or that people would have more than 1 TV and so on.

I'll wait until it ships (if ever) before casting a judgment.

who needs another newfangled gadget? mine still works just fine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2007Computex_e21Forum-Mart... http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/another-day-a...

Hehe, good point, but 'new' does not equal success.

I remember the 'newton', and the tablet is suspiciously close to a modernized newton.

C'mon, Gruber wrote the exact same thing 4 days ago. And there are other "web surfing on the toilet?" quotes from Jobs scattered all over the blogosphere.

It looks like we've broken the Mach 1 barrier in hype and are now designing the project for Apple instead of just sitting back and speculating wildly.

Maybe he should use this knowledge about what a poor product positioning move a tablet would be to assume that the announcement is actually not about a tablet at all!

Reply on news.ycombinator.com