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From: Steve Fenwick on 6 Mar 2010 22:18 In article <4b930a4b$0$1632$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net>, SMS <scharf.steven(a)geemail.com> wrote: > John Slade wrote: > > > I don't see the iPad being big in the "kids' market" because of > > it's price and capabilities. More popular games are on cheaper devices > > more suited to gaming. I can see the iPad being more successful in the > > e-book reader market if the price comes down. > > I'm sure you're going to be proven wrong. Parents spend $1000-1500 on > DVD systems for their kids to watch movies in the car. $500 to keep the > kids busy in the car, and then having the iPad to use at the destination > via WiFi (instead of carrying a laptop) is going to make it the > must-have kid's toy of 2010. > > > > > It comes with a USB port via the adapter that comes with it. > > No it doesn't. It's not a USB host port. You can't plug in various > peripherals that the vertical market needs, like bar code scanners, > cameras, blood glucose meters, scales, blood-pressure cuffs, etc.. Apple > is not interested in those vertical markets because they don't involve > selling apps, music, videos, and books to the buyers. It is more likely USB OTG than USB device, as it supports the external keyboard (<http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/>, near the bottom), and the iPad Camera Connection Kit, which allows a camera to be connected to the iPad through USB. Steve -- steve <at> w0x0f <dot> com "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, chip shot in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"
From: poldy on 6 Mar 2010 22:46 In article <4b930a4b$0$1632$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net>, SMS <scharf.steven(a)geemail.com> wrote: > > It comes with a USB port via the adapter that comes with it. > > No it doesn't. It's not a USB host port. You can't plug in various > peripherals that the vertical market needs, like bar code scanners, > cameras, blood glucose meters, scales, blood-pressure cuffs, etc.. Apple > is not interested in those vertical markets because they don't involve > selling apps, music, videos, and books to the buyers. Maybe not via USB but they aren't stopping Johnson and Johnson from making a glucose meter through the dock connector for the iPhone so that should work for the iPad as well. Of course in that case, the developer of the device will distribute apps. for free. I notice there are a number of Cisco and Oracle business apps. as well. And now there are 2 or 3 makers of IR dongles which allow iPhone to be used as universal remotes, with free apps. The real question is whether the companies which sell computers to doctors and hospitals will develop for iPad. If doctors seem interested in the product (for uses not just limited to their work), they may see an opportunity.
From: poldy on 6 Mar 2010 22:49 In article <hmupe0$uq0$1(a)speranza.aioe.org>, JC Dill <jcdill.lists(a)gmail.com> wrote: > John Slade wrote: > > The iPad uses watered down everything and I > > don't know how well it will do given the netbook market and how the > > typical netbook is far more powerful and versatile than the iPad. > > Not everyone wants (or needs) the most powerful and versatile item. For > many people, ease of use is far more important, and this is where > Apple's design often excels over other items in the marketplace. The > reason the iPod became the dominant mp3 player was because it is easy to > use - not just to play music but also to load/buy music. The reason the > iPhone has become such a dominant phone/web/music appliance is again, > it's very easy to use, including an easy way to add applications. If > Apple is as successful with the iPad's design, there's every reason to > believe that a large percent of the market will find "easy to use" and > "powerful enough" to be compelling reasons to buy, trumping "more > powerful" and "more versatile" but harder to use products from other > computer manufacturers. > > jc There was a review of a Lenovo Ideapad "netvertible" this week by some blogs. It's about $500-600 and it features a twist around screen as well as being able to go to a clamshell form factor. Performance was said to be bad and battery life was under 4 hours. Most of the people who've had hands-on time back in January said the iPad was fast. Of course, it's not trying to run things like Photoshop but on a 10-inch screen, maybe it's not the best idea.
From: AES on 7 Mar 2010 10:59 In article <4b930a4b$0$1632$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net>, SMS <scharf.steven(a)geemail.com> wrote: > Apple > is not interested in those vertical markets because they don't involve > selling apps, music, videos, and books to the buyers. Truer (and sadder) words were never posted.
From: Christopher A. Lee on 7 Mar 2010 14:42
On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:59:27 -0800, AES <siegman(a)stanford.edu> wrote: >In article <4b930a4b$0$1632$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net>, > SMS <scharf.steven(a)geemail.com> wrote: > >> Apple >> is not interested in those vertical markets because they don't involve >> selling apps, music, videos, and books to the buyers. > >Truer (and sadder) words were never posted. Apple lost their way. Once upon a time they were streets ahead of the PC world, and for a while they held a niche where better graphics were required. Also the Motorola based architecture didn't have the limitations that the earlier Intel based architecture did. Remember the days of 640K max memory and the third party software to make the most of it? It was also more intuitive than Windows. |