08-28-2012, 04:43 PM | #31 | |
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08-28-2012, 05:02 PM | #32 |
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It happens to me all of the time. If I want to get a reaction, I'll pull it out before the meeting and lay it on the conference table for all to oogle.
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08-28-2012, 05:10 PM | #33 |
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08-28-2012, 05:32 PM | #34 |
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08-28-2012, 05:40 PM | #35 |
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08-28-2012, 06:45 PM | #36 |
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08-28-2012, 07:51 PM | #37 |
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I definitely would be interested at the price of $149, if they also throw in the phone function to go with any prepaid SIM card.
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08-28-2012, 09:35 PM | #38 |
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You can always dream can you? Unless you are willing to count the cheapest Chinese phone with the worst screen on the planet, virtually no memory, and a 5-year-old processor then something like that will never see the light of day with phone function even below $300.-.
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08-29-2012, 03:41 AM | #39 | |
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Too bad the Galaxy Note is retailed at around $500. Good luck getting that down to $149. |
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08-29-2012, 06:25 AM | #40 | |
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08-29-2012, 07:25 AM | #41 | |
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08-29-2012, 07:47 AM | #42 | |
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...for one-handed devices like phones. But tablets aren't one-handed devices, so applying phone ergonomics to tablets is really a non-sequitor. That is why we have 7-10in tablets, after all. (Way bigger and wider than phones because nobody expects them to be held in one hand.) Casting this debate in terms of how big a phone can be misses the point of the OP which is how *small* a tablet can be and still be useful to enough people to consitutue a viable market. Archos and several chinese generic device vendors have been exploring the sub-7in space for a couple years now with poor results so far; mostly because their target has been the low-end PMP market rather than small-tablet market the OP is thinking of. |
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08-29-2012, 08:28 AM | #43 |
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I don't think we're going to see any high end 4"~6" media players, because it appears that Apple and Samsung think these devices would cannibalize sales of their overpriced smartphones.
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08-29-2012, 09:27 AM | #44 |
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That might prompt me to get a tablet for my younger child.
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If they can make a 7" at $199, why can't they make a 5.3" or 5.5" for $149? This graph is not relevant but it is mind-blowing. 2012 is now the RECORD and we still have 3 more weeks of melting left. Just something interesting that I just read and want to share. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...hy-it-matters/ Last edited by Top100EbooksRank; 08-29-2012 at 09:32 AM. |
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