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Originally Posted by kjk
Interesting timing-James Kendrick over at ZDNET (wonder what happened to his jkontherun/gigaom gig) just posted an article about it:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-new...t-it-8221/2284
Kendrick argues that it is instant usability that is directly responsible for the iPad's success. |
That is definitely true.
On the other hand, the resulting "dumbing down" is also the reason so much functionality is missing. It stands to reason that, as the technical sophistication of the population rises, as other companies make their interfaces increasingly easier to use (one example of where everyone else is way ahead of Apple is widgets --- they save so much time), and as the number of people who grew up before computers goes down, this approach may well backfire.
Intel now also has some interesting new developments -- that may allow for very advanced chips that can run full windows with extremely low power requirements. That would relegate the current Android and iOS tablets to the same position that e-ink readers find themselves in vs. tablets right now. Meaning such half baked OS's would only be used for extremely low priced devices with limited functionality and most users would opt to pay slightly more for a device that does everything. We also have to see what Windows 8 brings -- will it be a real OS or just a tablet OS version of WM 7?