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Originally Posted by ScientificBob
It's all about getting the most money out of your pocket as possible.
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While what you say may be true about Apple, it is quite clear that Android manufacturers are putting out products meant to replace most of what a laptop can do.
Hardware wise, the Transformer Prime is pretty much there, it's more powerful than my 5 year old laptop that still serves me well.
The Motorola Atrix was a great idea ruined by a terrible interface.
OS wise, there is no reason why Android or iOS couldn't support decent Office-type applications. There just hasn't been a big demand for it yet.
Which leaves the only major thing missing-a good selction of applications built to utilize a keyboard and trackpad efficiently.
There was an article last week on an Android site where a blogger used a Transformer Prime to write and publish the article. It wasn't perfect, but it did the job with no major issues.
You are also right in that people don't want to put down a lot of cash for a lot of different devices. But they would still like to own all those devices. Which is why Asus is coming out with the Padfone which is a phone that can power a tablet display device AND in turn that tablet can turn into a netbook like the Transformer. There's your value.
There will always be people who need the power and performance of a full-fledged PC. However those numbers will dwindle quickly as mobile devices continue to improve rapidly. Why else would Microsoft be working so hard to bring a full OS to mobile devices, and taking such a huge risk bringing the controversial Metro UI to PCs? That just wouldn't make sense if they thought the PC market was stable.