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Originally Posted by Talldog
I have to disagree with that, unless they have completely turned their backs on Steve Jobs' vision.
What made Jobs such an extraordinary innovator was that he wasn't really concerned with what people thought they wanted. He was going to show you what you wanted and explain to you why you wanted it. The iPad is a perfect example. When Apple announced it, many in the tech world dismissed it (Paul Thurrott at Windows IT Pro was a good example). It was just an iPod Touch on steroids. Nobody cared about tablets, they had been around for years and had never taken off. It was Jobs who understood that a simple device that could be a content consumer while also handling everyday functions like email, calendar and such (and actually replace a PC for many people) would make a lot of folks want it. And he did make lots of folks want it.
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I didn't say "what people thought they wanted", I said what they
need so I'm not sure if you are disagreeing with what I said or what you think I've said.
The truth is that many people don't need the processing power that a desktop delivers, and the rest is just a matter of the screen size. While there were tablets around before the iPad, the problem was the OS. Windows tablets still haven't taken off.