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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
That may be all true, but all that matters to us non-techies is having a product that works well and is simple and easy to use.
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Yeah and I said there are
plenty of even better devices.
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The techies like you can find all kinds of faults with products, but those of us who don't give a flying f*** about technology and it's in and outs and just want a product we can pick up and use are very well served by simple to use devices such as the Kindle or the iPhone.
And I believe an eventual tablet by Apple would do the same thing. Be very intuitive and idiot proof and a solid device for people who just want something to surf the net, watch movies, have a planner, read some books etc.
It may no meet the standards of power users and techies, but who cares? That's a small niche and Apple couldn't care less about them. The money is in the mainstream with the Joe Six Packs who just expect to buy stuff and do the basic advertised functions with ease.
I could care less if Apple or any other company is an innovator or just steals other ideas. I care that a company puts out a device that does what I need it to do and is easy as hell to use. Again, brand loyalty is for suckers, so I could careless if it's innovative or not as long as it works the way I think it should.
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The problem is this
US market and its pathetic state - this is the perfect example: 'gee, iPhone - just
works' which, if you look at face value
isn't true at all.
How can you claim it works when you cannot even copy/paste??? You can't send a picture to anyone (no MMS), if your battery dies you can't just get a new one' I cannot use wireless headsets for music, you are forced to use an iditoic software to move files off and on to it (iTunes)...
...if you look at these you will notice that none of these are "tech" issues, I deliberately left out my personal grievances (lack of multitasking, lack of open platform, Apple's heavy-handed censorship, AT&T's abusive pricing for a very crappy data service etc.)
Anyway, my point is that I think it's more than naive to believe Apple will bring a "game changer" to the market - ebook readers must be
cheap, first and foremost, that's the only thing that could shake up this market (adoption en masse, that is.)