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Originally Posted by kamm
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.)
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kamm, you think it's naive that an Apple tablet might be a "game changer" and I think you are naive to think that potential isn't very credible.
You ranted about the "idiotic software" that Apple forces you to use (iTunes), but I think you need to look at the facts about how many people are voting with their wallet that iTunes is acceptable (or even preferred).
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recent annual teen survey posted on CNET reveals 92% market pentration for Apple iPods and a near 100% response that teens forecast their next device would be an iPod. And I'm old enough to remeber that Apple came to the portable music business pretty late and when they first introduced the iPod is was just a pretty toy. Now iPod is the crushing dominant force in portable music. And it didn't get to be the 800 lb gorilla by being cheap, it did by offering "idiotic software" that made it incredibly simple to use through forced standardization.
You may not want to emotionally admit that an Apple tablet can be a "game changer", but you have to intellectually admit that Apple's model includes factors (customer service, sleek design, limited options, etc.) that play well with the populace if not with tech-savvy folks like you. Maybe Apple shouldn't be able to shake things up in the eReader world, but I believe it naive to think they won't.