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Originally Posted by Harmon
That said, there is one little doubtling at the edge of my mind - why don't Apps run on Macs? What if the iTablet is MacOS oriented rather than iPhone/Touch OS oriented?
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True. But I have a feeling their tablet would be based around the iPhone OS personally.
That's the way to make a tablet. It needs a touch based OS to work intuitively. Not be a MacBook without a keyboard or touchpad mouse. That's why a lot of tablet notebook PCs don't work that great--they're really just windows laptops with a touch screen. Though apparently some newer Vista based ones work better.
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Originally Posted by Harmon
They will add (1) expense and (2) eyestrain.  I don't know whether to  or  |
Again, you're thinking of it as an avid reader and e-reader fan. This tablet wouldn't be an ereader and wouldn't be something most people here would want to do any reading on.
It will likely be a multimedia pad that people buy for net surfing, watching movies, use as a planner, accessing the various apps in the app store, etc. etc. It would just happen to also be able to read e-books, and be fine for that purpose for casual readers who hardly ever read for more than 30-60 minutes at a time.
People have to think from the mass market stand point, not just what they (or others in the avid reader/e-book enthusiast) niche want to buy. Any multi-media tablet will cost more and not be as good for avid readers as a dedicated e-ink device. That's not what they're meant to be.