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Originally Posted by djgreedo
The iPad form factor is a major criticism of it. It's not small enough to lug around wherever you go, but it's not powerful enough to replace a laptop or netbook in the home. There are lots of devices that don't have that problem.
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Well that might be true
for you. It is certainly not so for me...
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Originally Posted by djgreedo
Android devices are selling as well as the iPhone now. Android is projected to overtake the iPhone in terms of actual marketshare within the next 12 to 24 months.
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Methinks, you are confusing marketshare with number of sales per month...
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Originally Posted by djgreedo
The iPhone got its start from geeks buying it and showing it to people. Geeks have since flocked to Android due to its superiority in choice, openness, etc.
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The first iPhone in my family was my wife's... She is as far removed from a geek as one can imagine...
Seeing her using her iPhone is what made me forget my Treo...
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Originally Posted by djgreedo
You're not wrong. But what makes Android different is that it allows for choice. Want a phone with a physical keyboard? Want a phone with a small or large form factor? Want a cheap phone? A phone with a high resolution screen? Want to pay more for the absolute best? With Android and Windows you have those choices, and people will exercise them.
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They had those opportunities with Windows mobile nearly from the start and Windows Mobile never was in the lead, asked yourself why ?
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Originally Posted by djgreedo
Part of Apple's way of doing business is the 'one size fits all' philosophy. But people like their phones to suit their own needs.
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They mostly want something powerful and easy to use... Not everybody wants to tinker with its phone...
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Originally Posted by djgreedo
Well they have succeeded in making a product that doesn't really have any use.
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Again,
for you... For me, believe, it will !
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Originally Posted by djgreedo
I have read a whole bunch of discussions on the iPad and the common thread is that the people defending the product can never actually give examples of what they are going to use it for, and when the (occasionally) do, they are things that are better suited to a different form factor.
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- Reading PDF and eBook better than on my laptop or my iPhone,
- browsing the web everywhere rather than in sitting in front of my Laptop,
- playing some games if I feel like it,
- taking notes if I need,
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Probably others but right now, those are the one than comes to mind... There is a thread on this forum titled "Why is the iPad a no-brainer for you". There people are giving their reasons. They might sound stupid, frivolous or idiotic
to you but for those people, it works...
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Originally Posted by djgreedo
But fortunately for Apple there are people willing to buy their product first and only then work out something it can actually do for them. I prefer to work the other way around buy buying tech that solves problems I have.
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And you think that every iPad buyer is a moron who cannot think for him/herself ? Please...