Thread: Apple: Smaller than the Kindle, but with a bigger touchscreen
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Old 04-30-2009, 02:48 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by questionfear View Post
Did anyone else think "smaller than a kindle but with a bigger touchscreen" was a pretty easy bar, considering the Kindle doesn't HAVE a touchscreen?


The other difference with the Kindle, of course, would be e-Ink. Without that, the Apple media tablet (whatever it ends up being named) would end up being little more than a tablet PC that ran OSX (at most).

Of course, a Mac tablet would be nothing to sneeze at, necessarily (and a lot of Macheads have apparently been jonesing for one), but it's a little like comparing a Segway to a motorcycle. They serve very different purposes, and have different strengths.

Having said that, if this device (or devices ended up having e-Ink (especially color e-Ink) that might be a game-changer. Right now, though, any comparisons between this and the Kindle just smack of "Me too"-ism (especially after Jobs famously panned the Kindle).
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