The World Doesn’t Need Tech Pundits
“What surprises me most about the excitement and early analyst sales projections: No one is talking about addressable market.”
[From The world doesn't need an Apple tablet, or any other | Betanews]
What bothers me about this article is that it assumes no one uses tablet computers right now. That is a flat out lie. They do. They are Kidle’s, iPhones, Android phones, Archos’, etc.
THe modality of the experience is what makes a tablet a tablet, not simply the screen size or marketed application.
The Kindle itself is probably the most popular tablet computer out there right now. It is a single purpose, underpowered tablet for sure, but a tablet none the less. To say it’s just trying to be an e-book reader ignores the fact that Amazon has more than just E-Book’s in it, and more than just E-Book aspirations for it.
The Apple iTablet Whatever will be a further push into the market they have already established with their first tablet computer: the iPod Touch.
I have already written about Tablet uses, that Joe Wilcox fails to spot.
http://mcoder.wordpress.com/2009/12/29/islate-let-the-gold-rush-begin/#more-207
Would it be wrong to think that Apple feels now is the time to take advantage of the wonderful marketing job Amazon has done with this technology? They are a great product company but they also likely know how to take a cue from the good work of others.