Report: Best Buy tells HP to take back its TouchPads

Re:Report: Best Buy tells HP to take back its TouchPads by dmix on Wednesday August 17, 2011 @12:17PM (#2895835)

> people still don't care about or want tablet computers; they care about and want iPads

I've seen this many times when I try to explain to normal people what I do for a living. When I explain we create tablet apps, I get blank stares.

If I say we create iPad apps, they reply "oh I saw the commercial for those".

iPads are mainstream. Tablets in general, not so much.

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Re:Report: Best Buy tells HP to take back its TouchPads by Jabbles on Wednesday August 17, 2011 @02:36PM (#2896355)

Couldn't that be a symptom of other tablets not being competitive, rather than the cause?

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Re:Report: Best Buy tells HP to take back its TouchPads by nitrogen on Wednesday August 17, 2011 @05:36PM (#2897065)

neuroelectronic 59 minutes ago | link [dead]

yes and no. Going back to the MP3 analogy, their were many MP3 players that were much better deals on paper; a fraction of the cost for more memory. But they didn't have a scroll wheel or iTunes, so consumers found them to be cheap knock-offs.

neuroelectronic: it looks like your posts are auto-dead. Posting as a sibling comment since there's no contact info in your profile.

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