Apple declares war on the entire PC industry

Re:Apple declares war on the entire PC industry by axod on Wednesday October 21, 2009 @08:50AM (#894515)

Don't believe the tablet hype. The only people who want such a thing are the few people blogging about it all the time. (And of course hype is good for getting readers/attention/subscribers etc) (Or trying to justify their own tablet - crunchpad? "Best product of 2009"?!?? http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/upgrade/4332415.h...)

The usefulness of a 'too big for your pocket, half a laptop that you have to hold' device are minimal. Maybe they'll surprise everyone and come out with a tablet, but I really doubt it.

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Re:Apple declares war on the entire PC industry by junklight on Wednesday October 21, 2009 @08:53AM (#894524)

I agree - remember the "iphone nano": much talked about, didn't even make sense as a product and totally non-existant.

If it is true - the noises that do kind of make sense - like Apple being in talks with publishers make me wonder if they are going to compete with the Kindle rather than the netbook.

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Re:Apple declares war on the entire PC industry by me325r4534534 on Wednesday October 21, 2009 @12:47PM (#895023)

I'm not disagreeing, but just remember - I heard tons of comments like this about the "iPhone" years before it was actually released. So there very well may be a "iTab" on its way.

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Re:Apple declares war on the entire PC industry by Tichy on Wednesday October 21, 2009 @03:17PM (#895428)

Apple was almost forced to create the iPhone, though: much of it's access came from the iPod, but phones were getting better and better at playing music, too.

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