Comments on: iPad. Why? http://kibo.org.uk/2010/01/28/ipad-why/ ... keeping meat fresh since 1970 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:44:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Intermanaut http://kibo.org.uk/2010/01/28/ipad-why/#comment-895 Intermanaut Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:47:22 +0000 http://kibo.org.uk/?p=616#comment-895 It's a 4:3 screen. Jesus. Even iPhone is widescreen. It's garbage. The more I talk to people about it the more I think it's pointless. If there was some way to stick it to your fridge so that you could use it for recipes and shopping, I could see how it could have a US$200 price-point. As it is, it's like a PCSO. It’s a 4:3 screen. Jesus. Even iPhone is widescreen. It’s garbage. The more I talk to people about it the more I think it’s pointless. If there was some way to stick it to your fridge so that you could use it for recipes and shopping, I could see how it could have a US$200 price-point. As it is, it’s like a PCSO.

]]> By: Olly http://kibo.org.uk/2010/01/28/ipad-why/#comment-893 Olly Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:02:53 +0000 http://kibo.org.uk/?p=616#comment-893 It's of no viable use to *you*. Or me, probably. But we're geeks, and they're not the target market. Most people look at youbook and facetube. They forward email jokes to one another. Maybe play solitaire or something equally mindless while they watch TV. At the really extreme end of the spectrum, they might connect their camera and download some pictures. Most don't though, they leave them on there until the card breaks and then moan about it. They don't care if it's not got fifteen USB ports or a card reader or somewhere to attach your knob. They don't want to listen to Spotify while they write PHP scripts. They just want something simple, easy, and able to do what they want. Nothing more. The ipad is that thing. The rest of us can stick with our "proper" computers. It’s of no viable use to *you*. Or me, probably. But we’re geeks, and they’re not the target market.

Most people look at youbook and facetube. They forward email jokes to one another. Maybe play solitaire or something equally mindless while they watch TV. At the really extreme end of the spectrum, they might connect their camera and download some pictures. Most don’t though, they leave them on there until the card breaks and then moan about it.

They don’t care if it’s not got fifteen USB ports or a card reader or somewhere to attach your knob. They don’t want to listen to Spotify while they write PHP scripts. They just want something simple, easy, and able to do what they want. Nothing more.

The ipad is that thing. The rest of us can stick with our “proper” computers.

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