Apple’s “iTablet” will disappoint. Sorry Apple fanboys, but the use case is missing, even if the thing is gorgeous and kicks ass for so many other reasons. Until the computing UI includes culturally integrated voice recognition and a new approach to browsing, the “iTablet” is just Newton 2.0. Of course, the Newton was just the iPhone, ten years early and without the phone bit….and the Mac was just Windows, ten years before Windows really took hold, and Next was just ….oh never mind.
What a schmuck.
Self indictment?
I have no idea what Battelle’s track record is, and no single data point seems all that interesting, including this one. It is too bad he didn’t give a probability, nor stipulate what “disappoint” means. Maybe of the times he expresses something vaguely like 90% certainty, he gets it vaguely right 90% of the time. Probably not, but I don’t see evidence to the contrary.
Mike
John Battelle belongs to the group of Silicon Valley geeks who swallow everything Google say. Google Android is junk software. Apple’s iOS is quality software, and Apple now produce the silicon inside their tablet products (A4), which allows them to reduce production costs. The iPad will dominate the tablet market.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/12/31/report_ipad_will_grow_250_in_2011_at_the_expense_of_pcs.html