Tag Archives: future

No competition for the iPad? Uh huh.

Reading this CNN article by John D. Sutter, it reminds me that the iPad marks a singular event in the history of personal computing: a hot new product coupled a robust platform for app development that has no competition. When was the last time you saw that happen? There have been multiple hardware systems, OSes, languages, development frameworks, distributors, etc. in every market segment of the computer industry for over three decades. That is, until now.

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iPad awareness: with familiarity comes favor

In all the times I’ve talked to various people I know (regular folk, not techies) about the iPad, I usually get a similar response: oh yeah, I’ve heard about that. So what does it do again? When I begin to explain how I’ll be using it — as a secondary display to my main computer (for when my MacBook Pro is chugging away at some task), as an ebook reader, as a home lifestyle device that is more usable than my iPhone, as a photo frame, etc. — then I can hear the wheels beginning to turn in their heads.

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