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Originally Posted by ericthehalfbee
One surefire way to know if you've got a hit on your hands is how many people start to complain about it.
Judging by the tremendous amount of hate already out for the iPad (funny since not one of them has actually used one yet) I'm sure this thing is going to be a huge success.
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People are so focused on what it CAN'T do, nobody's thinking about what it CAN do. Worse, they're focused on what they THINK it can't do, based on... what? A press conference? Or they're just pissed off because it doesn't meet their expectations... expectations based on rumor and speculation in the first place.
Yeah, okay, it doesn't have a ton of storage... storage adds bulk, weight, and power consumption. There's this new idea going around, "cloud computing"... doesn't need any local storage, everything is run over the 'net. Can't load Office on the iPad? Big deal: go Google Docs. Need something more powerful? Take a look at Ulteo: your entire desktop and all your apps are "online". Local storage? Who needs it?
Niche market? Maybe. MP3 players were once a niche market, too. The iPod played a significant role in blowing that market wide-open. Smartphones were a niche market before the Blackberry came along. Nobody calls these things "niche" anymore.
No, the iPad isn't a netbook... it's something different, so there's no point in comparing it.
