Comments on: iPad vs. Kindle: The debate Apple should have started. http://getthenext.com/archives/425 Real Tech _ Real People Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:14:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: iPad: How to judge the value of a tool (or why multitasking has its place) – Targuman http://getthenext.com/archives/425/comment-page-1#comment-673 iPad: How to judge the value of a tool (or why multitasking has its place) – Targuman Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:27:58 +0000 http://getthenext.com/?p=425#comment-673 [...] let’s consider what the device is for. Tony was absolutely right that Steve J missed the mark with his comments about netbooks. The iPad should be firmly compared [...] [...] let’s consider what the device is for. Tony was absolutely right that Steve J missed the mark with his comments about netbooks. The iPad should be firmly compared [...]

]]> By: Steve Brady http://getthenext.com/archives/425/comment-page-1#comment-622 Steve Brady Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:26:44 +0000 http://getthenext.com/?p=425#comment-622 Hmmm... I am not sure that the iPad is a "Kindle killer." Amazon has positioned themselves well with their two separate business units, so that the Kindle (as reader/book seller) can easily integrate into the iPad, just as it currently works quite nicely on the iPad Nano (er, iPhone and iPod Touch.) I wrote on this back at my blog (along with a few other thoughts on "killer" products. You do bring an interesting discussion forward though in mentioning netbooks. It didn't seem to me that Jobs was trying to reach the geeks, but rather the huddled masses that yearn for something less "techno-centric" than the netbook. There are those that find netbooks "too geeky" and yet they crave portable computing. THESE are the people the iPad will reach. Oh--and the people that I have heard that say this will replace their Macbook when they travel. Hmmm… I am not sure that the iPad is a “Kindle killer.” Amazon has positioned themselves well with their two separate business units, so that the Kindle (as reader/book seller) can easily integrate into the iPad, just as it currently works quite nicely on the iPad Nano (er, iPhone and iPod Touch.) I wrote on this back at my blog (along with a few other thoughts on “killer” products.

You do bring an interesting discussion forward though in mentioning netbooks. It didn’t seem to me that Jobs was trying to reach the geeks, but rather the huddled masses that yearn for something less “techno-centric” than the netbook. There are those that find netbooks “too geeky” and yet they crave portable computing. THESE are the people the iPad will reach.

Oh–and the people that I have heard that say this will replace their Macbook when they travel.

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