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In article <eqe6p51puipru62212l94gm2buhjuqnqn4@4ax.com>,
 Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote:

> It's very rare when a new product niche is actually used in the manner
> the manufacturer intended.  The iPod Touch and iPhone were suppose to
> be Blackberry and HP iPaq killers.  Instead, it's turned into a nifty
> game machine, porno viewer, YouTube viewer, and hackers delight (after
> jailbreaking).
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GdQmmbO2T4>

I don't recall Apple calling them Blackberry and iPaq killers. Lots in 
the media, yes.


> I don't know what one does with an iPad, but I do have a guess.  One
> of the hacks in my office building had a cardboard full size mockup of
> the iPad and was trying to see how it would fit on the dashboard of
> his vehicle.  One person in this newsgroups was considering using it
> as a portable order entry and cash register for his bicycle store.
> Personally, I think it's just a bigger iPod Touch for those of us that
> can't see the tiny screen and have the fat finger keyboard problem.

Killer apps might be any MMORPGs. Latency would suck over 3G, but at 
least one could do character maintenance, AH, etc. Use the accelerometer 
for control.

Steve

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