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Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:24
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John Slade wrote: > John Navas wrote: >> <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/06/microsoft_courier_details_report/> >> >> >> Could be an iPad killer -- Microsoft may have finally got one right. >> > > The iPad is Apple's entry into the Netbook market IMO. I think > the iPad killer will be better more powerful netbooks that are powered > by laptop CPUs and graphics. The iPad uses watered down everything and I > don't know how well it will do given the netbook market and how the > typical netbook is far more powerful and versatile than the iPad. I bet the iPad is going to be a _huge_ seller. It's not a netbook competitor (that's the MacBook Air), it's a whole new segment. iPad is going to be huge in the kids market. iPhone users probably won't buy it because they don't want to pay another $30 a month in addition to the $70+/month they are already paying. At least there's a lot of apps that are more than just games, unlike the Nintendo DS/DSi. If someone figures out how to get a USB port onto it it could have a lot of vertical market applications as well.
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