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SMS wrote:
> 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.
> 

      If you saw the keynote speech where Jobs introduced it, 
you can easily see it's targeted at the netbook market. Even 
before that Jobs was telling reporters he was working on a 
netbook-type device.

> 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.

      I don't see the iPad being big in the "kids' market" 
because of it's price and capabilities. More popular games are 
on cheaper devices more suited to gaming. I can see the iPad 
being more successful in the e-book reader market if the price 
comes down.

> 
> If someone figures out how to get a USB port onto it it could have a lot 
> of vertical market applications as well.

       It comes with a USB port via the adapter that comes with it.

John