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Article #301Re: NEWS: Microsoft's dual-screen booklet shows 'face' on web • The Register
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Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:06
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:06
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John Slade wrote: > 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. I'm sure you're going to be proven wrong. Parents spend $1000-1500 on DVD systems for their kids to watch movies in the car. $500 to keep the kids busy in the car, and then having the iPad to use at the destination via WiFi (instead of carrying a laptop) is going to make it the must-have kid's toy of 2010. > > It comes with a USB port via the adapter that comes with it. No it doesn't. It's not a USB host port. You can't plug in various peripherals that the vertical market needs, like bar code scanners, cameras, blood glucose meters, scales, blood-pressure cuffs, etc.. Apple is not interested in those vertical markets because they don't involve selling apps, music, videos, and books to the buyers.
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