[Infowarrior] - iTablet -- Rick's Prediction and Comment

[Richard Forno]

Yep.  iPad is an iTouch/Phone on steroids.  Despite the Jobsian RDF  
and breathless media hype in recent days, there's nothing revoutionary  
or magical here at al from what I can tell thus far.    Move along,  
nothing more to see here....it's just another iLife-y gadget.

Yawn?

-rf


On Jan 27, 2010, at 10:04 AM, Richard Forno wrote:

>
> If the Apple "tablet computer" is nothing more than an expanded  
> iPhone/iPod with some PSP-ish and Kindle-esque features thrown in,  
> they can count me out as a prospective buyer.  Why?  It's just  
> another consumer "gadget".   Of course, if it becomes the latest  
> Apple device requiring authorization through (or software only  
> uploaded by) the iTunes Music Store/App Store, count me out right  
> now.  Rest assured, if this is what the device turns out to be, the  
> media will fawn breathlessly about it as "groundbreaking" and  
> "evolutionary."  When in reality, it isn't.
>
> That said, give me a tablet computer with those specs running OSX  
> and does not require integration with the iTMS -- ie, it's a  
> COMPUTER and not a SEMI-DUMB SLAVE DEVICE RESIDING WITHIN AN  
> ELECTRONIC GATED COMMUNITY and I'd strongly consider it at some point.
>
> We'll see later today!
>
> -rick
>