Comments on: Apple: The Device That The Netbook Wants To Be http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/2009/04/apple-the-device-that-the-netbook-wants-to-be/ WordPress site Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:21:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bloor Robin http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/2009/04/apple-the-device-that-the-netbook-wants-to-be/comment-page-/#comment-598 Bloor Robin Fri, 08 May 2009 12:27:33 +0000 http://havemacwillblog.com/?p=4790#comment-598 Thanks for your thoughts Ludovic. I think you're right. The netbook gained traction because it fell into the "disposable devices" price bracket. What's now happening is Nvidia is trying to provide decent cheap graphics to that device. That will only firm up the popularity of the netbook. So the big question becomes how big can the tablet market be? I think Apple's tablet will be defined by: it weighs very little, it does great video. It will be a bigger iPhone/iPod touch. Thanks for your thoughts Ludovic. I think you’re right. The netbook gained traction because it fell into the “disposable devices” price bracket. What’s now happening is Nvidia is trying to provide decent cheap graphics to that device. That will only firm up the popularity of the netbook. So the big question becomes how big can the tablet market be? I think Apple’s tablet will be defined by: it weighs very little, it does great video. It will be a bigger iPhone/iPod touch.

]]> By: Ludovic http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/2009/04/apple-the-device-that-the-netbook-wants-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-599 Ludovic Fri, 08 May 2009 08:58:06 +0000 http://havemacwillblog.com/?p=4790#comment-599 Was thinking about the same thing yesterday with our web team and we arrived to the conclusion that the real genius of Apple was the ecosystem: signing majors onto iTunes Store was no small feat, and everyone including themselves was surprised by the momentum around the appstore. That's where RIM and Nokia, but also the Amazon Kindle lost it I think. On the battle vs. notebooks, there will be a segmentation by format: - pocket -the iPhone just fits this (and don't talk to me about the men handbags). That leaves out Kindle. - small -full sized keyboard beause you can't really do email on an iPhone, even Blackberries are difficult. - I don't see much space for the full featured two-spindles notebooks to be frank. The third category will be "cheap". Tablets? How big do you want it to be? Is iPhone not a big enough tablet? Was thinking about the same thing yesterday with our web team and we arrived to the conclusion that the real genius of Apple was the ecosystem: signing majors onto iTunes Store was no small feat, and everyone including themselves was surprised by the momentum around the appstore.

That’s where RIM and Nokia, but also the Amazon Kindle lost it I think.

On the battle vs. notebooks, there will be a segmentation by format:
- pocket -the iPhone just fits this (and don’t talk to me about the men handbags). That leaves out Kindle.
- small -full sized keyboard beause you can’t really do email on an iPhone, even Blackberries are difficult.
- I don’t see much space for the full featured two-spindles notebooks to be frank. The third category will be “cheap”.

Tablets? How big do you want it to be? Is iPhone not a big enough tablet?

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