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Why end users would not pay money for tablet PCs
Posted on August 2, 2009 in Technology
Word is that Apple is a month away from advertising a new tablet PC. One more tablet, the Crunchpad, is also due for impending release. These and other keyboardless PCs get vast coverage on gadget websites, but in reality, I consider this entire category a hopeless case. Why we continue waiting for the killer tablet PC is beyond me. Only a small number of people really want one, particularly at the prices that they will have to put up for sale.
Tablet computers – pleasing to the eye slates that you operate with a touch screen – are nice-looking if you are a sci-fi buff. There is a bit functionally attractive about a computer that is all screen and nothing else, and where your interaction is straight through that screen, not a go-between like a keyboard or mouse. And the notion works well on smart phones. Read the rest of this entry »