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Are Tablets Doomed To Fail Again? | Regular Geek — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:44:01 +0000

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By: Vulpine

Vulpine — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:34:49 +0000

I think you’re only half right. Keep in mind that Apple has already demonstrated a number of professional apps and connections to medical and corporate devices for the iPhone. Such capability would be a shoo-in for a larger device and when you include some form of one-handed note taking an Apple tablet could suddenly be far more than ‘just a bigger iPod Touch.’ It could truly be a professional commodity like the clipboard and legal pad were ten years ago. In all honesty, it could flat replace the so-called netbooks as easier to use and more functional.

I also think that some sort of docking accessory, like marees says, will be an integral part of this device. Even the iPhone and iPod Touch have a docking device for charging purposes, I can’t really see why it couldn’t include USB and other I/O ports as a mini-desktop device as well.

By: marees

marees — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:11:19 +0000

And if they can sell a dock accesory for this, then it becomes a full fledged computer also.

btw Apple was not the first to come-up with this concept. Nokia introduced the N770/N800 but was let down by not having accelerometer and multi-touch.