Thread: Future of Internet Tablets
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Jerome is offline Jerome
2008-11-07 , 16:07
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#308
Originally Posted by qole View Post
...and another thing. Those non-geek people Jerome talked about? The ones that need stuff printed? They're all getting replaced* by kids who spend hours and hours reading stuff on a screen, but never pick up a book unless they're forced to by a teacher.
This is true, but will still take the better part of the next 10 to 20 years. And trying to speed that process (the one with the star...) would be illegal, I think...

Originally Posted by benny1967 View Post
Also, some of those described as "non-geeks" will never ever buy anything more technical than a dish washer. (Not only because they don't understand technology; more often because they don't want too much technology in their lives and don't have needs like 'mobile internet access'). You have to be careful not to target markets that are not realistic.
This is not true. Non geeks have a cell phone (billions sold) and a computer (hundred of millions sold). It is just that the computer does not really work, and collapses under the load of running spam-sending trojans, and the cell phone address list is empty.

An now, these same non-geeks are buying iPhones. This is the interesting change.