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	Capt'n Corrupt	2010-12-30 , 17:27
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Originally Posted by ysss

Yeah, it's really interesting isn't it?

When you hold a tablet, the first and most obvious thing you would think about is "Where's the pen? I want to write something on this thing."

But Microsoft has been working with that premise for nearly 10 years and they've not found the right combination. Even today, their tablets still don't address some basic issues (right form factor, basic navigation, usability limitations, etc).

Then way from the left field, Apple came up with a variant of said tablet, taking away the single most obvious use (writing) and cashed in on the market. Big time.

Btw, I think internally Apple (read: Jobs) has a 5-6 steps program for iOS that they don't publish. It may look something like:

1. Get it out there with basic functionalities (web, phone, messaging, pim).
2. Add Apps.
(2.5. Copy paste, due to extreme public demand and b&tch!ng)
3. Add Multitasking.
4. Add Writing.
5. Add Openness.
6. ...
7. Profit.

Wait, no, they've been profiting since step 1. Big time.

I like your list, I'm not so certain about the openness bit, though

I think it's pretty obvious that Apple's iPad came in when the technology would support the type of usability they had in mind. As I recall, Jobs wanted to do a tablet in early 2000, but the prototype was too heavy and too bulky to provide a good user experience. If MS did more user experience testing (as they clearly don't do considering the abominable state of their software), they may have followed a similar path.

In the end, it seems as if MS pushed a gimmick and Apple pushed a solution. I remember seriously considering Fujitsu slates. In the end the price, battery life, weight, and lack of an interface (honestly) that differentiated the device from a laptop, made the choice very, very easy... I chose the laptop

Pen computing is so wonderfully easy to both conceptualize, and position in the market. It's also easy to show off. Show somebody 'writing' a love note, or having completed a lovely piece of artwork, and you will win the hearts of the consumer; and you want their hearts over their heads, because that will get you paid.

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