Thread: Future success of internet tablets, or lack thereof (speculation, prediction)
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Jerome is offline Jerome
2006-02-20 , 22:36
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Originally Posted by bigboote
Actually, given the history of technology - all of the missed opportunities for truly useful tech and the stupid crap pushed on the public (camera phones - why?)
I would not hire you as a marketeer. I also thought that camera phones were a stupid idea. Till I went on vacations and saw that all people used them.

What most people want from their pictures is small prints of their kids and girlfriend. Camera phones are good for that, and take the hassle out of having to buy film, send the pictures to the lab, etc... got a phone, send the pictures over the net, get the prints in the mail. Perfect for the Joe and Jones.

FYI: I use a SLR, lots of different lenses and photoshop. But I am not the market.



Originally Posted by bigboote
Funny thing that. One day while waiting in a cafe for my breakfast to arrive I whipped out my 770 to check on something and my friend, a total technophobe, practically grabbed it out of my hands when I told him what it could do. He checked his email and surfed the web for ten minutes while his breakfast went cold. Then he says to me, "Hey man, that thing is so cool! I want one! Nokia could sell those things just by paying people to pull them out in cafes and start surfing the web." I was amazed, and my notion that the 770 is just a geek toy and could become a popular consumer device was shattered. So everybody: take your 770 to the nearest cafe or wifi space and just start using it. We could start a revolution!

John

OK. You score a point. Apparently the web is the killer application. Try other friends.