Posted on 10/17/2010 10:02:14 PM PDT by Swordmaker
Ignoring burgeoning iPad sales of an estimated 8 million in just six months of 2010 and with forecasts of 50,000,000 for 2011, AMD CEO says "tablets are not even worth investing any R&D money on!"
Can anyone say "Shortsighted!!!"
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My daughter and her husband were in another city and traffic was terrible. She got the ipad out, looked at the map which has the traffic on it, too, got off the interstate, went to a restaurant,enjoyed coffee and kept up with the traffic. When it was less crowded, they got back on the interstate and came on home.
My daughter and her husband were in another city and traffic was terrible. She got the ipad out, looked at the map which has the traffic on it, too, got off the interstate, went to a restaurant,enjoyed coffee and kept up with the traffic. When it was less crowded, they got back on the interstate and came on home.
I don’t own a tablet or even a notebook for that matter. But mostly I use the computer for research and entertainment. I’d say that puts me in the largest camp of computer users. The iPad is perfect for ‘surfers’.
My desktop died last year, I haven’t replace it yet, instead I use a notebook. I use my netbook more and when the iPad has more, I will buy one.
It’s just a passing fad. They’re way too small, too limited for real computing. Some companies will make a few bucks, but it’s not worth the attention of a company that makes full-blown computers.
— IBM, c. 1979.
It’s just a passing fad. They’re way too small, too limited for real computing. Some companies will make a few bucks, but it’s not worth the attention of a company that makes full-blown computers.
— IBM, c. 1979.
At any rate I own and iPhone 4 and love it. I have no use for an iPad since it's just a bigger iPhone without the camera and phone capabilities.
Apple makes great products, but still out of my budget. I just recently purchased a new Dell PC laptop. Love it too. Windows 7 Professional (don't get home because it will not run old XP software) is great and a big improvement from XP. Not that I disliked XP, but Windows 7 will be around for a while.
Now THAT was funny. Thanks!
My droid does everything an ipad will do. I think smart phones will eventually kill the tablet puter.
I pay more for less. Sorry, no sale. Plenty of things that I need a laptop for that a tablet just can’t do.
If I have 500 bucks, I’m going to buy a used laptop with all the horses. Or I could spend 4x as much to get the same thing. Or spend as much to get 1/4th that of what I need.
They’ve got all the wrong price points.
In my own opinion I think that tablet computers are a good idea. I don’t own one nor do I intend on getting one. I also don’t own a iPhone or an Android style cell phone.
Even though I don’t at this time intend on getting either one. It will be interesting to see how the market works out over the next ten years or so.
“My droid does everything an ipad will do.”
Except provide the output on a screen big enough for comfortable viewing...which is why Apple is selling millions of iPads. ;-)
“I think smart phones will eventually kill the tablet puter.”
Perhaps wearable displays will merge the two categories...time will tell.
IMHO the tablets and laptops are really for two different purposes, although they can be somewhat interchangeable. Instead of an iPad, I have a Kindle, which, with some exceptions, I really like. The Kindle is great for storing and reading books, but does badly with maps and diagrams (not enough contrast & contrast isn’t adjustable) and doesn’t have color. The best thing the Kindles and iPads do for books (I speak from direct personal experience) is they enable the users to store massive libraries in minuscule spaces, keeping those users from being driven out of their homes by malignantly growing libraries of dead tree books. From what I’ve learned the iPad does have color and may have adjustable contrast, but uses transmitted light instead of reflected light, which causes it to require more electricity and to be hard to read in direct sunlight compared to a Kindle. Laptop and desktop PCs, OTOH, have keyboards, making them much better for data entry and various writing tasks, although iPads can be used, rather awkwardly, for the same things.
Plus, I want one with an SD/micro SD card slot for a quick memory boost, or for when I really don't have the time to sync up the tablet with my computer... but have enough time to quickly drag-n-drop my files onto an SD card.
That, and I really need it to work globally. So an AT&T 3G setup isn't going to cut it... as that doesn't work in the Far East.
So I wait. And I'll continue to wait until there is a tablet on the market that’ll offer all that.
Maybe they feel that trying to compete with the somewhat unique marketing and product Apple produces would be pointless?
Think for a moment - the iPad’s price point is north of the average netbook... While one might be able to argue that these are completely different markets - which is likely to be less expensive to produce? I would guess, the netbook. But to compete with the iPad, not only would there need to be extensive research (Apple really did their homework), but to “beat” Apple, they would have to be able to sell the resulting product for significantly less, provide a market/store with 300,000+ apps, and make up a LOT of lost ground.
That being said - they might change their story if the iPad continues to blow the doors off - some might question their thinking.
Keep in ming - Verizon said no when Apple first came around with the iPhone idea... Now, if current info is correct - they will be carrying the iPhone soon enough...
Actually, it should - the iPad’s 3G radio is GSM.
Yeah, but AT&T isn’t found in the far east. And I’m *NOT* paying international rates just for data.
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