iPad Mini Rumors Get Louder, Video Games Industry Echos Them

[Wile E]

Toshiba, Lenovo, Dell, Samsung, Asus, Ainovo, Acer, and a ton more companies all manuf. 7 inch tablets. Only when Apple does it does everyone start hating because Apple is forcing people to buy/use a too small yet too big 7 inch product.

I just mentioned the 2 most popular right now to keep it simple.

 

[Frick]

I own none of them. I use my phone, laptop, or PC. Honestly people who carry a smartphone, a tablet, and laptop are stupid. One of my reps from a company actually told me, wait, I have to put my Ipad away and get my macbook air so I can get that for you, then proceeded to put me on hold for 5 minutes while he did it.


Fucking annoying.


Get a laptop, get a phone, use it and stop fucking around with pleasure products.

Then he uses it badly.

 

[Completely Bonkers]

I own none of them. I use my phone, laptop, or PC. Honestly people who carry a smartphone, a tablet, and laptop are stupid. One of my reps from a company actually told me, wait, I have to put my Ipad away and get my macbook air so I can get that for you, then proceeded to put me on hold for 5 minutes while he did it.

Fucking annoying.

Get a laptop, get a phone, use it and stop fucking around with pleasure products.

Apple is selling to our desire to do something useful on our phone/pocket plaything. We want it to be useful and an answer to all the stuff we hate doing, remembering, or organising. So we spend our life in the app store trying every bit of freebie out... until we discover that other than an addressbook that is synced, there is nothing more useful that a notebook and pencil. I now carry this technology with me everywhere (notebook and pencil that is).

Laptop/desktop for work; iThing for play and footling.

iJack-of-all-trades-master-of-none is OK as something to keep in your pocket. But don't pretend it is better than the tools you should have to do the job properly

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Macbook Air running W2K3 native IS a decent machine.

 

[digibucc]

as has already been said, by me and others - it's an established market. they are not doing anything out of the ordinary.

that fact that you, steevo - and others - don't like or see a use for it means NOTHING. other people see a use, and they buy it. end of story. your thoughts on the subject don't matter.

and fyi, i have a 7" and a 10" android tablet, and though i'll readily say i use the 10" more, the 7 definitely has it's uses. remote media control for every machine in my house. remote access to my desktop from *gasp* my pocket, because a 7" tablet actually CAN fit in a lot of pockets, including jacket pockets and some of my jeans - and not oversized jeans but regular style.

i don't know if you people just want to be contradictory, whether you wish you had a tablet of your own, or are simply angry - but the fact is you are wrong. it's an established market, and it is useful. end of story.