Comments on: iPad Demands… http://theprofessornotes.com/archives/1006?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ipad-demands Where my thoughts and your eyes (and now ears!) collide Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:26:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve Brady http://theprofessornotes.com/archives/1006/comment-page-1#comment-10618 Steve Brady Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:11:58 +0000 http://theprofessornotes.com/?p=1006#comment-10618 I could be snarky and write something like "Actually prove to live up to the hype and be magical" but that would be silly. I didn't write that the iPad won't be successful. In fact, I find it interesting that simply by questioning the demand patterns I am somehow challenging the success of this device. First: Success for the device in my mind is simple. Is Apple profiting from selling the device. And are the profits (in the near- to mid-term) increasing? If they are profiting then it is obviously a success. Businesses sell things to make a profit, and thus that is success. I will even go so far as to say that, for at least the first 2 or 3 years, Apple will dominate the market for multi-touch large-screen keyboard-less media devices. That said, I would like to point out that any time I have spoken "against" the iPad it wasn't ever to argue that the device won't be successful. I have always believed it would be. I just challenge the notion that it is a) magical and b) will somehow "change the world" on its own. I voiced my reasons for why I believe people (such as I) won't buy the device. Multi-tasking (of the OS, not the user) being one example that I personally would want to have first. Others want that user-facing camera. Alas, for some reason pointing out why people won't buy a device is seen as "hating" on the device. I could be snarky and write something like “Actually prove to live up to the hype and be magical” but that would be silly.

I didn’t write that the iPad won’t be successful. In fact, I find it interesting that simply by questioning the demand patterns I am somehow challenging the success of this device.

First: Success for the device in my mind is simple. Is Apple profiting from selling the device. And are the profits (in the near- to mid-term) increasing? If they are profiting then it is obviously a success. Businesses sell things to make a profit, and thus that is success. I will even go so far as to say that, for at least the first 2 or 3 years, Apple will dominate the market for multi-touch large-screen keyboard-less media devices.

That said, I would like to point out that any time I have spoken “against” the iPad it wasn’t ever to argue that the device won’t be successful. I have always believed it would be. I just challenge the notion that it is a) magical and b) will somehow “change the world” on its own. I voiced my reasons for why I believe people (such as I) won’t buy the device. Multi-tasking (of the OS, not the user) being one example that I personally would want to have first. Others want that user-facing camera.

Alas, for some reason pointing out why people won’t buy a device is seen as “hating” on the device.

]]> By: Tony http://theprofessornotes.com/archives/1006/comment-page-1#comment-10615 Tony Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:19:09 +0000 http://theprofessornotes.com/?p=1006#comment-10615 Steve, Prior to April 3, I'd like your criteria for what would allow the iPad to be classified as a "success" in your eyes. I believe it will be a success, and I think it's justifiably already considered a success in the eyes of many, just based on the pre-order volume. If it's possible for it to be viewed as a success in your eyes, please state what it would take (# of units sold? # of iBooks sold?) Steve, Prior to April 3, I’d like your criteria for what would allow the iPad to be classified as a “success” in your eyes. I believe it will be a success, and I think it’s justifiably already considered a success in the eyes of many, just based on the pre-order volume. If it’s possible for it to be viewed as a success in your eyes, please state what it would take (# of units sold? # of iBooks sold?)

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