i think some of you guys may be missing the boat completely here. i think there clearly would be a market for smaller than ~10" tablets. tablets are becoming incredibly popular as people are finding more and more uses for them in their daily lives. let's be honest, iPad's are selling like hot cakes. but the key to there being a market for this smaller size tablet, is actually having high performance tablets on platforms that have a plethora of available app choices. look around, there is not a single 7"ish tablet currently available that meets both of those requirements.
sure samsung is coming out with the galaxy tab 7 plus and the galaxy tab 7.7, both of which look to be rock solid devices. however, at this point android tablets are still in their infancy stage as they've really only been around for roughly a year. the higher end ones all have very impressive hardware, but are seriously limited by the number of available tablet specific apps. with regards to the kindle fire, is that really what people want? maybe, but it's definitely not what i'd want. i'm sure they'll sell their fare share given the price point. but...
i'm in the market for a tablet. i would like a 7"ish device on a platform that has loads of apps to choose from. but currently there are no options that meet my needs. i know android app development will come around, but that will take time.
so here's to a non-stripped down 7"ish iPad. no one wants some cheap version. give us all of the goods and we'll pay for it. $249-349 for 8GB-16GB, A5, same resolution as iPad2, throw in the iPhone4 camera, etc. they would sell the hell out of something like this.
(this is coming from someone completely unbiased towards anything apple/android/whatever. the only apple product i own is a very early generation 60GB iPod. nor do i have any android devices. i unfortunately am stuck with a work provided POS blackberry. but that's a whole different story...)
sure samsung is coming out with the galaxy tab 7 plus and the galaxy tab 7.7, both of which look to be rock solid devices. however, at this point android tablets are still in their infancy stage as they've really only been around for roughly a year. the higher end ones all have very impressive hardware, but are seriously limited by the number of available tablet specific apps. with regards to the kindle fire, is that really what people want? maybe, but it's definitely not what i'd want. i'm sure they'll sell their fare share given the price point. but...
i'm in the market for a tablet. i would like a 7"ish device on a platform that has loads of apps to choose from. but currently there are no options that meet my needs. i know android app development will come around, but that will take time.
so here's to a non-stripped down 7"ish iPad. no one wants some cheap version. give us all of the goods and we'll pay for it. $249-349 for 8GB-16GB, A5, same resolution as iPad2, throw in the iPhone4 camera, etc. they would sell the hell out of something like this.
(this is coming from someone completely unbiased towards anything apple/android/whatever. the only apple product i own is a very early generation 60GB iPod. nor do i have any android devices. i unfortunately am stuck with a work provided POS blackberry. but that's a whole different story...)
