iPad Usage Patterns Differ From Other Platforms

[ESPN]

Technology becoming more personal and intimate as the Post-PC era develops. Nice to see.

Are you high?

You are clearly out of touch if you think post pc era is even remotely approaching.

 

[Digitalclips]

The iPad's usage times will probably be the at the expense of the use of traditional TVs.

 

[*LTD*]

Are you high?

You are clearly out of touch if you think post pc era is even remotely approaching.

We're already in it.

 

[rdowns]

Are you high?

You are clearly out of touch if you think post pc era is even remotely approaching.

Post PC doesn't mean no PCs. You're out of touch if you don't think it is.

 

[*LTD*]

Are you high?

You are clearly out of touch if you think post pc era is even remotely approaching.

I find that Josh Topolsky offers a perfect explanation of what this means. It's really incisive.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/03/editorial-its-apples-post-pc-world-were-all-just-living/

The Post-PC era concept usually just clicks - it's a natural idea if you look at the changes in the industry from June 2007 to the present. You can even reach further back to 2001. That's when the seeds were planted with the iPod. Topolsky captures the essence of these ideas quite nicely and offers some added food for thought.

 

[Gil2264]

Has any one considered battery life? It's been my experience that my friends with Android devices are scrambling to conserve their batteries by evening, either by limiting usage, or finding someplace to plugin, (which has the same effect.) Meanwhile, my iPhone will typically make it 30-40 hours before going dead.

 

[jonnysods]

I use mine at night in bed. This isnt an earth shattering graph!

 

[hector818]

"Boy I bet if you look at lets say kindle usage pattern it would have a very similar spike in the evening as well.

To me I find it interesting and tells you that the iPad is replacing other devices for relaxing in the evening after work. It is not an items that sits at a desk where get more real work done."

This very point asserts a post pc era... if there was such a place with no post pc consumer products people would have to deal with the obtrusive nature of a laptop or full blown desktop. the iPad and devices such as the nook are preferred over bigger devices due to convenience.. the ability to just simply just flip over a cover, press a single button and have immediate access to that content.

 

[Sackvillenb]

Actually not that convoluted, especially for all the Rooting-Android-Fanboys.

iPhone homescreen > press Goodreader App Icon > there is your advanced filesystem with .pdf viewer/annotator and much more...(OK, you do have to purchase GoodReader—but the app is so good and all inclusive, that it feels like a native file system for iOS)

I find it funny how all these Android fans who also fancy themselves as uber-techie-guys are unable to understand that one great app solves most of their complaints....😕

Feeling like a real file system and BEING a real file system are 2 different things! And goodreader is great, but it has limitations (e.g., as far as I can tell, I can't import folders into it, only individual files, so if I have 100 pdf's organized into different folders on my computer... those folders are meaningless... and if I import the 100 files into good reader and then make new folders, that's a redundant waste of time).

I understand that Apple wants to "simplify" thing by hiding a file system. But that doesn't mean they should get rid of it. A file system has it's use.

 

[Sackvillenb]

And by the way... anybody who doesn't realize that the post-pc era has begun need to take another look at the current market of devices. And to reiterate a previous post, post-pc does not mean no pc.

Consider how many tablets have already been sold. This market didn't even exist a little over a year ago! And don't forget the non-apple tablets. They may not sell a well as they ipads, but they will improve, as will the ipad itself.

So, now consider where the tablet market will be 4 years from now. And 10 years from now. Nobody will buy a full sized laptop or desktop unless they need to (e.g. power users, gamers, etc.). The tablet is more accessible and ergonomic for day to day use (e.g. internet browsing, etc.). And this will only improve as tablets evolve. What will the "average" person need a laptop or desktop for in the future, when the equivalent of a multi-core i7 tablet with dedicated graphics exists? One that you can use with external monitors and keyboards? The traditional pc will always exist, but it will be overshadowed by it's more accessible sibling, the tablet.