Uh, it could also be that it didn't make sense at the time. But time and technology do not stand still and things that did not appear to be viable options in 2010 may be viable in 2012. Holding anyone to a statement made years earlier is a little unrealistic.
Maybe, but at times it was just mere months. The whole netbook situation was only about 7-8 months before Apple released the 11" Air and charged more for it than any netbook on the market.
No matter how you slice it, Apple's mistakes were always saying that a certain market or product didn't make any sense, instead of; "we have some ideas." When Jobs mentioned how things made no sense, then had to backtrack every Apple zealot's heart skipped a beat, then they suddenly forgot what he said not too long ago.
I don't see this being the case. An iPod is a portable media player. 7 inches isn't traditionally portable, unless you have giant pockets or are wearing a sports coat.
It depends on your definition of portable. It seems that many change the definition to whatever they need to justify their claim. Portable should be anything that a person can take with them and/or a device that runs off of an independent power source that's easy to pack up and take with you.
We have a fly pack in our university, it's essentially all the guts of a TV studio minus the cameras. It's about 400 lb but all things considered it is mobile.
A 7" iPod Touch is still VERY portable compared to a 15" iPad, or a 18.4" Alienware laptop.
Not everyone wants a device with a 3" screen and only enough battery life for a few hours.
....I do think that iOS is better suited for smaller screens than iPads. Not to say the core of iOS couldn't used with a few more tweaks to make an even better OS for tablets!
I actually think iOS is better suited for the iPad, and Android for mobile devices. iOS is just CRAMPED on that tiny screen'ed iPhone and iPod Touch. It's barely useable IMHO and I've been using it for years on and off.
They need to make the iPod Touch and iPhone screen larger, or do something about that sea of unending icons.
Android biggest benefit here is that I don't have to have ALL of my icons on my home screen . . . all the time. Apple needs to take a page from the Android/Palm/Windows Mobile book on that one.
Now, as far as tablets are concerned, iOS is a much better OS to run on a device with a screen that large. The Android tabs don't seem to utilize all that extra space well at all.