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Example?
I am not sure, and nobody can be, but isn't the web an example? When the most common resolution was 800x600 the graphical interface patterns were really bleh.
Sorry, I accidentally downvoted you while trying to upvote on my G1. Kind of ironic given the discussion.
Most people that have handled an iPad dismiss that it's just a larger iPod Touch - the old axiom a picture is worth a thousand words certainly applies here. For education / gaming / medicine / industrial / etc etc the apps we see for this format are going to be incredible.
I wonder how long Apple will be able to sustain the advantage though. In a year or so when Android tablets are available, I'd predict that any new medicine or industry projects would be more inclined to use an open-source tablet.
If I were building, say, an e-ticket redemption system for events, and I decided to use off-the-shelf hardware, I would much prefer to build it on Android than iPhone or iPad simply because I would have more control of the devices and not be stuck with a single hardware supplier.
Most people that have handled an iPad dismiss that it's just a larger iPod Touch - the old axiom a picture is worth a thousand words certainly applies here. For education / gaming / medicine / industrial / etc etc the apps we see for this format are going to be incredible.
> For education / gaming / medicine / industrial / etc etc the apps we see for this format are going to be incredible. I wonder how long Apple will be able to sustain the advantage though. In a year or so when Android tablets are available, I'd predict that any new medicine or industry projects would be more inclined to use an open-source tablet. If I were building, say, an e-ticket redemption system for events, and…
Really? What % of those industries have done that with operating systems and other past decisions?
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> For education / gaming / medicine / industrial / etc etc the apps we see for this format are going to be incredible. I wonder how long Apple will be able to sustain the advantage though. In a year or so when Android tablets are available, I'd predict that any new medicine or industry projects would be more inclined to use an open-source tablet. If I were building, say, an e-ticket redemption system for events, and…
"I'd predict that any new medicine or industry projects would be more inclined to use an open-source tablet." Really? What % of those industries have done that with operating systems and other past decisions?
The Android tablets have advantages, that are only indirectly caused by open source. Having a lot more control over the software, hardware and not to be beholden to a single supplier is invaluable in industrial use.
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Example?
I am not sure, and nobody can be, but isn't the web an example? When the most common resolution was 800x600 the graphical interface patterns were really bleh.
Most people that have handled an iPad dismiss that it's just a larger iPod Touch - the old axiom a picture is worth a thousand words certainly applies here. For education / gaming / medicine / industrial / etc etc the apps we see for this format are going to be incredible.
Is that a typo ("have handled" -> "haven't handled")? Because reports of actual hands-on use I've read have been glowing.
First example I found from google:
The iPad is something to be held and experienced,
because so many of its advantages are tactile:
how it feels in the hand, of course, but also how
the software responds. (Where our opinions differ,
we break them out.)