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I don't remember any of the Windows based tablets looking this way. Or even the Newton, not even the Dynabook looked like the iPad.
Edit: And the author overlooks the fact that multi orientation is a unique design feature onto itself.
I'll just leave this here for everyone saying that iPad-like designs never existed before the iPad: http://gdeluxe.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/20111004-03455...
http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/tablets-befor...
The author invested quite some time to make his point, however, I disagree. First of all, if this is the only possible way for a tablet to look, why did all the other Microsoft tablets up to the iPad look vastly different? Second, there're two famuos quotes: "The obvious is always least understood." and "All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them." - Galileo Galilei The…
I've never used the S tablet, but it does seem like it might be more comfortable to hold in portrait mode. I almost never use my iPad lying flat on the table and when I do it is usually an uncomfortable reading angle unless I prop it.
I'll just leave this here for everyone saying that iPad-like designs never existed before the iPad: http://gdeluxe.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/20111004-03455...
I'll just leave this here for everyone saying that iPad-like designs never existed before the iPad: http://gdeluxe.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/20111004-03455...
There's plenty of use of the color black, rectangular shapes, rounded corners, and centered screens in the "before iPad" group.
770 (2005): http://www.flickr.com/photos/bergie/231781513/
N800 (2007): http://www.flickr.com/photos/bergie/399708279/
N810 (2007): http://www.flickr.com/photos/bergie/2290709295/
N900 (2009): http://www.flickr.com/photos/bergie/4706326072/
In those pictures you can also see some common tablet features like on-screen keyboards, video chat, maps, and even augmented reality.
All of the Nokia tablets came with a stylus but were mostly used with fingers. The stylus was handy for web browsing - for example, on the iPad I have to zoom HN quite a bit before I can reliably hit the up/down voting buttons.
At some point Nokia even introduced a feature where the UI elements would sense whether you're using stylus or finger, and would size themselves accordingly.
This article is probably falling for the cognitive bias (whose name I forget), where what actually happened looks inevitable in retrospect, but looked much more undecided in prospect. Contrast all the other tablet PCs and so forth which have had a tendency to be sharp-cornered and bulky with asymmetric elements like buttons. The idea of having no favored orientation, for example, is innovative. Most historical tablet…
It is not so simple. Tablet computers before the iPad did not look anything like the iPad: http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/18/tablet-design-before-after-th... in hindsight , it seems like the only completely obvious way to design a tablet, but that fact in itself is the mark of great design.
The author invested quite some time to make his point, however, I disagree. First of all, if this is the only possible way for a tablet to look, why did all the other Microsoft tablets up to the iPad look vastly different? Second, there're two famuos quotes: "The obvious is always least understood." and "All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them." - Galileo Galilei The…
Yeah, I thought some of the points contradicted too. At one point he says a curved edge is better for holding, but it is "impossible" to engineer it that way due to batteries. Then he says the Sony S tablet's curve makes it unusable. hmmm.... I've never used the S tablet, but it does seem like it might be more comfortable to hold in portrait mode. I almost never use my iPad lying flat on the table and when I do it is…
