The iCrackPad. . .

[KGW]

Humour? Perhaps ;)



Although it most reminds me of the effort to get debtors to borrow. . .

[Mega]

Re: The iCrackPad. . .

The Ipad is getting KILLED in the press over here!
Mike

[bcassill]

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Personally, I liked the iPad concept. A product like the iPad is a must in order to go to a complete paperless office, to have information always at your fingertips. The tablet PC tried to be what the iPad is now but turned out to be a complete flop since it was slow and underpowered relative to a normal laptop. Hardware has come a long way in the last 3-4 years, so it might be time to revive the concept. What is for certain is that the iPad will spawn many competitor products with similar functionality and likely some important improvements.

[ThePythonicCow]

Re: The iCrackPad. . .

The Ipad is getting KILLED in the press over here!
Mike

I'll wager it sells better in the Apple stores than it impresses us techno-geeks on the blogs. It should demo quite well, in person, to your typical non-techie person who is looking to surf various web and media.

[sishya]

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I think it will be a hit among old people - people who want simple email access, internet, book etc with larger fonts bigger than iPhone. I may buy one if price drops by a $100.

Also doctors etc will find this great to retrieve patient info in a mobile way.

[flintlock]

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If it is anything like the Ipod Touch I own, I'd buy one. Like PC said, non-techies love simple and easy to use devices. Its funny, I told my wife a few months ago they should come out with something like the touch/Iphone only bigger.

[MulaMan]

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I own the Kindle for reading. It is fantastic, week long battery life and e-paper is much easier on the eyes which it the reason to own it.

iPad is just a touch screen laptop with all the devices & keyboard removed and only 16GB memory! The high glossy apple screens are great for graphics but very hard on the eyes for reading large amounts of documents.

I do not see any reason to own an iPad and would predict it will be a flop.

Short Apple, Long Amzn would be a good trade right now.

[ThePythonicCow]

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I do not see any reason to own an iPad and would predict it will be a flop.

I suspect that readers (potential Kindle customers) are in a minority compared to picture viewers (potential iPad customers.)

[blazespinnaker]

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It's a good product, just over hyped, so people are naturally disappointed.

Like it was said above, it'd the iPod touch but bigger with a bit of kindle mixed in. 10 hour battery life is nice.

What's to complain about?

The Kindle is superior only if you read on the beach / outside in the sun a lot.

[lakedaemonian]

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I reckon the winner or loser between iPad and Kindle in the single facet they compete directly for....will be who "owns" the digital textbook market.

I wouldn't be surprised if schools work with Apple and Amazon to bundle iPads and Kindles in tuition costs to generate more brand advocates and develop 100% captured customer niches.

Either way, I would not want to be depending upon a job in a university bookstore in 5 years.

I used to work for Amazon, WAY back in the day when this kinda stuff was just cocktail napkin concepts(with actual execution pummeling initial projected implementation, like all things internet, by a decade) and while I am hopeful their headstart will see them thru, I just don't know if they will achieve a victory in the classroom against the Apple juggernaut....where the rest of Apple's product line from iPods to iPhones to iMacs are near ubiquitous.

It will be interesting to see how the digital textbook market develops........eliminating the physical logistics and distribution of paper text books has some very significant cost savings......plus think of all the dodgy ways universities can increase revenue and bottom line profits by making the secondary market virtually extinct overnight....and turning to personalized subscription models.

Ultimately, I think both products are quite different outside of their competition in text book and leisure reading markets.

I reckon in a survival of the fittest battle between the two.....Apple wins......Apple isn't a hybrid hardware/software company anymore.

I think Apple's physically distributed products are simply the means for the end user to purchase content from Apple's dominant digital distribution system.

Amazon is still clearly in a physical distribution world.....regardless of how many kindles are in the field.

Marketing wise, I don't think Amazon is in the same heavyweight class as Apple.

It's not always about the steak.....it's often more about the sizzle.

[grapejelly]

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Kindle is a magnificent product and it has a huge lead over anything else.

Apple isn't going to displace Kindle.

The great thing about Kindle is how it is a ONE PURPOSE device.

The future belongs to devices like Kindle that do one thing really, really well.

Not confusing and complicated devices that do everything, although they have their place.

Amazon is doing great with Kindle and it will continue to grow because it is a BOOK REPLACEMENT.

What is iPad? Not sure, we'll see, I am sure it is a computer running apps. The Kindle is not a computer running apps. No competition at all.

[GRG55]

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Kindle is a magnificent product and it has a huge lead over anything else.

Apple isn't going to displace Kindle.

The great thing about Kindle is how it is a ONE PURPOSE device.

The future belongs to devices like Kindle that do one thing really, really well.

Not confusing and complicated devices that do everything, although they have their place.

Amazon is doing great with Kindle and it will continue to grow because it is a BOOK REPLACEMENT.

What is iPad? Not sure, we'll see, I am sure it is a computer running apps. The Kindle is not a computer running apps. No competition at all.

There's a limit to how many damn "devices" most of us will put up with.

I'm still waiting for a touch screen device that is good enough to convince me to dump my keyboard and mouse. I travel internationally a lot and for some time have used a very small, very thin, very light Sony Viao notebook as my "do everything" machine...other than my ancient [e.g. simple to use] mobile phone. I absolutely refuse to get a Blackberry because I simply don't want to be that available [I note that when others know you have a Blackberry they seem to expect that you are obligated to respond to their emails within 12 nano-seconds or they get upset that you are ignoring them].

The Kindle sounds intriguing, but I am unconvinced I want to cart around yet another device, no matter how good, if it is single purpose.

[neoken]

Re: The iCrackPad. . .

I reckon the winner or loser between iPad and Kindle in the single facet they compete directly for....will be who "owns" the digital textbook market.

I wouldn't be surprised if schools work with Apple and Amazon to bundle iPads and Kindles in tuition costs to generate more brand advocates and develop 100% captured customer niches.

Either way, I would not want to be depending upon a job in a university bookstore in 5 years.

I used to work for Amazon, WAY back in the day when this kinda stuff was just cocktail napkin concepts(with actual execution pummeling initial projected implementation, like all things internet, by a decade) and while I am hopeful their headstart will see them thru, I just don't know if they will achieve a victory in the classroom against the Apple juggernaut....where the rest of Apple's product line from iPods to iPhones to iMacs are near ubiquitous.

It will be interesting to see how the digital textbook market develops........eliminating the physical logistics and distribution of paper text books has some very significant cost savings......plus think of all the dodgy ways universities can increase revenue and bottom line profits by making the secondary market virtually extinct overnight....and turning to personalized subscription models.

Ultimately, I think both products are quite different outside of their competition in text book and leisure reading markets.

I reckon in a survival of the fittest battle between the two.....Apple wins......Apple isn't a hybrid hardware/software company anymore.

I think Apple's physically distributed products are simply the means for the end user to purchase content from Apple's dominant digital distribution system.

Amazon is still clearly in a physical distribution world.....regardless of how many kindles are in the field.

Marketing wise, I don't think Amazon is in the same heavyweight class as Apple.

It's not always about the steak.....it's often more about the sizzle.

Very true, good post.

This is the decade of the slate/pad computer. A slow transition into augmented reality and wearable computing, then 2020's we'll finally have some implants.

It's a brave new world folks, strap in for the ride of your life.

k

[grapejelly]

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There's a limit to how many damn "devices" most of us will put up with.

I'm still waiting for a touch screen device that is good enough to convince me to dump my keyboard and mouse. I travel internationally a lot and for some time have used a very small, very thin, very light Sony Viao notebook as my "do everything" machine...other than my ancient [e.g. simple to use] mobile phone. I absolutely refuse to get a Blackberry because I simply don't want to be that available [I note that when others know you have a Blackberry they seem to expect that you are obligated to respond to their emails within 12 nano-seconds or they get upset that you are ignoring them].

The Kindle sounds intriguing, but I am unconvinced I want to cart around yet another device, no matter how good, if it is single purpose.

The number of devices we have will proliferate and each will be more single purpose than multi purpose.

The beauty of the Kindle is that it does one thing very, very, very well. That is to replace a library of books. It does this almost perfectly. It could use improvements, but I don't want to be loading software on it, backing it up, worrying about apps. I just want to read. And that is what it does.

The other thing about the Kindle that is very, very good is the integration with Amazon.com. Like the iPod's integration with Apple's store.

The devices of today that catch on are embedded in their own networks with upstream and sometimes downstream value creators and easy crossing of the various borders through programmer APIs and app stores and so forth.

Kindle does this pretty well, through the wireless connection. I turn on my Kindle and there is the current day's New York times. I don't have to go to my computer, get distracted, post on iTulip, etc., just to read the Times.

It is so well integrated that I can order books online or on the Kindle and they are there in less than a minute. My wife has a Kindle and we can share books perfectly.

The Kindle will flourish and so will similar devices. Not sure of the iPad. I think it will do well in niche markets. But I think we will have lots of pads in the near future.

[bradzepfan]

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I am a physician eagerly looking forward to paperless office aps/software. PC options are pretty weak currently best as I can tell.