Comments on: Mossberg Discusses the iPad on "The Charlie Rose Show"

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Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:07:35 +0000

[...] All Things D, Walt Mossberg Mossberg Discusses the iPad on “The Charlie Rose Show” [...]

By: donmontalvo

donmontalvo — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:14:58 +0000

I hate it when people talk with their hands. C'mon, Moss, please, cut it out. I love to hear you, just hate to watch you. :)

Don Montalvo, TX

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By: jimcray

jimcray — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:44:06 +0000

I can't think of a more useless device. It won't replace my laptop, isn't portable (can't put it in my pocket and doesn't sit on the dash of my car) and is a closed architecture. It's just a big Iphone – what's so exciting?

By: HawkeyeA

HawkeyeA — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:49:01 +0000

@Walter
Just watched the panel discussion regarding the iPad on Charlie Rose, and i agree with almost everything that was said. However, i do disagree with one of your points....

Regarding the 'existence' of a market for the tablet(device of the iPad's form factor), you mentioned that this will be the first time Apple will have to create a market. I disagree with that analysis.

Altairs existed before the Apple II, MP3 players before the iPod, smart-phones before the iPhone, and im sure that there have been "tablet" on the market for a good part of the last decade.

The problem with MP3 players before the iPod, computers before the Apple II and "smart-phone" before the iPhone, is exactly the problem with "tablet" in the pre-iPad era; they only appealed to a small niche (hobbyists).

The "value add" of Apple(in my opinion) has always been the ability to make the 'bits-n-bytes' meaningful/useful to ordinary people(the real market). Thats why the Apple II, iPod and iPhone took off with consumers. And if history is any indication, so too will the iPad.

But in a sense, the "market"(if you can call it that) for tablets is a lot smaller than what the market for MP3 players and smart-phones were where when the iPod/iPhone debuted.

It is my opinion that where the Acers/Dells/Microsofts have failed at shipping a meaningful product and convincing end-users of the value in this category, Apple will probably succeed.

Also...since you seem to have considerable leverage with Jobs.... Push him to include an iSight with iChat in the iPad :-)

Cheers