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Yes, this is the man I'll listen to about the future of the PC
Michael Dell in an interview Sunday took a stance that there was no such thing as a post-PC era. In spite of struggling PC sales, he argued to the FT that the PC industry was still growing… Smartphones and tablets weren't "necessarily" replacing PCs, and long-term forecasts suggested that would stay the case for years to come, he said.
via Electronista
Blowin' in the Fan (with apologies to Bob Dylan)
How many tablet PCs must be built
Before people get that they're wrong?
How many demos must Microsoft give
Propped up by their own dance and song?
And after a decade of failure in this
Do they know that we won't tag along?
The answer my friend is blowin' in the fan
The answer is blowin' in the fan.
Before its best days have gone by?
How many new paradigms can be shown
That much better methods apply?
And how many times to the well will they go
Before seeing it's finally run dry?
The answer my friend is blowin' in the fan
The answer is blowin' in the fan. How many vendors were pulled on a chain
Building tablets unfriendly to hands?
How many failures and misguided tries
Were continued according to plans?
And when will they get the futility of
Shoehorning PCs into cans?
The answer my friend is blowin' in the fan
The answer is blowin' in the fan.
(Inspired by this tidbit about a prototype Windows 8 tablet.)
Sony Tablet S Review
Even so, the Tablet S feels more competent than outstanding. For every nice extra feature, there's seemingly another that doesn't quite work the way it's promised, sometimes within the same app. The performance, the screen, the build quality are all good, but not great. The camera is just a mess, too
Yet another vendor releases a tablet before it's ready, and uses weaker components to make the "iPad price" of $499.
Lenovo Releases Samsung Sales Figures
An executive at Android tablet maker Lenovo claims that Samsung sold only 20,000 of the 1m tablets that it shipped last year
Well, there you go.
Next up, Chevy issues Ford vehicle recalls.
Sprint cancels plans to well RIM's PlayBook
A Sprint spokeswoman added that the decision “has no impact on our relationship with RIM.” The Overland Park, Kan., company noted that competing tablets, such as the Xoom from Motorola Mobility Holding and the EvoView from HTC, had increased competition in the space.
The PlayBook was turned down because the unimpressive Xoom and unimpressive EVO View were considered "increased competition"? Ouch! That's got to leave a mark.
I hope Sprint didn't email RIM the news, they won't get it on their PlayBooks.
Jeff Bezos' Open Letter on Patents
Despite the call from many thoughtful folks for us to give up our patents unilaterally, I don't believe it would be right for us to do so. This is my belief even though the vast majority of our competitive advantage will continue to come not from patents, but from raising the bar on things like service, price, and selection -- and we will continue to raise that bar. We will also continue to be careful in how we use our patents. Unlike with trademark law, where you must continuously enforce your trademark or risk losing it, patent law allows you to enforce a patent on a case-by-case basis, only when there are important business reasons for doing so.
Translation: No, we won't be giving up ours, but we need major patent reform because Amazon plans to release an Android tablet soon.
Super slates?
To honor these creative (though likely doomed) efforts, we've rounded up our favorite tablets that set themselves apart with a killer feature or design that Apple can't match.
Why honor designs that are "likely doomed"? For that matter, if the feature is killer why is the device doomed in the first place?
It's not that Apple can't match e-ink screens, a remote control IR blaster or the ever-popular stereoscopic camera. No, something else keeps Apple from putting these in an iPad. I'm guessing it's good business sense.
Amazon may ship tablets by September
but [Amazon's] known to be concerned that Apple would corner Amazon on video and music.
Apple already has music cornered. The Amazon MP3 Store has barely made a dent, even though Amazon mostly takes losses on it.
If these rumors are true, I think it's because Amazon believes it can leverage its name and other services (e.g. free Amazon Prime) and have a valid, profitable tablet. I don't think Apple paranoia is driving this.
