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2011, Year of the Tablet?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the doesn't-fit-in-the-palm-of-your-hand dept.

frontwave writes "After the huge success of the iPad, with over 4 million units sold since its introduction, all major hardware vendors of PCs and mobile devices are coming out with new tablets in the next few months, including Apple with a smaller version of the popular product. Analysts estimate the market for tablet devices (over 6" screen size) to be around 25 million units for 2011."

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  1. Heh by anomnomnomymous · · Score: 4, Funny

    Including Apple with a smaller version of the popular product.

    And let me guess; You can also call with this one?

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    1. Re:Heh by Albanach · · Score: 2, Funny

      I make phone calls all the time on my iPad via Skype...

      Hey, I can't see you. Is your camera turned on?

  2. Wrong by SkankinMonkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought 2011 was going to be the year of Linux on the desktop?

    1. Re:Wrong by wjousts · · Score: 5, Funny

      2012 will be the year of the Linux tablet! You heard it here first!

  3. Does transitivity hold? by bobdotorg · · Score: 4, Funny

    If I put Linux on my tablet.

    And put my tablet on the desktop.

    Would that make 2011 the year of Linux on the desktop?

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    1. Re:Does transitivity hold? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Linux on the desktop came years ago when I used a Linux guidebook as a mousepad.

  4. Larger version of I-Pad by darth_borehd · · Score: 2, Funny

    I heard apple is coming out with a larger version of the I-Pad as well. The Max-I-Pad.

  5. Re:Year of the X by EkriirkE · · Score: 3, Funny

    2012 is already the year of the Apocalypse. Therefore, 2013 will not be a year of anything.

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  6. Re:Doubt it by syousef · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm a programmer and a power user, with, god

    I've heard that fanboism could take on almost religious fervour, but that just takes the cake! ;-)

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  7. Re:Rumor! by BarryJacobsen · · Score: 3, Funny

    I know an awful lot of people, and only two of them own iPads.

    I know an awful lot of people and none of them live in China. There can't be that many people in China...

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  8. Re:Another overblown bit of hype by uncanny · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm not so sure. The ipad/tablets are just taking the place of netbooks. In my opinion netbooks were just underpowered and cramped laptops. The ipad/tablets remove the cramped aspect of the netbook and slap on a touch based gui. It seems to me that it's just the natural evolution of the netbook, taking it's shortcomings and addressing them. So I suppose if netbooks were a toy to you, then by all means, believe that the ipad is a toy as well.

    At least with netbooks you could put whatever you wanted on them (performance permitting) , upgrade them, etc... I might be interested in an iPad if they could run linux.

  9. Sorry, but... by mcgrew · · Score: 2, Funny

    2012 is the year of my retirement eligibility, AND the year the Mayan calendar comes to an end.

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